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  1. or a sharpie on an old liner works to make a template as well or a button under the film to keep your blade tip off the glass if you're doing a back window works well too. I was specifically referring to using a blade to scrape the inside of the glass for prep/sticker removal more so than cutting your patterns, if you do you're in for a very bad day. Leave the stickers and use a gentle scrub pad (I use the blue scotchbrite) to prep.
  2. Nice. I did the doors on a similar one a couple months ago
  3. this was my conclusion when looking into it as well. It's a great idea, especially for my area, but the performance, longevity, and value just isn't there yet for your average daily driver.
  4. *Has the factory UV coating on the glass - do not use a blade on the glass* Overall an easy car for both tint and ppf. Remove the cover plate behind the handle to expose a single phillips screw. After removing the screw the door panel tops can be popped loose and the lower seal removed. The back glass is an easy shrink, headrests are non removable and the roofline is low so access is a little tight if you're a taller individual like myself.
  5. As far as the best heat rejection in the lightest shade you're probably still looking at 3M Crystalline. In terms of scratch resistance to a dog I don't know that any of them are going to be great long term. I can tell you that in my experience with various films from 3M, Suntek, Xpel, Llumar, and Global that the Global Ceramic film has the most robust scratch resistant coating of them all followed closely by the Xpel. As an installer I've gotten downright abusive with that Global and not had it scratch.
  6. It happens from time to time, usually when you don't have enough soap or there's a spot that's not quite dry and the film grabs the glass. It's super easy to crease when that happens, I usually just lift it and let it settle back down to reset and then continue on. Gotta be careful not to overshrink it too.
  7. What's with the Xpel hate? I've seen you pop up in multiple threads now saying not to use it but not offering any explanation for why?
  8. Bear in mind not all window films marketed as 35% film will meter at 35% coming off the roll, I've seen anywhere from 32% up to 43%. Your 70% side glass is also typically going to meter higher, 74% seems to be about average for most newer vehicles but I've seen mid to high 80's on older vehicles. At the end of the day you're overthinking it
  9. The only software not tied to a specific film manufacturer that I'm aware of is TintTek. They offered both tint and PPF patterns, it's been a number of years since I used them so I can't say what the current pattern quality is but at the time I switched their PPF patterns were hit or miss depending on the application.
  10. The Suntek CIR 70% and 60% both have that kind of coke bottle green hue to them
  11. Hey @DynamicATL long time no see. Hope everything is going well. The Xpel spec sheet I've got lists IR Rejection across 780-1700nm range as well as the narrower 900-1000nm range, never seen any documentation specific to 1025nm.
  12. I've tinted a large number of them in ceramic film and not had any issues like that. I'd question if it's more of a water intrusion issue (certainly hope not being it's a Jeep), or if it's a metalized film instead of ceramic.
  13. The 88% number is the IR rejection measurement, while not total BS it does start to set an unreasonable expectation and is definitely not the number I would sell it off of. In terms of advantages to the Xpel film it does offer a more robust scratch resistant coating than many other films I've used. I made the switch to them as an installer more than three years ago and have been extremely happy with the quality and performance of their film. I can't speak to the FormulaOne film as I haven't tried it myself.
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