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These guys do good work. In Chantilly. Window Tinting Services in Chantilly, VA - https://www.contourtinting.com/
CrabCake
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Jeez...last time I had a car tinted (10 years ago) they just slapped the film up and zipped around the window edge with a razor blade...whole truck was done in an hour and looked great. That installer did have skills...hard to find anymore I guess. You may just need to run out to AutoZone and buy a roll to do it yourself the old-school way.
I would do that but I want it to look good. If I did it, it would probably just look like I taped bubble wrap to the windows with all the bubbles it would have.
i went to a big place up here north of Baltimore called DL tinting and they did it like crab cake said .... put the film on the outside cut and heated it to shape... squirted fluid on the inside put the film on squeegied it and then done.... find a real tint shop that has been around for a while they will have guys that will get it done the right way
You hit the nail on the head. Therein lies the conundrum and hence my post. Finding a REAL tint shop. Seems like most these days are young guys that don't know sh*t unless a computer cuts the shapes for them.
CrabCake
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They probably just haven't passed the sharp object test yet to be certified to use razor blades....
No longer a service provided apparently. Kinda shocked. Installed parts purchased outside the shop I understand are going by the way side…but to deny the work was unexpected. Cruiser heaven it is I guess.
OTRAMM
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There's too much liability in modifying the newer trucks. With all of the advanced safety systems it's really easy to modify your way outside of the parameters the system wants. We've moved more toward maintenance and repair over modifications. We still modify the older vehicles. The newer ones are just too much liability to take on. I don't want to be responsible for an accident when radar cruise malfunctions because it's no longer in alignment, etc.
OTRAMM
Supporting Vendor
And if you don't go back to the dealer, they're still liable since they were the last to touch it.
I hear ya man, it's a sue happy world. Sounds like a disclosure/release would go a long way. Regardless, I hope nothing too bad has happened over the last couple of months since this was last discussed to cause you to reverse course.
OTRAMM
Supporting Vendor
Nothing has happened to us, but a local windshield company got in hot water over it. And a couple of repair shops in a group I'm in have had issues.
My wife's windshield caught a grain of sand and cracked the glass. Mike at Windshield City did a great job replacing it, as usual. But it had to go to the Audi store down the street for "calibration."
Eight. Hours. Of. Shop. Time.
Eight. Hours. Of. Shop. Time.
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iptman
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Mike at Windshield City is the man! I love having an old school auto glass shop nearby. I plan to have him replace my wife's Sienna windshield soon. 11 years and 140k miles has really sand blasted the thing. Nothing better than a new windshield on an old vehicle.
Mike gave me some guidance on diagnosing and mitigating some wicked noise which develops around the windshield of my '95 Taco at "high" speeds.
The guy is an encyclopedia of auto glass.
The guy is an encyclopedia of auto glass.
1MOA
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calibrating what?
OTRAMM
Supporting Vendor
Advanced driver assistance systems. Radar Cruiser, lane departure, etc.
1MOA
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I'm sure that's very affordable at an Audi shop
