Well, here is the deal...

I had my '96 done at a local tint shop and it came out PERFECT. I was VERY happy with it. It came out perfect, even where the dots are on the top of the back hatch.

So, when I get my 2002, naturally I go to the same place. This time, it turned out pretty good, but at the top of the back hatch where the dots are, it didn't turn out so good. It is blotchy where the tint didn't adhere. You see this all the time when people have their rear hatch tininted cheaply. They said they sanded the dots down and prepped they area as best as they could. I took the car back to them and they whipped out the heat gun and tried to get the tint to adhere and tried to get the bubbles and such out. It worked a little bit, but not enough to make me feel I had gotten my money's worth. So, I asked if I could make an appointment for them to peel the tint off and give it another try. They said they would have to charge me for it and even then they couldn't guarantee that it would work a second time. Not getting it to work a second time is understandable, but charging me another $150 to take the risk after I already dropped over $450 on the tint job in the fist place? Yes, $450. Titanium film tint, had to do the driver side window twice because there was a flaw in the glass and I had to have it relpaced.

But anyway, the price is not the point. I was happy with their service a few years ago and was willing to pay for that service.

The point is, I am not all that happy with how it turned out and I can't fault them for that as I know it is a hard area to tint, however...for as much as I dropped on having them tint the car to begin with, I think I deserve to have them give it another shot. Heck, I'd be willing to pay for the film or even half price for the install, but I was never offered that. It was pretty point blank.

So, I can either take a $150 gamble on it again or I can find a new tint shop to do it right.

Needless to say, I need a new tint shop that does quality work. I am hoping to find someone who can do the back hatch right and be willing to try more than once in case it doesn't work out.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Yes to what Robvas said - I have seen this done where the defroster lines are along the edge of the window. Has a much cleaner look and no worries about the tint bubbling up later.

 

I had my window painted black down to the first defroster line, looks alot better than tint over the dots IMHO. No place will guarantee the tint to stick to the "dot matrix".

 

damn.. i paid 25$ each for the side windows(which is now gone) and 75$ for my back hatch...

youre nuts

 

where did you go jason?

i had my titanium done at shaders in troy.....very expensive as well but i made it a point that i would pay whatever they asked but it had to be perfect. 2 years now with no problems.....

however, i've heard of people having bad experiences there as well. sometimes the smaller deals that are more personal put out a better effort so you might want to try that route.

jeff

 

Did you try talking to the manager of the place?

I don't understand why they won't at least give you a price-break on it the second time. They seem to have made enough of a profit off of you already.

 

i had mine done at a shop once that was alot of talk. had the windows done and then the car went into the paint booth 1 (4 weeks) months later.....sat for 7 months and when i got it back and rolled the windows down the tint came off. they said it was my problem and wouldn't give me any breaks and they were just as expensive.

just because a place is high dolar doesn't mean much nowdays.

 

the trim shoppe in windsor, they do the back window in one piece! don't know about titanium but couldn't hurt to call and ask.

 

I got 20% on my side windows and 5% on the hatch. All it costed me was $200 CND. Came out perfect, altho that doesn't help you any

 

Jason call Fred Lavery Porsche in Birmingham and ask for service. Ask them for the place that does there tint. They did great work but again not cheap.
Also Bill Cook in Farmington Hills there is a lady that comes in and does tint work. Call and ask for Dave Smith and tell him I told you to call. I worked there for 10 years and never had any problem with her work.

 

I went to sunshade also, $250 and no problems for 5 years, it is just now recently starting to fade, a little bit.

Other than that call this guy: 313-268-2378, name is Tom, he does all in one pice @ his home for $160, if you've seen Dave I. from SLP u know the work he does is quality.
If that # doesnt work I will try and get u the right one.
-Steve

 

chris at XDC(xtreme detroit concepts) does great work, he'll tint as dark as you want and the windshield as well. gratiot and like 11 mile is where its at. adn sunshade on maple in troy sucks, their tint is cheaper than the stuff you buy at autozone, my dad had his jeep done there and his tint turned purple

 

What makes titanium tint better than normal tint?

 

I don't want to bash the place publicly. Sometimes this is how things go. They did a great job on the other windows. I just hope they don't turn purple...

It is owned and run by two guys...the same two guys who did the install and I was dealing with. I could tell it was going to be pointless to argue. They just had that stance on things.

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I don't understand why they won't at least give you a price-break on it the second time. They seem to have made enough of a profit off of you already.

Yeah...that's MY point also. After that much money, you would think they would be happy to try to make me happy. Oh well...screw them.

It reflects heat a bit more and it sounds cool. There is probably another benefit to it.

I called Scott at Club Conceptz (a buddy of mine) and he had me call his tint guy who wants to take a look at my tint and see if he can fix it. We'll see what happens.

Thank you for the suggestions.

 

I just asked Scott about tinting the other day, and he says his guy does excellent work. Let me know how it turns out if you go with him, cause right now he's my first choice for tinting and I'm as picky (if not more so) than you.