DynamicATL

4 minutes ago, highplains said:

Really? That's the first I've heard of it, may have to talk to my rep, is it going to fill the gap between CS and CR?

They have 2 new lines coming out this year.  The first is Color Stable IR...it will essentially be CS with a jump in IR numbers.  They still plan on carrying both CS and CS-IR since so many people love the original CS.  Then they will have a separate high IR film which will bridge the gap between CS and CR.  I was told sometime in the first quarter of 2017 for both films.

It is not that high, but too high IMO considering the brand name is not known, limited amount of dealers, and no history.  You could actually pay a little more and get Huper Ceramic with the brand name recognition, quality, and reputation.  3M has an IR film coming out this year that I am sure will be less than that.

I just contacted Dub IR to check pricing and hell no.

Plus if you make a mistake or get a bunch of dirt in it, it will be real embarrassing.  Only time that could work is if the show is indoors and you have other people there to market to customers.  I would just take vehicles you already tinted.

59 minutes ago, Tintguy09 said:

Thanks for the feedback guys!! I'm thinking I might do that Roach. having a car set up and tinting it would be a cool way to kind of showcase what it is we do. that's what I was thinking! $250 for a whole day at an import event with thousands of people seems like a small price to pay to even just get word out and pass around my number. especially if I'm the only tint shop that is gonna be there. I couldn't believe the event coordinator said id be the only tint shop there. seems like a great venue to be at to me. thanks for all the feedback about facebook Dynamic. I actually do the exact same thing. I Boost posts to friends of people who have already liked my page and I do $7 a day everyday for my page to get likes. It seems that boosting pictures of high end cars I do gets WAY more feedback.

Only difference is I do not boost to people who like the page and friends.  I boost to the same audience I selected which is the whole state.  I get much more feedback from new people that way.

13 hours ago, Tintguy09 said:

Hmmmm....I was really hoping someone had a good experience with it. its supposed to be over 10,000 people at this event so I figured if anything it would just be worth the money to get the name of my business out there. It only costs $250 to be a vendor for the day which isn't much at all. I don't know.......Now I'm on the fence about it. I tell ya what, I started paying for Facebook Advertisements and either Its bullshit or I'm just not doing something right. Aside from the occasional Like on my business page, I'm not seeing very much feedback from it. Any advice Dynamic? I know you run a lot of facebook ads......do you customize your audience or just run ads in certain general areas? I've spent WELL over $200 on facebook ads and haven't received one damn phone call. Went to a local car meet and handed out fliers and scheduled 5 Jobs that night. Any suggestions?

$250 is not bad for that amount of audience.

As far as Facebook, I run two types of ads.  The first one is promoting the page itself, which sounds like what you are doing.  I only spend $2 per day doing this which increase our Likes along with getting some interaction.  The mainly spend money on promoting specific posts which gets a lot more interaction.  So you post something up promoting a specific car you tinted, highlight a specific film, you just a post about your services...then you Boost just that.  Below is an example of that in action.  I also promote to our whole state even though parts of it is 4 plus hours away.  I would atleast go out 50 miles because you will be surprised how many people are willing to drive for a quality job.  This is where you will get the most bang for your buck.  However I spend most of my money with Google since that is where majority of people search.

https://www.facebook.com/DynamicAppearance/posts/1756102457787067?ref=notif&notif_t=like&notif_id=1486072516533663

We have done it all from small local meets to big events.  The smaller meets a good because they are usually free...so even if you get 1-2 customers out of it, it could be worth it.  Keep in mind though, a good portion of the people that goes to these shows are there because it is free...so usually no big spenders there.  The bigger shows can be expensive and usually do not have a return on investment.  You have to calculate how many new customers you need to attract to pay you back the investment so you could actually turn a profit.  If that number is unlikely, then usually not worth it.  We no longer do them because I would rather invest that money in online advertising that reaches a much broader customer base and brings me more customers.

We use Illustrator, but you can also use CorelDRAW.  Illustrator is a brain overload and even though I know a lot now, I still don't know chit.  

I have only heard of PPF going over vinyl with the only issue being if their matte like said already.  Tons of cars come out the dealership with stripes and get PPF installed like this GT350 below that was done by Autoskinz in CA.  It has XPEL Ultimate on top.

Reckless was using it at his last shop.  On a heat lamp it performs well, but is a newer film so who knows on the longevity.  It is the same company as Dub Wheels and 99.9% sure it is a reboxed window film.  I doubt they have the money to truly get into window film.

I think our favorite vehicle now is the Tesla S...overall easy car and always premium window film.

I loved the Z06 we did that was brand new with a $5000 matte black wrap job.  What film did he choose?  Basic dyed.

Out of all the C7 Vettes we have tinted (including Z06), 99% of them went with base film.

DubIR is an IR film that is most likely reboxed Korean film.  Yes, it is the same company as Dub wheels.  http://www.dub-ir.com/

Looks like tons of trash at 9:56.

2 years now with FlexFilms and they have been great to date. We will see what happens by 2018

http://www.tintdude.com/forum/index.php/topic/81956-flexfilm-failing/

http://www.tintdude.com/forum/index.php/topic/83213-duraflex/

Tesla Model S | 3M Crystalline Window Tint

BMW X1 | Llumar CTX Ceramic Window Tint

Porsche Carrera S | 3M Crystalline Window Tint

Mercedes CLS550 | Llumar CTX Ceramic Window Tint

Honda Civic | Llumar ATR Window Tint

After it dries, you can just push it back down, did it on one of the cars here that has CS.

Here is the finished product that you can see it looks solid black all the way around.  Forgot to tell our guy to do a close up shot.

Here is a BMW 5 Series we are doing in 3M CS Carbon.  You can see how well it is sticking down even though we only did an initial pass with the White Max.  We still have to go back over it and clean the window.

You don't address it, just make sure it looks uniform all the way around.  It is the norm to have the silver look all the way around and customers typically are not going to pay what it would cost to glue all that down.  With that being said, 3M CS Carbon does the best job that we have seen sticking to dots without glue.