Just had my tint done and have some questions
03-31-2003, 11:47 AM
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Just had my tint done and have some questions
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LA Tint just finished putting tint on both mine and my wife's car. I chose their top-of-the-line non-reflective metallic "Ultimate" tint for both cars.
One thing I noticed is that the tint has a slight greenish tone. I suppose that's normal. Overall they did an excellent job, but I'm not liking the way the rear window looks. Around the edge, where the black dots are it looks like crap. I was told this is normal and as it dries it will look better, but will it? Should I go back and complain or wait 'til it dries?
Tomasz
LA Tint just finished putting tint on both mine and my wife's car. I chose their top-of-the-line non-reflective metallic "Ultimate" tint for both cars.
One thing I noticed is that the tint has a slight greenish tone. I suppose that's normal. Overall they did an excellent job, but I'm not liking the way the rear window looks. Around the edge, where the black dots are it looks like crap. I was told this is normal and as it dries it will look better, but will it? Should I go back and complain or wait 'til it dries?
Tomasz
i cant have tints...
03-31-2003, 11:54 AM
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Wait a week... and see how it looks after that time...
if its still crappy, then you may want to complain. I had the same problem and got it fixed... but its not 100% perfect. Essentially its a mixture of excess moisture and areas in between the "dots" where the adhesive isn't sticking with the glass. Mostly likely though, they guys who did it will say that's its extremely difficult to bond everything between the "dots"
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03-31-2003, 12:01 PM
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its really hard to get tint to stick to that part of windows.
if you're not pleased with it after a few days (when it dries) see if the shop will redo it. you might just have to live with it.
03-31-2003, 12:07 PM
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That's pretty much how it's going to look...
One thing I have been told will help a bit...go to your local kitchen store, and pick up a silicone spatula type tool. Use that around the borders to push the tint against the matrix. You probably don't want to drag the spatula across the tint...might be better to use it just to apply direct pressure. Work your way around, on a daily basis, and that might help things. It will take the tint approx. 1 week to completely dry, but most of the drying occurs fairly early on, so you may want to start doing this now!
I'm not an expert, so I would run this advice by your tint shop before you do it (it might not be helpful at all).
I'm not an expert, so I would run this advice by your tint shop before you do it (it might not be helpful at all).
03-31-2003, 12:10 PM
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Hey.. check out this site.
Per the site, there are couple of ways to get rid of the dot matrix.<ul><li><a href="http://www.tintdude.com/dot-matrix.html">http://www.tintdude.com/dot-matrix.html</a</li></ul>
