Accord Euro tinting woes

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Originally Posted by yfin

Coladuna - I hope it works out for you, I really do. I am sure your guy did a great job as well - but I really think you will be seeing him again in the not too distant future to get the felt installed.. A manager at Tint a Car Oakleigh - a large tint dealer in Melbourne told me they eventually had EVERY Euro come back with scratches in the tint. Not some, not a few - EVERY Euro. The guy was pulling his hair out saying this to me in utter frustration..

I'd also rather the mere risk of rattles than almost certain scratches on my windows... Go felt baby! :p

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Well mine is getting fixed on Monday, which dealer did you deal with in Melbourne dude?

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Originally Posted by Thorn2004

It is strange that the US counterpart the TSX doesn't seem to have this scratching problem, why would they decide not to include the felt in the Australian version? I would have thaught that there would have been a greater chance of Australians wanting their cars tinted due to the warmer climate than those in the US?

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How did you come up with that idea??? If you go and read threads on tinting at acura-tsx.com, they also mention this problem. So Australian Euro's aren't the only ones with this problem.

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Originally Posted by coladuna

How did you come up with that idea??? If you go and read threads on tinting at acura-tsx.com, they also mention this problem. So Australian Euro's aren't the only ones with this problem.

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Because I posted a thread on tsxclub.com about this issue and the only one's who knew anything about it or bothered to reply were Australian, not only that but the technical moderator there moved my thread from 'General' to the 'International' area, I haven't seen anything mentioned about tint scratching in that forum? Doesn't matter either way, I still need mine fixed regardless of who has the problem.

Gday Thorn - Not many people visit tsxclub - it is a common problem on acrua-tsx.com - here are 2 posts i found - I am sure there are others.

My dealer is Garry Warren Smith - Oakleigh

http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/show...t=tint+scratch

http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/show...t=tint+scratch

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Originally Posted by yfin

Gday Thorn - Not many people visit tsxclub - it is a common problem on acrua-tsx.com - here are 2 posts i found - I am sure there are others.

My dealer is Garry Warren Smith - Oakleigh

http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/show...t=tint+scratch

http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/show...t=tint+scratch

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Cool thanks for the heads up, sorta relieved that it isn't only an Australian issue, wouldn't make sense that they would single us out for the felt-less versions!

How has your dealer been? Are they reliable?

I deal with Josh Sady Honda in Essendon, they have been pretty good so far, friendly and seem to know what they are doing, even if their service centre and salescentre don't seem to communicate too well sometimes!

I have had my Euro for over a year now and had "dealer" tint. It cost a fortune but I have no scratchs on mine.

Well we got the Euro back yesterday and the retint is redone, they also installed the fix for the back, something about a replacement loom? Anyhow they have installed a rubber seal on the inside of the door inbetween the window and the door trim to stop the scratching from happening again. The service centre was actually quite good and informative, they explained to us that when the Euro's first arrived Honda advised the dealers not to tint the Euro's windows as there was only a very small clearance between the door and the window. Apparently, according to the service centre manager, the reason they designed the doors/windows this way was to reduce wind noise, as a result some of the tint companies are designing a thinner tint which can be safely installed in the Euro's without having to get the rubber seal installed.

So it is fixed they also added some dampening material to the inside of the door trim so there isn't so many rattles as there was, I have got to say that I am impressed with Josh Sady's servicing !

Does anybody know of a good place to get the felt done in Sydney? Sol-ace won't install the felt but suggested that i go to this particular motor trimmer who wants $120 per door :!: Sounds a tad expensive.
Scotts Honda aren't interested :(

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Originally Posted by itsedd@hotmail.com

Does anybody know of a good place to get the felt done in Sydney? Sol-ace won't install the felt but suggested that i go to this particular motor trimmer who wants $120 per door :!: Sounds a tad expensive.
Scotts Honda aren't interested :(

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Just get them to install the rubber seal instead ;)

Anyone know a good place to get the felt installed in Perth? Felt on the driver side has come off after 4years when the tint was installed. I was thinking of doing it myself but where do I buy the felt from?

The reality of tinting Honda Euros is this..........
Honda make this model with an inner door seal/weatherstrip that does not have any felt made on to it.

Any after market felt strip additions that are stuck on are not made for the purpose intended for this application.
The stuff is junk but there is nothing else available as a stop gap measure....fact!

Heat can get to the felt as it does in summer and deteriorate the glue making it come off and there goes your felt cushioning.
The aftermath of that is a very sticky mess on your wind up windows.

Alternatively I have seen tinters bend the top of the door trim back with such force to permanently banana shape the door trim so it doesn't sit so tight against the glass but this doesn't do anything good for your door sealing and should not be condoned.

I have also seen a technique whereby tinters cut the entire rubber seal off below what can be seen and that is very amateurish in order to remove the offending obstruction....again hoping that the customer doesn't notice its removal.

In simple terms...don't tint a Euro at all....buy something else for the car.
Rob.
Car Tint Melb