| Window Tinting [message #369216] |
Tue, 22 March 2022 16:01  |
skip2
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Registered: September 2011
Location: Winter Haven,FL (center o...
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Good afternoon all,
Been trying to put ceramic tint on my windshield, before anybody says it I know it is not "LEGAL" for the windshield but I'm using 75% which is almost clear. I have done all the other windows, they were flat and easy, by the way the radius in the corner of the windows is the same as a CD. If anyone, as in a DIYer, has been succesfull I'm trying to find out if it had to be done in strips like some auto back windows. I have wasted 2 3"X10" rolls trying to lay them on the outside and shrink like the tinters suggest on youtube, but when I get it around on the inside, I find where I shrunk was not enough and that it needed to be stretched in other places. The difference in the heat coming through on other windows is unbelievable where it has been done so just wanted to get the benefit for the cockpit area. I could always say it's for medical purposes, I have to go to the dermatologist every year to check for skin cancers. Thanks.
Skip Hartline
74 Canyon Lands, FiTech,
3.7 FD LSD, Manny Tranny,
Springfield Distributor,
2001 Chevy Tracker Ragtop Towd
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| Re: Window Tinting [message #369217 is a reply to message #369216] |
Wed, 23 March 2022 08:54  |
lqqkatjon
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Location: St. Cloud, MN
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I had my rear window replaced, and the new window had no tint. So when I brought it in to get the rear window done by a professional shop, he agreed to do the front windshield as well.
When I picked it up, he had the windshields done, and next to the coach was a trash can full of tint that had ripped on him while trying to shrink/stretch the film on the windshield. He said Never again! or maybe for double the amount he quoted. ($500 for both windshields and rear window)..
He said the passenger side was not terrible, once he figured out what he needed to do for shape/pattern. the driver side with the dash in the way was almost impossible. He had some tools and looked like he had fabricated more squeegie tools to be work the film in that corner. there just is no good way to get heat applied and get the tools in that corner he said.
sorry- no help, but hope you can figure it out. I am sure you can seam it, but you will be looking at a seam your entire life.
I do like that film, it is virtually invisible, but cuts down the heat coming in the windshield noticeably.
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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| Re: Window Tinting [message #369218 is a reply to message #369217] |
Wed, 23 March 2022 09:08 |
skip2
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Don't feel so bad since a professional shop didn't have much more luck than I did
Skip
74 Canyon Lands, FiTech,
3.7 FD LSD, Manny Tranny,
Springfield Distributor,
2001 Chevy Tracker Ragtop Towd
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| [GMCnet] Re: Window Tinting [message #369219 is a reply to message #369217] |
Wed, 23 March 2022 09:19 |
Dave Stragand
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Registered: October 2017
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You have some great pricing, there. My lowest quote for ceramic tint on a pair of not-yet-installed windshields was $500 EACH. I passed as that was a lot more than I paid for the windshields themselves.
-Dave
1978 Transmode near Pittsburgh
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From: Jon Roche
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 9:54 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: [GMCnet] Re: Window Tinting
I had my rear window replaced, and the new window had no tint. So when I brought it in to get the rear window done by a professional shop, he
agreed to do the front windshield as well.
When I picked it up, he had the windshields done, and next to the coach was a trash can full of tint that had ripped on him while trying to
shrink/stretch the film on the windshield. He said Never again! or maybe for double the amount he quoted. ($500 for both windshields and rear
window)..
He said the passenger side was not terrible, once he figured out what he needed to do for shape/pattern. the driver side with the dash in the way
was almost impossible. He had some tools and looked like he had fabricated more squeegie tools to be work the film in that corner. there just is no
good way to get heat applied and get the tools in that corner he said.
sorry- no help, but hope you can figure it out. I am sure you can seam it, but you will be looking at a seam your entire life.
I do like that film, it is virtually invisible, but cuts down the heat coming in the windshield noticeably.
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Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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