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10-21-2020, 01:41 PM
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 Drives: 2020 SS Join Date: Aug 2020
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Tint question?
I had my windshield tinted, its great. However, there are a couple of tiny air bubbles in my field of vision. From the inside they look like water spots and only jump out in certain conditions.
Should I let the tint shop redo the windshield or live with it? Am I being to picky? My concern is it will come out worse the second time. The tint guy said it was one of the cleanist windshield installs and I should expect 5 or 6 small bubbles. After I got pissed and said that's fine, but not in my field of view, and not taking his brush-off, he offered to redo it.
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10-21-2020, 02:07 PM
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Drives: 2017 Silverado/2017 ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2019
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As far as I understand, the bubble should work their way out after a couple of days in the sun. It does the same thing with decals and PPF. If it doesn't improve within a week I would take it back and calmly express your concerns.
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10-21-2020, 02:35 PM
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Drives: 2020 SS Join Date: Aug 2020
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Thanks! Being calm usually isn't my forte.
It's been a week, but the car has been in the garage most of the time. I'll move the car outside and see what happens. There were a few water bubbles in the side glass but they dried up and it looks great. |
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10-21-2020, 04:03 PM
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Drives: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Join Date: Apr 2019
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heat and direct sunlight is your friend now.
Small bubbles should clear up, as well as haziness |
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10-21-2020, 06:48 PM
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Drives: 2018 Camaro SS Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: MD
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agreed with the fact they should go away with heat due to shrinking but if it doesnt look right go back and have them fix it. if it is a good shop they will fix it.
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10-22-2020, 09:26 AM
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Drives: 2020 SS Join Date: Aug 2020
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I took these this morning. They are going to redo the windshield, but only after I got pissed. Before that he was trying to turn me away, saying even his car isn't perfect.
Anyway, I'm not a window tinter but this seems a bit much. 
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10-23-2020, 06:36 AM
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That is totally unacceptable. Too bad you have to go back to the same installer.
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10-23-2020, 07:39 AM
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Not seeing it in person it's probably enough to live with it on the back as in it can't be perfect but I agree on the windshield where you're looking through it constantly isn't livable for me. Kinda depends on what the price point was, $180 tint jobs you tend to get this and have it have it more livable If paying a premium price over that this isn't acceptable.
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10-23-2020, 11:47 AM
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Drives: 2020 SS Join Date: Aug 2020
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The shop redid the windshield this morning and it looks perfect!
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10-24-2020, 07:49 AM
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I had the Tiburon windows tinted once (all but the windshield), and for 200$ they were PERFECT from the start. You were not lucky and got a bad installer. Happy that it is resolved now.
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10-24-2020, 08:06 AM
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Drives: 2018 Camaro SS Join Date: Aug 2020
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glad they redid it. in my state full front window tint is illegal sadly.
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10-25-2020, 04:53 PM
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Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS SILVER ICE METALLIC Join Date: Oct 2016
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Can you see the HUD? I heard tint messes with the HUD & some not being able to see it
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10-26-2020, 08:05 AM
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Drives: 2020 SS Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Colorado Springs
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Yes, the HUD is actually better. I'll probably have to turn it down.
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11-06-2020, 04:35 AM
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Drives: 19 SS 1LE Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Central Coast, CA
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Glad they were able to fix it for you. When I first got my car I had a full ceramic tint done, everything looked great except the windshield. For some reason with any light whether it was headlights, signal lights or even a glare off oncoming traffics windshields I would see triples of everything. One set of headlights I would see 6 headlights coming at me, obviously worse at night. Not sure if it was the adhesive they used or what, but it was super annoying and I was getting a headache every time I drove. I waited about two weeks to see maybe when everything was cured it would fix itself but it didn't. They redid the windshield tint and now it looks perfect.
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