Window Tint - cutting trim required?
08-19-2009, 11:10 PM
#17
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Went back today to get the windows with trapped dust fixed. They willingly re-did all windows that had dust in it. I would have liked to recommend people to this place, but I just can't. Their service is good, but their tint job just isn't. I've seen some tint jobs on my friends' cars from that place that look pretty good. So hit or miss I guess.?.?
For those in the Philadelphia area, the place is called Shades of Gray.
Pics of the 'trimming'.. Hard to tell on the driver's side. Trimming not as clean on the passenger side.
Driver Rear
Driver Rear
Passenger Rear
Passenger Rear
For those in the Philadelphia area, the place is called Shades of Gray.
Pics of the 'trimming'.. Hard to tell on the driver's side. Trimming not as clean on the passenger side.
Driver Rear
Driver Rear
Passenger Rear
Passenger Rear
08-19-2009, 11:21 PM
#18
The way a tint guy explained it to me, this isn't always the best thing. Every car's fit and finish is slightly off, and having a standard cut for all windows won't account for these imperfections. Makes sense, but maybe he was saying this because they didn't do computerized cutting in his shop 
any time you hear this, it should be interpreted as: "we can't/dont want to pay for a laser cutting system".
08-19-2009, 11:42 PM
#21
Sure, the glass is all manufactured to the same size and specifications but the mounting, trim and actual placement of the glass in the track/opening of each individual window can vary.
Additionally, our cars do not have flat windows - they are each curved so any good tinter will use a heat gun to shrink the film to cover the window completely without any wrinkles. It would make sense that if the laser cut the piece of tint and the installer did not shrink the film perfectly semetrical, there would be issues no?
08-20-2009, 12:26 AM
#22
Not that I need to defend a professional window tinter but...
Sure, the glass is all manufactured to the same size and specifications but the mounting, trim and actual placement of the glass in the track/opening of each individual window can vary.
Additionally, our cars do not have flat windows - they are each curved so any good tinter will use a heat gun to shrink the film to cover the window completely without any wrinkles. It would make sense that if the laser cut the piece of tint and the installer did not shrink the film perfectly semetrical, there would be issues no?
Sure, the glass is all manufactured to the same size and specifications but the mounting, trim and actual placement of the glass in the track/opening of each individual window can vary.
Additionally, our cars do not have flat windows - they are each curved so any good tinter will use a heat gun to shrink the film to cover the window completely without any wrinkles. It would make sense that if the laser cut the piece of tint and the installer did not shrink the film perfectly semetrical, there would be issues no?
edit: i'm sure you're guy is good, but no way should a tinting take 2 hours. mine took 30 minutes from start to finish and all the tint lines up perfect. laser cutting also eliminates the possibility of having razor etching on the outside of the windows. this happened on my g35 when i went back to have a quarter glass redone. instead of using the laser cutter, the tinter used the standard method and put three deep razor marks on the outside of my quarter window.
Last edited by speedracer g37; 08-20-2009 at 12:40 AM.
08-20-2009, 12:32 AM
#23
Went back today to get the windows with trapped dust fixed. They willingly re-did all windows that had dust in it. I would have liked to recommend people to this place, but I just can't. Their service is good, but their tint job just isn't. I've seen some tint jobs on my friends' cars from that place that look pretty good. So hit or miss I guess.?.?
For those in the Philadelphia area, the place is called Shades of Gray.
Pics of the 'trimming'.. Hard to tell on the driver's side. Trimming not as clean on the passenger side.
Driver Rear
Driver Rear
Passenger Rear
Passenger Rear
For those in the Philadelphia area, the place is called Shades of Gray.
Pics of the 'trimming'.. Hard to tell on the driver's side. Trimming not as clean on the passenger side.
Driver Rear
Driver Rear
Passenger Rear
Passenger Rear
08-20-2009, 08:13 AM
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I bet the guy didn't cut it on purpose. He probably f'ed up and cut it accidentally, then tried to trim it up to hide it, then tried to trim the other side to match. Just a guess.
08-20-2009, 09:12 AM
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You guys are making me get more and more upset over this...
I posted this question over at tintdude.com and the people there seemed to say that cutting is ocassionally done.. But another guy said the G37 is simple and shouldn't require it.. I'm thinking they guy f'ed up and tried to hide it.
I posted this question over at tintdude.com and the people there seemed to say that cutting is ocassionally done.. But another guy said the G37 is simple and shouldn't require it.. I'm thinking they guy f'ed up and tried to hide it.
08-20-2009, 10:35 AM
#27
You guys are making me get more and more upset over this...
I posted this question over at tintdude.com and the people there seemed to say that cutting is ocassionally done.. But another guy said the G37 is simple and shouldn't require it.. I'm thinking they guy f'ed up and tried to hide it.
I posted this question over at tintdude.com and the people there seemed to say that cutting is ocassionally done.. But another guy said the G37 is simple and shouldn't require it.. I'm thinking they guy f'ed up and tried to hide it.
I'm going to agree with the others, it looks like the guy was trimming the tint and slipped. That's why the one piece was cut on an angle. Then they trimmed the rest to make it match up.
The part that I don't get is why would you need to trim at the bottom of the window? That's the easiest area to apply it; it's just a long straight edge. It's also the widest area of the window.
