383chevelle Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I am getting my car tinted and the guy just called to tell me that he can not put tint over the vertical strips of the rear defroster because it is not flush with the glass. Ask if I wanted him to leave the outside with no tint on it. Does this sound right to you guys I have never heard of this figured her could lay it over that just like the rised sections of the horizontal lines. Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 He might be afraid of the quality of his tint. Find a new tint guy with better quality tint that will go over it. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAinsworth Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I've never had a problem getting a hatch tinted. I'm with Robert, find another tint guy. Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoFab Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 He might be afraid of the quality of his tint. -Robert What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 your tint guy is not using quality tint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Had my car tinted by a guy up at work with quality 3M stuff. He told me the same thing but he traced around the bars after laying down the tint, he's a bad ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
383chevelle Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Well its to late for that. It has a life time warranty and he is using solar guard tint which I believe is a good tint. He was recommended by several people,the tint came out looking great other than that one thing. I thought that was a little weird, but its done and looks pretty good guess I will see how it holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Solar guard is good stuff. Lets see some pics!! -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Quest Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Isn't that life time tint actually brown? That's what I heard any way and it doesn't fade to purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 The good stuff won't turn purple, and comes in charcoal/grey/black as well as brown. I've had tint on my 82' Mitsu Truck since 89 ish, and it hasn't faded purple at all, still looks great. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
383chevelle Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 From the outside looking in it is black tonight I noticed that it is a bit brown from the inside looking out. They guy said that if I have any problems and bring it back to him and he will fix it no questions asked. I will get some pics tomorrow during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) Solar Guard is great stuff. I've tinted at least a dozen SQ hatches with both cheap and good tint. I've had the tint try and leach water back or form small bubbles right by the defroster lines on the day of tinting, but if you go back 24 hours after it dries out a bit with a paper towel and push along the lines from the middle out, it will push out any remaining water and air bubbles. Those defroster lines do stick out a bunch, and the dot matrix stuff at the top of the hatch can be a little sketchy sometimes, but just tell him to tint it from the inside as normal going over all the defroster lines, and I can assure you that after a couple days of chasing runners, after it dries out completely, it will look great and should last a long time. I'm guessing the guy is worried about lonetivity on the back, and since they offer a lifetime warranty, he doesn't want to take that risk. If so, see if he'll do it anyway, but write on the receipt that the back glass has no warranty? Seriously, you won't need the warranty on the back glass if he's using Solar Guard. It will look good and last a long time even with the thick defroster lines. Edited April 13, 2013 by Burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
383chevelle Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Ok here are the pics. I am going back to get the edges covered up and he said he would push out any remaining water trapped. Looks pretty good all black in the back. I like it a lot and I think it will help with the holy hell hot interior when it sits in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Yes tinting is WELL WORTH it here in the texas summers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 maybe a little closer pic of the area you were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Looking good. That's some dark tint!! It's illegal up here in the land of less sunshine, haha. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
383chevelle Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Those pictures got really small when I uploaded them. Ill make them bigger and re upload. It is really dark, the only rules we have here is that the front doors have to read 25% and the front window can only have a strip at the top. Everything else is what ever you want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jszucs Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 50% sides, back, non on the front (other then factory down to AS1 line) in Ohio. Gave up after years of just paying pointless tickets, and did mine in 50%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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