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Window tint, remove door panel or not

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Old 08-21-13, 10:00 PM
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Cali tint in dublin does extremely high quality tint jobs. And yes they removed my door panels to get the seams perfect. You have to in order to get it on the whole entire window. If you want to see my car to check out the quality its in Union City most days at my restaurant in Union Landing.

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Originally Posted by John510
Cali tint in dublin does extremely high quality tint jobs. And yes they removed my door panels to get the seams perfect. You have to in order to get it on the whole entire window. If you want to see my car to check out the quality its in Union City most days at my restaurant in Union Landing.
Oh cool which restaurant do you own?
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I PMed you the names
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Originally Posted by John510
Cali tint in dublin does extremely high quality tint jobs. And yes they removed my door panels to get the seams perfect. You have to in order to get it on the whole entire window. If you want to see my car to check out the quality its in Union City most days at my restaurant in Union Landing.
Union Landing?? Hey I spend a lot of time there! I spend a week in Cali and the other 3 in the PNW.

I remember when I was a kid and that place was all grass -- and the drive in theater.
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2nd gen needs door panels removed, don't see why not for 3rd gen
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Originally Posted by reyoasian
2nd gen needs door panels removed, don't see why not for 3rd gen
Well I'm just gonna suck it up and let the tinters do their job and remove the door panel.
Have an appointment next week
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Originally Posted by Dark9t316
I called up a place and got a quote for Suntek HP tints, suppose to be a reputable place judging by Yelp, the guy said they have to remove door panel to install the tints, and they've already done 2 3ISs. My question to those of you who already got your 3IS tinted, did you have your door panels removed? I'm feeling pretty nervous about it.
You ABSOLUTELY DO NOT have to remove the door panel to apply window tint.

Source: Just had my 3IS tinted last week by my trusted tint guy. He didn't remove the door panels, and the tint job is one of the best I've seen.
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Originally Posted by ocis350f
You ABSOLUTELY DO NOT have to remove the door panel to apply window tint.

Source: Just had my 3IS tinted last week by my trusted tint guy. He didn't remove the door panels, and the tint job is one of the best I've seen.
Where did you get yours done?
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Originally Posted by ocis350f
You ABSOLUTELY DO NOT have to remove the door panel to apply window tint.

Source: Just had my 3IS tinted last week by my trusted tint guy. He didn't remove the door panels, and the tint job is one of the best I've seen.

How do you tint the entire window with the door panel on?
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Would also like to know how it was done and what makes the difference with 3IS?
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