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Tue, 21 January 2014 07:04  |
Bruce Hart
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I have been looking for an article that Jim Bounds wrote on window tinting. I can't find it anywhere, I checked his Daily Prose, and his website. I read the article a couple of weeks back and just can't put my finger on where it is located.
I have a spare set of toll windows that I am refurbishing and would like to put a 50% tint on the glass. Glass shops want $35 to $45 per glass to install the tint. Size does not matter.
I found this website for tinting material but there is no warranty on the product:
http://www.windowtint.com/Car-Tint-By-The-Roll/
I checked with a local glass shop about purchasing a quality tinting material but they would not sell it to me. Dealer instal only because of the lifetime warranty.
Anyone know of a quality tinting material I can purchase.
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
1977 28' Kingsley
La Grange, Wyoming
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| Re: Window tint [message #236863 is a reply to message #236861] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 07:44  |
gbarrow2
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Bruce,
Solar Gard Ultra is the product I had installed.
Sun Ease Window Tinting in Boulder is a Solar Gard Dealer.
I wouldn't worry much about a "lifetime" warranty on a $100 purchase of quality film. It's the installation that's important.
Gene Barrow
Lake Almanor, Ca.
1976 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Window tint [message #236904 is a reply to message #236879] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 12:15 |
Bruce Hart
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R.C. Thanks that is the one!!!!
On 1/21/14, Keith V <my427v8@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure thats where I bought my tint from.
> they were recommended by the friendly people at the tint dude forums.
> I can check tonight when I get home.
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> BTW, I highly recommend limo tint. If you really want 50% I have a roll I
> can give you as it's hardly worth using.
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> Limo tint, 95% make it nearly impossible to see inside and surprisingly
> little difference looking out.
> It makes a huge difference in he heat gain and make the coach look very
> good.
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> I think I have pictures in my album, but I'm at work, so trying not to goof
> off too much :)
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> tint isn't hard to do, the windows are pretty flat.
> The rear window being the size of Montana is the hardest, but doable with
> one person.
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> remember clean clean clean.....
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> Keith
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| Re: Window tint [message #236915 is a reply to message #236861] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 13:07 |
rcjordan
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Bruce, based on your request and many others like it, and to help dig out all our GMC stuff from sites scattered about, I just added a new generic bookmarklet.
http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&th=28796&start=0&rid=2865#msg_num_7
If you're using a desktop browser, drag it from my webpage to your toolbar. Then go to any co-op page and click that bookmarklet on said toolbar. You should get a pop-up. Put in the word 'tint' (no quotes). That's how I found it.
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| Re: Window tint [message #236917 is a reply to message #236861] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 13:27 |
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SeanKidd
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If you can put on an iPhone anti-scratch cover without getting lint under it, you can tint a window, if you can do an iPad, you can do the back window...most difficult part is the film creates so much static, dust jumps from a mile away to stick to it. Window film is actually easier, the water eliminates most of the static...but as Keith said...clean, clean, clean!
Sean and Stephanie
73 Ex-CanyonLands 26' #317 "Oliver"
Hubler 1-Ton, Quad-Bags, Rear Disc, Reaction Arms, P.Huber TBs, 3.70:1 LSD Honda 6500 inverter gen.
Colonial Travelers
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| Re: [GMCnet] Window tint [message #236930 is a reply to message #236918] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 16:27 |
tphipps
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I remember when Texas passed a "window tint" law covering the amount of light blockage allowed. The police of Brownsville equipped all their patrol cars with meters to read the degree of tint. As I recall, the fine was $50 per window, with every piece of exterior glass called a separate window. Local "boy racers" paid many fines for their dark windows. Out of state licensed cars were not exempt, neither were those from neighboring Mexico.
check to see the legal limit on tint, and which windows cannot be tinted.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: [GMCnet] Window tint [message #236933 is a reply to message #236930] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 16:57 |
Keith V
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I only tinted the house windows, nothing in the cab.
I figure I can drive with no windows or with the curtiansd down, so whats the difference.
Also every minivan has dark tint on the passenger windows, so I'm not at all worried.
I looked at Jim Bs instructions briefly, maybe I missed it, but you really need to cut back the window seal on the inside by about 1/8" This allowsthe tint to overlap the seal so you don't get that little sliver of light around the edges of the window.
Also remove the sliding window, it'a much easier!
Also remove the vertical bars int he fixed window or you again get that annoying sliver of light. It's hard to put back on with out crinkling the tint, but it's worth it.
Keith Vasilakes
Mounds View. MN
75 ex Royale GMC
ask me about MicroLevel
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| Re: [GMCnet] Window tint [message #236954 is a reply to message #236936] |
Tue, 21 January 2014 21:14 |
Bruce Hart
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On my first post there is a web site with a tool bar on the left side. All
the way down has a website that gives the regulation on window tinting for
each state.
http://www.windowtint.com/State-Window-Tint-Laws/
The toll windows that I am refurbishing sat under a cottonwood tree for
eighteen years and after being removed from the donor coach they were
drenched from the flood that took place 5 months ago. Needless to say they
had collected a lot of crap on the windows as well as in the tracks. I
have disassembled the windows and have the six pieces of glass cleaned and
all metal strips removed. I have sand blasted the aluminum frame pieces
and will take them to a local company (Precision Coatings) for powder
coating. While I have the glass out it would be a lot easier to tint the
individual pieces of glass.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:48 PM, David H. Jarvis <jarvis210@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> Driver door window tint is not legal up here also.
> The story is, the police want to see your hands and what you are doing as
> they approach.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Window tint [message #236965 is a reply to message #236956] |
Wed, 22 January 2014 06:04 |
Bruce Hart
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Kevin, Thanks for the tip.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Kelvin Dietz <kelvin@datsuns.com> wrote:
> On 1/21/2014 7:14 PM, Bruce Hart wrote:
> > The toll windows that I am refurbishing sat under a cottonwood tree for
> > eighteen years and after being removed from the donor coach they were
> > drenched from the flood that took place 5 months ago. Needless to say
> they
> > had collected a lot of crap on the windows as well as in the tracks. I
> > have disassembled the windows and have the six pieces of glass cleaned
> and
> > all metal strips removed. I have sand blasted the aluminum frame pieces
> > and will take them to a local company (Precision Coatings) for powder
> > coating. While I have the glass out it would be a lot easier to tint the
> > individual pieces of glass.
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> After you get the tint all squeegeed out and trimmed closely, use a new
> razor blade to "bevel" the edges of the film. Slide that blade along
> the edge of the window at a 45° angle and take off a thin slice of
> tint. Once you get that all done use some black fingernail polish and
> paint those freshly beveled edges.
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> This helps a lot when sliding metal strips back over the edges of the
> glass. Much less likely to lift an edge of tint than if you just cut it
> off and leave it. Time comsuming but a whole lot less frustrating than
> fixing tint that won't stay in place later.
>
> Never done tint on a GMC but I've done a lot of Datsuns. :-)
>
> Kelvin
> '73 23' in Eugene, OR
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| Re: Window tint [message #236974 is a reply to message #236861] |
Wed, 22 January 2014 07:38 |
MIGUEL MENDEZ
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Oh, I had all of the house windows Limo tinted, so, I seldom draw my curtains anymore, you can see out just fine, but hard to see in, works for me, I like it
Miguel
1978 Royale Pain in the %$@, side bath w/ a 403 that i love.
GMC name : The other woman
http://www.mgmgmc.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Window tint [message #237041 is a reply to message #236973] |
Wed, 22 January 2014 16:53 |
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Miguel,
Please clarify what you mean by "fronts." I assume you DO NOT mean the windshield?
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: MIGUEL MENDEZ
There is a shop we use and they do a complete GMC all windows, and the toll windows for 400.00 complete, have had my own done and
the work is great but, I went one step above and had the fronts UV filmed, wow, that works so good, my knees no longer get hot and
the cab really stays much cooler
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