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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 02:09 PM
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I just bought a window tinting kit and was wondering if anyone had any advice? I heard some where that if you spray the windows with soap and water that tint will go on much easier and it'll be easy to get the bubbles out. Any advice would be awsome.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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My advice - take it to somebody and pay them to do it. Self-tinting is not hard on nice flat, square windows. But the back glass (or anything with a curve) on the Mustang is a B****. If you do decide to tackle it yourself, use mild dish soap and water and a squeegee. If you've ever used ammonia (Windex) to clean your glass, you need to clean it really good again with non-ammonia cleaner. Once they're tinted, only use tint-safe cleaner.
I paid to have mine done three years ago $140 bucks with a free brow. I need to have it redone now - it's kinda faded to purple and I have one bubble, but I think three years is pretty good. And I will not be redoing it myself.
Old Feb 9, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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+1 on taking to have someone else do it. alot of tint places have a warranty and if it bubbles they will fix it for you at no charge or really cheap
Old Feb 9, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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do u have the cheap tint from walmart..cause my friends turned purple after couple of years..
Old Feb 9, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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Something else - on the back glass and the front browis that black dot texture for whatever purpose it serves. If you don't get it as smooth as possible - big bad bubbles.
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