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 Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: 87Raider_TSI]
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05/11/10 11:34 PM
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Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 3,269
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Roll Me Over
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After several failed attempts at the small window on the rear passenger side door, it didn't take long for me to figure out that this job is not for me...Maybe I'll try again after I finish the timing belt.
99 Gen 2.5, fixing blown head gasket
89 SWB- 33's, ARB Front locker, SR rear locker/axle, SR F brakes, winch, WST Offroad Armor all Around, 2.85 Aussie T-case Gears (SOLD)
Sold: (2) 95 SR's, 86 SWB, 90LWB, 91 LWB
-Can Change a timing belt in my sleep..
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: justice]
#996095
05/12/10 03:49 AM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 6,211
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When it's done right, man, does it look great. I had my black Raider done when I was still driving it over 6 years ago, and it has sat uncovered in the AZ sun every day since then. It still looks perfect (provided it's clean, of course). Worth every bit of...what did you say your quote was again...$250-ish?
FWIW, IMHO, YMMV.
John B.
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: justice]
#996096
05/12/10 08:19 PM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 305
Mudrunner
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Just stay in a Holiday Inn express the night before. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
89 V6 manual trans Dodge Raider frame 87 cold weather pkg 2" body lift, Soft 8's wraped in BFG km2 33x10.5x15, JDM Pajero yellow Bosch fogs. Yackama basket. Duel bouncies gen II rear springs,gen II ft brakes,master and booster.
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: 87Raider_TSI]
#996097
05/12/10 08:29 PM
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,060
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+1.
Clean it 55 millions times, using a different razor blade each time. Use only the purest water from the highest peaks of France to spray the tint and film with.
Then...end up getting miffed and pay a pro to do it after you just dumped $30 in Autozone tint and $400 on razor blades.
Really though- have a pro do it. Most offer crazy warranties as long as you don't clean it with ammonia based cleaners (turns film purple and can degrade adhesive over time).
I did some precut tint from eBay on a friend's truck...went on great due to the plotter cuts...but its cheaper tint and you can tell from the feel and how easy it isn't to work with.
"Coal and people have been our two biggest exports for a long time, which has definitely shaped how we think of ourselves." Scott Hill, WV native and historian.
99 TacoTRD 177K
Montani Semper Liberi
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: RichinROA]
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05/13/10 09:21 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,410
Body Damage is Cool
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I just had a '90 Ford Country Squire Wagon (yeah, I know...) done, with 9 windows total, and with the best tint the shop carries. $209.00 out the door, w/ a lifetime warranty. No, I won't be driving this <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> car the rest of my life!
98 Gen 2.5
05 Pontiac GTO
91 Corvette ZR-1
2011 Kia Sorento (wifey mobile)
Clarkdale, AZ
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: monte3]
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05/14/10 12:32 AM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 4,628
Roll Me Over
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I'd love to have one of those...
Fasteddy's advice is occasionally sound...
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: hazy_daze]
#996100
05/16/10 09:13 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,410
Body Damage is Cool
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Not to get off-topic, (too late...) but I bought this from an elderly gentleman in Sedona AZ. He had paperwork dating to BEFORE he bought it. The order forms you fill out, the original window sticker, TONS of documents that he kept. It only has 104K mi. runs like a top, the interior is like new, has a factory moon-roof, new brakes, michelins, exhaust, and 134 A/C. He called me a week after I bought it, and asked how she was doing! The car is either loved, or the eye roll <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> takes place.. I'm enjoying cruising it to work for now.
98 Gen 2.5
05 Pontiac GTO
91 Corvette ZR-1
2011 Kia Sorento (wifey mobile)
Clarkdale, AZ
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Re: Tinting Windows..Best Left to the "Professionals"??
[Re: monte3]
#996101
05/17/10 07:57 AM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 6,211
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Perfect, Paul.
Slap a Monte3 sticker on it and call it good to go.
John B.
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