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06-14-2012, 09:07 PM | #23 |
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Honestly, I wish I knew. I left the car with him overnight. He is actually a member on this forum, he has a supercharged M3 himself. Maybe he'll chime in.
But I do remember asking if he sanded down the matrix, or did anything crazy with it and he said "no, I just know how to do it". lol I didn't ask him anything else. I'm telling you, it CAN be done. |
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I got my window tint redone today. This is what the vinyl approach looks like. I opted to tint the 3 brake light area as well.
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06-29-2012, 01:13 PM | #29 |
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Its funny my tint shop in Oregon offered this to me 7 months ago and I opted not too because I thought it would look funny. Now seeing it looks good almost a year later I should have done it. Oh well.
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I thought it would look cheesey but fortunately it looks really good. The guys at Highline are good, I'm sure they could retro the vinyl if you're having issues with the DOT matrix area.
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I just wanted to also throw this out there. Had the exact same problem when I tinted my 335 rear window. The person tinting it said its not an issue of the tint sticking to the dot matrix. The problem is the gaps/space between the dots. Makes it hard for the tint to bond.
I asked him about applying a black vinyl strip. He said he would do it but I'd have the same issue as with the tint. He was right. Could still see areas where the black vinyl couldn't adhere correctly. It was less noticeable due to the dark color than the tint however. It's reasons like this that I won't tint my M3. |
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One more thing. Tinting the rear window causes viewing issues/distortion because the tint also does not adhere to the rear defroster. It's minor, but noticeable.
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01-11-2013, 10:06 AM | #36 |
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Mine came out perfectly. No sanding, the tint bonded between the dots, AND I have a coupe which are the hardest ones to tint. Also, the tint adheres perfectly to the defroster vanes. As I said, if he knows what he's doing, there's no issue.
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Sorry guys, forgot about this. Here are the pics. It was much harder to take good pics of the work, I couldn't get a good one of the door for the life of me. You'll have to take my word on that one. But here are some pics of the back windshield.
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Haha you can't see it, that's the point! Look at the top of the first photo. It's there, just filled in. No vinyl strip, no sanding. I tried to get a good one of the dot matrix on the doors as well but was unsuccessful.
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I'm sorry but the top of that window (matrix) still looks bad. I see the air bubbles, they're just less pronounced than when done poorly. What's worse, however, is the big air in the window heater elements. Those things have HUGE air gaps all over the place. Over time this may really get bad for you.
Also, the sides, with the small dot matrix, you can fill those in yourself. Warm it up from the glass side with a heat gun or hair dryer or leave it in the sun all day. Then press down on the film in those areas. They should fill in. |
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