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Afternoon people hope you're prepared to lose 

1 hour ago, Ben parrish said:

I bought a 2002 town and country limited with out the keys can I use these to crank my van

No this still requires a key, multiple keys technically and is intended for remote start applications. Your best bet in your situation is to contact your nearest Chrysler dealership and have new keys made/programmed.

He does hands on as well as the video series. Most of your major manufacturers are going to have training available as well but I don't think that they're going to be available to your average joe off the street, going to need to be affiliated with a shop that carries their film.

Closest thing to that I'm aware of is @flat rock stan but I don't know if he does fg or just automotive 

I've done well in excess of a thousand of these trucks and the only time I've had an issue is if the panel had some type of detailing dressing on it that the application solution stripped off in which case I keep some Maguire's Quik Interior Detailer Cleaner on hand, a little of that on a microfiber will even things out and take care of it. The other thing I've seen is on used vehicles that have been "reconditioned" and been retouched with a cheap spray on vinyl dye, that shit comes off exactly like you described. 

As far as covering the panels goes I didn't for the first couple years I tinted and it wasn't an issue except in the cases previously mentioned. Now days I cover them 95-98% of the time and I use bath towels, they're cheap and reusable and cover the entire panel.

My two pennies 

Nah, they're pretty straight forward. The rear window is a bit of a pain to access but nowhere near as bad as the current generation 

I'm not aware of anyone that offers a single use option, you may have to just bulk it

48 minutes ago, Tint Slayer said:

the rubber towards the bottom looks slightly scuffed and damaged and looks like something hit it pushing upwards

I can't tell you how many of those bastards I've seen folded over on themselves 

To me it just looks like the weather strip is dislodged from it's channel. Hard to say 100% without it in front of me but you should be able to roll the window down and get it fit back in place. You could've done it with outward pressure while rolling the window up but more likely it was like that to begin with. Honda's are particularly bad about that in my experience but speaking as someone who works for a new dealer I see fucked up stuff like that all the time on new ones. Generally it goes unnoticed by the public at large, until you work on the adjacent area and they have a reason to pay closer attention. Everyone assumes that the new car they're buying off the lot is flawless when in reality I can find at least one  flaw on every new car on the lot, it may be nitpicky in some cases but they're there. At the end of the day I'd say just take care of it, make your customer happy and move on, it's not worth taking a negative review over.

18 minutes ago, DynamicATL said:

 

Nothing either...they need to hurry up with it.  

I was basically told not to expect it before the end of the year. It looks like Midtown has gotten some in for evaluation though 

12 hours ago, DynamicATL said:

 

Any word from your rep on 3M CIR?  

Not really. What about on your end?

Just now, DynamicATL said:

 

Good good, just decided to spend less time online.  You?

Good, still plugging away. I should probably do something like that myself, spending too much time on my phone lately it seems. 

He lives! How ya been @DynamicATL?

I've done them, it's hit or miss on the rockers. The rougher the texture the worse it sticks, even with heat/steam, and the texture is often inconsistent. Short of buying a pre-cut kit I don't think you have much as far as options go for single use access to a pattern or software. The Sierra hood isn't that bad, I usually just bulk them, either way make sure to clean around the edges of the scoop really well it likes to hold dirt.

I haven't been able to do a side by side comparison but I've got the XR Plus 35 on my car and love it so far.

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definitely excessive 

13 minutes ago, jh812 said:

My gawd that front end is hideous

Thanks for the heads up!

Yeah they're pretty fugly. I will say that in person they're not as bad as they look in pictures but that's not saying much.

Just a heads up for those who use plotters to cut their film the 2020 Sierra and Silverado HDs (2500, 3500) use different glass than the 1500 models. It's about an inch taller, see attached pic. Otherwise they're just like the half tons for panel removal and installation see this thread here: 

@Tint Eastwood looks like you had a hell of a view at least 

I don't have any experience with the 8300 so unfortunately I don't have much to offer specifically with that one. I've used and had great luck with the Luxe taillight tint, it's a dry application film with air release channels so it behaves much more like a regular vinyl. I hear the vivid is supposed to be virtually identical as well although I haven't tried it.