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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby screechowl » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:04 pm

You have windows same as mine :) What do you use to clean yours mate? Mine are rusting a little I think, cleaned em up a bit but its difficult to reach into some places & I dont really want to take em out :shock:

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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby gottobedeisel » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:44 pm

Vuews Great you can see everybody and they cant see you am realy happy wi how it turned out
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby bezzabsa » Thu May 02, 2013 4:55 pm

Got to do the 2 windows on my Vivaro....luckily they're flat-ish and I can shut myself in and do it, so no worrying about the wind (apart from my own :oops: )
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby loot » Fri May 24, 2013 11:25 pm

pretty much as the instructions I got on my tint recently, really important to have a soft rubber squeegy, mine still look gash though, did rear door square Windows which have the heated element, went on perfect flattened out perfect but being slightly convex ended up with wagon wheels :x
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby limitedblack » Sat May 25, 2013 6:05 am

Get the glass really clean first, mentholated spirits as a final clean. Then follow instructions. Easier when warm weather due to tint being quite rigid.
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby loot » Sun May 26, 2013 9:39 pm

I was thinking of getting a hair dryer on the job lol, they have stuck now and no creases fingers crossed :D
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby limitedblack » Mon May 27, 2013 8:25 am

As long as the bubbles are water bubbles then they will disappear. Done a few if my own cars/vans , but the Tourneo was too big for me, and even the guy who did it had a hard time he said.
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby RomerShaun » Mon May 27, 2013 3:15 pm

I had a go at doing this pretty easy only problem I had is hairs stuck on the sticky side in the light you can see em :roll:
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby transitandy » Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:52 am

[quote="gottobedeisel"]Tint done on the side windows Image quote]
I love the colour of your bus and looks superb with tinted windows :) 8)
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby dirtydog » Tue May 06, 2014 7:35 am

I tinted the windows on the car and van this weekend
This ia the view from the car, rear windows are limo black (5%) and the front is light smoke (50%)
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby RustWidow » Tue May 06, 2014 4:32 pm

Very nice indeedy :)
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby jd-lee » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:01 am

limitedblack wrote:Get the glass really clean first, mentholated spirits as a final clean. Then follow instructions. Easier when warm weather due to tint being quite rigid.


Where did u order ur tint from limited?
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby limitedblack » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:28 pm

jd-lee wrote:
limitedblack wrote:Get the glass really clean first, mentholated spirits as a final clean. Then follow instructions. Easier when warm weather due to tint being quite rigid.


Where did u order ur tint from limited?


I had mine done by a company in maidenhead. Tourneo was too big for me to do. Took the guy a whole day.

I can look up the paperwork if you want.
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby jd-lee » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:03 pm

limitedblack wrote:
jd-lee wrote:
limitedblack wrote:Get the glass really clean first, mentholated spirits as a final clean. Then follow instructions. Easier when warm weather due to tint being quite rigid.


Where did u order ur tint from limited?


I had mine done by a company in maidenhead. Tourneo was too big for me to do. Took the guy a whole day.

I can look up the paperwork if you want.


That's ok I use old skool windscreens in Chertsey. But want some film to Do my side window. :idea:
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Re: Applying window film tint

Postby Manwithvan » Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:41 pm

Great post, thank. Just wish I had come by this guide before I did mine. It's rolling off from the top.
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