Window tinting for happy new euro owner!!

[Pum[Z]]

Pum[z] got a pic of your legal reflective tint, im considering this for my car

Haven't really taken pics of the car myself after i changed to legal tint.. Changing from 05 limo tint to legal reflective tint is like changing to an aquarium... But the law is the law u have to follow it....

But here is a pic of it when i met Perth_Euro. Gives u an idea of what the reflective tint looks like... Well it kinda does...
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13838

[ECU-MAN]

your dealers obvoiulsly dont love you guys that much..
my dealere have told me that they have replaced a few early euros tint and added the felt. should be an issure now with current euros anyway

[PERTH_EURO]

ask matt about the scratches in my tint... meh doesnt bother me tho... when i get yellowed its gotta come off anyway

[Chris_F]

Thanks... i like the look of that tint, what percentage is it? I got a gp do u think a reflective tint liek yours would suit and do u know of anyone else with pics of a ssimilar type tint to yours?

[Pum[Z]]

Thanks... i like the look of that tint, what percentage is it? I got a gp do u think a reflective tint liek yours would suit and do u know of anyone else with pics of a ssimilar type tint to yours?

Have u ever heard of Sungard brand of tints?? They are American... Well i got mine done from Sungard.... The tint is called DessertSmoke 40... Its clear but has a reflective silvery/mettalic tinge and its a 40 tint so its very legal...

Well Sungard and VCool come from the same factory... I wanted VCool but they cost about $800-$1000 for a car to get tinted... Too expensive but VCool is one of the best tints in the world...

If u have sungard stores around where u live why don't u go their and query...

[Thorn2004]

Hell no! my dealer wanted $600 or $650 or something stupid for tint. They also said that scratches on the inside was bullshit and no felt was needed.

my view, get tint done your self and make sure they put felt on the inside of the door. Scratched tint looks shithouse.

I got my tints thrown in for free along with the spoiler, it was part of the deal we arranged when I bought the car, so I wouldn't know how much they charge for it. One thing you are forgetting though is warranty, I had the same scratch issue like lots of folks are after putting in the tint, my dealership knew of the problem and retinted the front windows yesterday when I got it serviced, free of charge of course as it is part of the dealer new car warranty; they also put in a rubber seal to stop it happening again.

Now if I didn't go through the dealer to do the tints who knows if they would even honor the warranty because as far as they are concerned they didn't tint it so it wouldn't be their issue would it? It was worth it for peace of mind at any rate, no hassles it is fixed now and it didn't cost me anything!

[Type R Positive]

Not paying you out man, you got a great deal!!!!!

They wanted to screw me, no vaseline in sight.

[Alpine]

This scratching problem....is it isolated to just the Euro or is the V6 Accord also affected??

[h22a accord]

tinting typically costs the dealers no more than 200 dollars per vehicle, the paint protection costs them about 200 dollars per vehicle.


buyers screw the dealers down on price so hard that they have to make a profit out of something hey?

[Thorn2004]

This scratching problem....is it isolated to just the Euro or is the V6 Accord also affected??

I believe it is only a Euro problem, Honda's response to the issue is that they made the gap between the window and door trim as small as possible to reduce wind noise as much as they can! Apparently a memo was sent when the Euro's first arrived here in Australia stating that there may be issues with scratching if people added tint, of course this information wasn't passed onto customers untill the problem became more apparant and more people came back with the same issue. Bottom line is you have to make sure it is covered by your warranty, I would at least make sure that they attach the rubber seal or felt seal to prevent it from happening!

[Chris_F]

thanks for the info pum[z].... ill check it out. If u get a chance take some pics with the tint? i kinda like lookin at your car

[Type R Positive]

buyers screw the dealers down on price so hard that they have to make a profit out of something hey?

No!

Why pay more than you need to? I know I don't feel like getting ripped off.
You don't honestly think that dealers are getting screwed , do you???