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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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hey i just got my windows tinted and the back window has the typical matrix bubbles can anyone tell me what vinyl i need to use to fix it??? o and btw the guy who tinted it said they will go away in a few days but we all know that is bs!!
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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I always paint over those with black spraypaint before tinting. Looks 100% perfect when done.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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Would Painting them be better than using Vinyl to cover them. What is the best solution??
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 12:48 PM
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cant say which is better, haven't heard of any issues with either. but i know that i'm gonna do vinyl when the time comes. certain things, i'd rather not paint, and i like the idea of vinyl being easily reversible.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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i like the idea of vinyl being easily reversible
Good Point....
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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are yall talking abuot the the bubbles at the top of the back window? because i just got my car tinted and those bubbles **** me off
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 01:17 PM
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I've always had the tinter use vinyl. Looks perfect. Don't paint it.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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Can someone post before and after pics of how it looks with vinyl over it and how it looks without it. I want to get my car tinted here soon and want to see how it looks.

I don't have any pics of my previous v6 so I have nothing to go by..lol
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 01:38 PM
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just vinyl over the matrix? or is the whole tint sheet actually vinyl?
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Irish350
just vinyl over the matrix? or is the whole tint sheet actually vinyl?
Just vinyl over the matrix. Mine is bubbled and I'm going to go back to the tint place to have them put vinyl over it. I'll get before and after pics.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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You used a shitty (IMO) tint guy if he didn't at least offer to do that before he began. That's day one stuff for tinting.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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You used a shitty (IMO) tint guy if he didn't at least offer to do that before he began. That's day one stuff for tinting.
is not like that bro. I've being in the window tinting business for almost 10 years . I would like to know how much he paid for the job to be done because if is less than $120 a decent window tinter wouldn't bother getting the dot matrix to look perfect I also recommend vinyl. it is easy to put on and remove.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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is not like that bro. I've being in the window tinting business for almost 10 years . I would like to know how much he paid for the job to be done because if is less than $120 a decent window tinter wouldn't bother getting the dot matrix to look perfect I also recommend vinyl. it is easy to put on and remove.
exactly my point. you would think he would at least mention it, but then again so people aren't very good at running a business.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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i payed 195 for the ds door ps door and the back in 16% the guy said if it was still there after 3 days to come back (which im going to do) i was jw what you guys ment by vinyl so i can be prepared to tell him and also the was a really good price were i live but it took FOREVER for them to to it!!! another really well known place wanted 245 to do it
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Originally Posted by SlvrV6Camaro
Can someone post before and after pics of how it looks with vinyl over it and how it looks without it. I want to get my car tinted here soon and want to see how it looks.

I don't have any pics of my previous v6 so I have nothing to go by..lol
Here's mine:



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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 05:08 AM
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That looks really, really good. Is it just vinyl on the top of the window and tint on the bottom or is the vinyl on top of the tint? My tint on the top of the rear window is pretty bad. The guy told me that the bubbles should go away after a few days but if they didn't he would put vinyl over the matrix for free. The only reason I hadn't done it yet was because I wasn't sure how vinyl looked.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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It's just vinyl over the dots. The tint starts where the vinyl ends.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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black vinyl here with no issues. I can't believe I drove my car around so long without the matrix covered.

It looks 10x better now
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