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Thanks! Wish I knew sooner

Hey! Yesterday I tinted my 7th car, a Gran Coupe (Series 4). The back window went really well, and it came out almost perfect. But the frameless rear side windows were harder than what I've expected. How do you approach those one? The main issue I had was to find the right amount of margin to give at the bottom. It took me almost 5 tries to get it right. Do you have any tricks for that? Sometimes I gave to little margin, and when I closed the door there was a gap. Other times I gave too much and I could not seem to be able to pass the film through the gasket. And even tho I got it right, it was really hard to make all finger dissappear a the bottom, although I've shrinked it...I may had done the shrinking wrong tho. Also, about the side margins, it came almost good, but is there also any trick to get the right amount of gap? Just so when I pass my finger on the side I don't feel the film. Finally, about the dot matrix, I don't really feel like sanding the dot matrix. Will it eventually dry up correctly? Any other tips will be highly appreciated! PS: I woud like not to have to dismantle the doors. 🙂 EDIT: I just found out, after watching some videos, that it is possible to keep the frameless windows all the way up, with the door open... 😢 It would have made my work SOOOOO much easier. Thanks guys!

Thanks! I will read this book. Wow! Thats a really long time. But I'm glad you made it so well.

Hey guys! I'm just starting out tinting vehicles. I've taken a 2 days course for the installation certificate already. And I've done a total of 6 cars. I also have some experience with residential film (even before the course). Since I alread have a business, this is a new service we're offering our customers, so I already get some paid clients. The problem is I don't yet feel confident and I take too long to do the job. Altough all works I've delivered I made sure they were close to perfect. But, I cannot practice without customers, but I don't feel 100% confident to take on customers. Also, I don't want to take on free jobs because I'm afraid it could hurt my business rep. How did you guys started out? What was your process? 🙂