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It has definatley helped cool my car - i think the difference is I cover the front window if going to the beach etc on a hot day. Everything is just so much cooler to touch and it definately helps protects the interior in those sorts of conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastcell
After a couple weeks, my tint HAS NOT scratched. It would appear the cause and the solution has been ascertained...finally....
Hi guys. We have an '06 Man Euro Lux in Graphite and have just had it tinted by "Instant Windscreens" in Cairns, North Queensland. After owning the car for only a couple of weeks, we were also definite on the decision to tint, being in +35 degree summers! The local dealer also offered a protection pack (at a rediculous cost of course) at the time of sale of which we declined, to do it privately. I asked the tinter about the window scratching issue and they say that to prevent the problem, they "relax" the rubber off the glass. ie. compress the metal strip which supports the rubber to bring it back off the glass. (So I am told!) So far so good, but it could be just a crock of s#it. I am yet to get some use out of the windows, so I'll let you know how it goes. Apart from the great looks, we also noticed less direct sunlight heat on our arms and faces after tinting. Hope this is of any help.
Cheers.
Damn, it scratched again but only very slightly. This is a problem which is being beaten very slowly. My tinter is now going to take the rest of the rubber away. It is obvious now that this is the problem. It scratches at the same points each time. So here I go again!
Monday is the day. I guess it will take a few weeks to get a definite and confident result. I will update once complete.
Felt is your friend. Once you have felt, no more scratches.
I have the felt...
Just had my car tinted yesterday at Tint-a-Car with their Formula 1 tint.. I asked them about the scratching issue and to make 100% sure the tint wouldn't scratch. They said they hadn't heard of the issue before and said they would apply felt if it looked like it was required (which they didn't).. Won't be able to open my window until at least tomorrow, so I hope I don't get any scratches..! But I will report back as soon as I find out!:o
oh no - here we go. Another person who is going to have the same headaches I had... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by clowdz
As said a number of times now on this site - if you install tint in your Euro get the felt installed. If the tint shop doesn't know what you are talking about - walk the other way. Pretty simple really. Installing the felt costs you nothing so why even risk it.
Only one person so far has had scratch problems with the felt installed (Woogler sorry that is you). Dozens others are happy.
At least 9 times out of 10, no felt = scratches on the film with the Euro. I have been on this site coming up to 3 years now and the amount of times we have covered this...
LOL... I hope I prove you wrong. :p
Hey Guys,
I am going over the obvious now, but I stumbled across this article on the "Window film Association of Australia and NZ" which I thought may be useful. This may help in an argument with your window tinter if they refuse to replace the tint on your Euro because of scratching, which is not normally covered in the tint warranty.
http://www.iwfaa.com.au/pdf/AutoTtintCautions.pdf
Nice find. I'm yet to go back to my tinter but will take this with me.
Yes nice find indeed Monty77 will use this info aswell as my tint is scratched yet again.....:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty77