12-17-2009, 06:20 PM
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oops!
So i went shoping today and got some window tint from walmart. i was going to put it on and read the information that came with it. and it says basically that you shouldnt put it on if you will have freezing weather in the next 4 days.  well cr@p i live in mn i'm not goign to be able to put it in tell next april possible may grr
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Yes i KNOW i'm missing a center cap 
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12-17-2009, 06:23 PM
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yep, you have to leave it in heat for 4-5 days cause you use soapy water to put it on. BTW, that tint will be easy to put on the sides, but hard for the back cause its a curved window that will need to be heated and formed a lil, also i"ll take more than one width of the roll so its gonna have lines.
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12-17-2009, 06:25 PM
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grr..lol ok thank you well so much for that guess i can take it back and just buy it in a few months
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Yes i KNOW i'm missing a center cap
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12-17-2009, 06:53 PM
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And the back is a pain cause of the heater strips that go across the window it takes alot more work to get the air bubbles out
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12-17-2009, 06:59 PM
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yea, its almost worth spendin 150 to have someone do it. my first time i tried it 15 years ago I ended up going thru that much in tint. So if you havent done it before, Id again advise taking it somewhere. Plus some warrenty from fade, peel, and some even have insurance if you get pulled over.
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12-17-2009, 07:08 PM
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have someone do it for sure
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12-17-2009, 09:51 PM
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ya i think i'm going to take it back and wait tell i get my taxes and take it to have it done. might as well since i'm having a system and remote start put into it...also after washing her i noticed how much paint is actually scratched...now i get to find out how much that is going to cost me to fix
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12-17-2009, 10:03 PM
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get a detail, they should take care of the scratches,
(TIP, if you can feel the scratch with your nail, or it is white, it cannot be remove)
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12-17-2009, 10:08 PM
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Touch up paint might help you with some of those scratches too depending on how bad they are.
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12-17-2009, 10:10 PM
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i'll take some pictures tomorrow. most of them i can feel... and i've tried the touch up pain on my old car and ya didnt work to well for me lol (i know sad isnt it)
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12-17-2009, 10:15 PM
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Huh that's funny touch up paint worked great for the scratches on mine.
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12-17-2009, 10:17 PM
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i will try again.
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