| Re: [GMCnet] Ceramic tinted windshields at Mansfield [message #347130 is a reply to message #347128] |
Fri, 30 August 2019 22:51   |
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Thanks, Ken. Curious to know the tint cost per windshield.
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On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 10:11 PM Ken Burton via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> 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:
> mailto: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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