Tint Yoda

Nothing to worry about being near the ocean as it won't corrode. Definetly a better option than 3M Ceramic for what you are looking for. Its cost will be higher though as its an IR film 

You should look at 3M Prestige 50.

-VLT: 50%

-TSER: 56%

-Reflectance Ext: 8%

-Reflectance Int: 7%

-Glare Reduction: 44%

10 hours ago, XPEL Jeff said:

 

You are correct that most people aren't interested in paying $2500.

When charging $2500 for a full front, you aren't trying to get all of the customers. You can afford to let more customers walk because you are committing to a niche audience that involves lower volume and higher margin. It must be backed up with an impeccable customer experience.

Installers have the ability to dictate the pricing in a marketplace if they are willing to do what it takes to justify that value and aren't afraid to let people walk out. I'm not saying that all of you should change your pricing to $2500 (not my number, just what was mentioned earlier) tomorrow, but merely making a point that any market of 1 million plus people can support a shop catering to the high end.

Saturation is a bad thing for everyone. If a market is saturated, by definition, it means that it will not bare any more film sales. If a film company sets up additional installers in that market, no additional film will be sold.

Dallas / Fort Worth has more Toyota dealerships than installers, so it is far from saturated. Installers are needed to service the almost 7 million people that live in the area.

Competition can cause price wars if you let it. It also inspires shops to step up their game to be the best in the area, work harder to treat customers right, become more efficient, etc. It's a measure of supply and demand. A top-notch install shop shouldn't count the number of other install shops in the area, it should consider the number of EXCEPTIONAL install shops in the area, relative to the size of the market. You have to ask yourself, there may be other installers in the market, but how many actually offer the level of quality that you do?


 

 

^^^^Exactly this^^^^

Well said Jeff. I know we let customers walk, some of them come back to us with lets say less than par installs from other shops. Lesson learned the hard way I suppose. 

18 hours ago, strmix said:

Thank you recommendations. I need some glare reduction, so 70% tint does not do much for that.

 

I was thinking about 3M color stable 50%.

Any idea if reflective or non reflective tint reduce dashboard reflection?

 

Does crystalline 70% have haze issues? 

 

No haze issues with Crystalline 70. Just great heat rejection. We install a ton of CR70 on windshields and our customers love it!

3M Crystalline. You need an IR film on that windshield not a dyed film. Great clarity and equal to less reflection than glass itself. The 70% will block more heat than that 45% dyed film will ;)

5 hours ago, DynamicAppearance said:

We haven't gotten a shot at it yet, but hopefully we can try it.  We do 2-6 Tesla S's per month, but not one X.  Not sure if Reckless actually tinted the windshield or not since they have a bunch of installers.

Nope not Reckless it was my other tinter that did it. We pull the mirror, easy to remove but you better have emblem adhesive to put that long wire cover back on as adding tape will show. Takes all day to shrink and install and not easy at all so really not worth it either LOL. We charge over 1K for the windshield but think we have it down just not a lot of takers at that price. 

I've done it every way possible. Just go over all the options with the client before hand and make sure to charge more for the options that require more labor. 

I am the one that did that Mustang with the white stripes. Because its white its more of an option and since we wrap edges fully no contaminates will get under it. It is not noticeable even up close but would not recommend on a dark colored car. The customer was informed of his options and went with going over them.

I just had a bad experience with yelp. I moved into a new market and proudly had 7 - 5 star reviews. This was great news in establishing my initial reputation here. So I signed up to advertise with them.... next thing I know, the algorithm caught up and wiped all of my reviews away. They were all 100% unique IP addresses and honest reviews from satisfied customers.

 

There is a $700 termination fee. I had to fight tooth and nail to get them to cancel the contract and waive the fee. Basically, I was paying them to promote my NO STAR business. YELP is ok at best. I would promote a customer to review through google only.

When you say wiped as no more or were they moved to the not recommended section? If users are new on Yelp and have little to no reviews they will go to not recommended once the algorithm runs against the account. Most of our customers read the not recommended as well.

It took us 18 months but we have racked up 53 reviews in total and everyone of them is 5 star. Not an easy task and I battle to keep it that way. We pull in over half our business from Yelp alone and track that statistic when the customer fills out their check in form. I spend $780 a month for Yelps advertising plan. IS it worth it? Yes, its a nessasary evil but it makes way more than it costs me. I guess everyone's market is different but here in Cali we have too many tech savvy people so Yelp is a must.

Cool concept however My biggest concern would be weight . When your extended over a big back window, your extended arm will fatigue much quicker swirling around a heat gun. I would think it couldn't help but be heavy ?

 

Cool concept however My biggest concern would be weight . When your extended over a big back window, your extended arm will fatigue much quicker swirling around a heat gun. I would think it couldn't help but be heavy ?

That's what I was thinking too, seems like it would have to be a large battery to put out that kind of energy.

 

Have accessory option with 6ft extender cord that plugs into bottom of heat gun and other end to battery. Could keep in the pouch and run it over your shoulder. This means those that want the battery in the gun and remote could use same heat gun ;)