| Ceramic tinted windshields at Mansfield [message #347128] |
Fri, 30 August 2019 22:10  |
Ken Burton
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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I realize that it is Labor day weekend and this should probably wait until Tuesday, but if we are going to pull this off I only have 2 weeks to get it done. I will re-post this next Tuesday again when everyone is back from their holiday.
This offering is for attendees of the Mansfield GMCMI rally. Installations will be done on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. October 5 - 7, 2019.
This is an add on to the original offer. The windshield installation company will sell and install pre-ordered new ceramic tinted 80% VLT GMC front windshields. Most states allow 70% or 75% VLT front windshields. As a comparison my Blazer has 70% VLT ones direct from GM when it was built. VLT = Visible Light Transfer
Here is the story behind this offering. Every time I drive our GMC with our large front windshields in hot weather, especially into the sun, it is like driving inside a gold fish bowl with the heater on. A few years back I tried to get the only US manufacturer of GMC windshields to make tinted windshields for the GMC. I almost had an agreement with them until they discovered that they would have to go through the DOT approval process and get a new DOT number which is not cheap. They required a very high pre-order quantity that was impossible to meet. So I backed out and never pursued it any farther. A year or two later that company quit making GMC windshields all together.
Too keep cooler inside the coach, a few people have tried the fiberglass awning made by Fred Jenkins and others. A few others have tried tinting the upper 6" or so of the windshield. Both have helped some. There are now several companies making Ceramic tints with a heat rejection rates of 75% to 90%. We are proposing to use that ceramic tint. The one we are proposing to use has a VLT number of 80% so it is legal for front windshields. The problem is no one I have found will install any tint on a GMC windshield due to the high curve and dash blocking access on the driver's side.
Last year one GMCer ordered a pair of windshields and we transported them to a well known to him tint shop. The shop tinted them with this Ceramic tint and then our the windshield company later installed them in his GMC coach.
The owner's one year of use report is they are excellent.
At the end of July I contacted this highly recommended tinter and asked him if he would do 10 or 20 windshields for us. I wanted them tinted in the suppliers warehouse in Elkhart prior to packaging and shipment to the Mansfield rally. He refused to do it stating that he would only do them in his shop in his dust proof booth which is 35 miles away from the windshield warehouse. I also asked if he would come to Mansfield and do already installed windshields. He responded "no" like every other tinter that has told me and other GMCers. They will not do them because of the high curve in the windshield and the blocked inside access caused by our dash sticking up on the driver's side. Also he wants them done in his controlled environment shop.
So after three weeks time I got the warehouse to agree to transport new windshields (for a price) to the tinter in special made shipping containers and then transport the finished ones back to the warehouse a week later after they were tinted. At the warehouse they will then be combined with the non-tinted ones and shipped on to the GMCMI Mansfield, Ohio rally. I still have a few minor details to nail down. They are mostly to do with exact dates what steps will happen and some electronic copies of the specifications on the tint.
So here is the deal, If you want new Ceramic tinted windshields installed in your coach, contact me and I'll take your order just like the other orders I already have for non-tinted ones. If I get enough orders in the next two weeks then we will do this. If not, then I will notify all concerned that signed up that this will not happen.
PS: I already have 2 orders for 4 windshields. Two of them are mine. I do not need new windshields, but I want the Ceramic tint on my coach. I chose the most expensive and highest quality tint available. This is the only tint that will be offered at Mansfield.
If you want in on this, here is the information that I need from you:
1. Name
2. Windshield(s) to be ordered (Driver's side, Passenger side , or both) I assume every one wants both.
3. Address (street, city, state or province, and zip code.
4. Contact phone number (before the rally)
5. Cell phone (if you will have it at the rally)
6. Year and model of the coach (for the receipt)
7. email address
8. Any special requests.
To place an order / and installation reservation, before Sept 15th, (this date may change) email the above information to me at: GMCWindshield@gmail.com
You can also email me questions (including pricing requests) to the same address.
I would appreciate it if someone would copy this note and paste it on the GMC facebook site(s). I do not do facebook.
Have a great Labor Day weekend.
Ken Burton
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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