Window film

George Selby gselby4x4 at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 15 14:01:45 EDT 2005


At 12:04 PM 6/15/05, you wrote:
>, but security is equally as important as glare
> > control.
> >
> > Ideas? Comments? Cautions? Gotchas?
>
>Some states have laws as to what level of tint you can use.
>The tint shop should know. If not, a call to the local DMV
>should provide an answer.
>
>I don't think doing it yourself should be too difficult,
>but I've seen lots of tinted windows with bubbles and
>wrinkles.

In my younger days, I had cars with loud stereos and window tint.  I can 
tell you that there is a lot less clean-up with tinted windows, as the 
shards of glass will all basically stick to the tint, with only the glass 
where the miscreant actually punches through being on the ground and in the 
interior.

Tint level limited to 35% light transmission here in NC, although the 
police can have it darker (which actually foils their plan of 
unobtrusiveness, it you see a Crown Vic or Impala with super dark windows, 
you can pretty much assume it's the police.)

Lastly, if you follow the instructions (using soapy water and a squeegee) 
then a wrinkle and bubble free install is fairly easy, unless you are 
working on a window with compound curves  (which means is has different 
size curves top to bottom or side to side.  A lot of rear windows are 
compound curved, the one on my 89 80 is.)  If it is you first time doing 
tint, and you are dealing with a compound curve, it is unlikely you will 
get a wrinkle free fit (hint, you have to cut the tint into strips to go 
around the curves without wrinkles, then trim with a razor to get a good 
fit between strips.)


George Selby 



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