window tint
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You can do it yourself if you have time and patience, it dont bubble if you work it, use water & baby oil (dosent leave a film).
Seeing how i planned on keeping my truck for a while i had it done professionally, i had ALL my windows done for $250 20% on the 2 side windows, and 2% on the back 3 ,and 2% 8'' strip on the windshield.
Seeing how i planned on keeping my truck for a while i had it done professionally, i had ALL my windows done for $250 20% on the 2 side windows, and 2% on the back 3 ,and 2% 8'' strip on the windshield.
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ive got 5% all the way around.....even tinted over the factory stuff on the side doors and rear slider and paid $100.00 here in ohio. i got the high grade 3M stuff that just came out last year. dont get a strip on the windshield, just go get a piece of vinyl the same color as your truck and use that...i would have paid $25.00 more for tint on the windshield when a piece of red 10 year vinyl cost me $6.00....
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ive got 5% all the way around.....even tinted over the factory stuff on the side doors and rear slider and paid $100.00 here in ohio. i got the high grade 3M stuff that just came out last year. dont get a strip on the windshield, just go get a piece of vinyl the same color as your truck and use that...i would have paid $25.00 more for tint on the windshield when a piece of red 10 year vinyl cost me $6.00....
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Willis, where did you get yours done at? Just checking since you are local and I need to get mine done!!!
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Willis, where did you get yours done at? Just checking since you are local and I need to get mine done!!!
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I actually tinted all 5 of my rangers windows yesterday. I bought the Gila brand film 20% from Autozone along with an installation kit. I started with the passenger side door window and messed it up. I ended up pulling that one off and moving to the rear window. I have the full back window with no sliding door. The steps I followed were cleaning the windows with soap and water. Sprayed on soap and water again and scraped the window with a razor blade to remove any stuck on debri. Spray window again with soap and water solution, roll out the film and cut it with a one inch overlap. I then took a squeegy and pushed the overlaping film into to the weather stripping. Then using a razor knife i cut the excess off by sticking the blade into the weather stripping and going all the way around the window. That will give you a pretty decent pattern. Pulled the backing off of the film, wet it down, wet the window again and laid the film on. Squeegied the film onto place then used the squeegie as a straight-edge to cut the rest of the excess off. For the rounded corners I had to free-hand it. Then just squeeze the rest of the water out and your done. When I first started the process was frustrating and hard, but once you get it down your golden. If I had to do it again I would have started with the small windows in the ext. cab as they were the easiest to install. Also the instructions said to cut a pattern using the OUTSIDE of the window. I found this was only helpful on the door windows and cut the rest of the windows from the inside. It took 2 rolls to do all 5 windows and 5 hours of my time, but my truck really really looks sharp with it on, as well as keeping the interior much cooler. As for the longevity of the stuff I can't help you there yet, but from what I read, 5-6 years before it really starts to fade.
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