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Old 12-19-13, 05:56 PM
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But thats like really retarded, at least in FL you guys have nice roads, here if you dont have a frame plate will be hitting the back of the car as you drive thru these half destroyed streets and its just gonna make so much annoying noise, cant handle that. Everyone still uses frames, like 1 car out of 1000 will be without a frame
Old 12-23-13, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by oohpapi44
If you're only tinting to give your daughter relief from sun glare, just install a pull down shade on the rear windows and be done with it.

As others have mentioned, you get what you pay for when it comes to the tint film and application.
I've tried all kinds of shade products and they never cover 100%of the window. The issue is the angle of the sun during my morning commute to daycare only in the winter months. On top of that, the window causing the most problems is that little triangle window behind the c pillar and no product I've found can attach to that window.

Trust me, I dislike tint and would definitely prefer another option but at this point I'm just going to bite the bullet and get it. Only question is what windows.
Old 12-24-13, 08:27 AM
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LLumar tints are known to be one of the best quality tints so i've heard from my friend who got his tints done.
Old 12-24-13, 12:45 PM
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i had all my vehicles (4) tinted when living in TX. None of them ever peeled or gave me a bit of trouble over many years. After moving to IA got a ticket (no warning from this LEO) and paid the fine and had all tint removed. That was irritating.
Old 12-28-13, 10:12 AM
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thanks for the advice everyone. i ended up tinting with Suntek CPX. i went with 35% and only did the rear door windows and the little triangle window behind the c pillar. the difference between the side and the rear window is barely noticable. also, i get to keep the rear window tint free so the view isn't altered due to film over the defroster lines.

only thing is that there are 2 really tiny bubbes, probably about a half a millimeter on one window. i'm not sure if something so small is par for the course when it comes to tine, but i'll go back to the shop and ask about it.

thanks again everyone.
Old 12-29-13, 02:31 AM
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I'd give it a couple days , usually smaller bubbles are to be expected on newly tinted windows. Lets see some pictures!
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