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Girraween,Sydney
Registered:
September 2003
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 Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 02:28
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Hey Guys,
I'm trying to get a car blue sliped & they wont pass it cause the tinting is to dark, so.... is anyone here able to tell me how to get this shit off without damaging the glass? i have been told it can leave marks on the glass when removed wrongly, is this true?
Any help much appreciated!!!
thanks in advance,
Michael.
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Location:
South Australia
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July 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 03:46
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I think you can just rip the stuff off? But I've never had to so I guess I wouldn't know. If it does leave marks on the glass then it was probably a dodgy tinting job, you could always polish them out anyway?
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 03:52
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Water, soap, razor, hair dryer, a resistance to fumes, and a LOT of time...
What year is your car? Pre-94 cars have a lot of leniency...
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Location:
Girraween,Sydney
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 05:42
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Hey,
Thanks for the info,
Nark my cars a 1983 Sprinter,
Cheers,
Michael.
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 05:59
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Merely say it was done pre 1993 and most will let you off.
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Location:
Terrigal
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 06:15
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Its an awful job! Like Nark said.. Took me almost a whole day. Wrecked the rear demister as well.
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Location:
Girraween,Sydney
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 06:19
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| TurboRA28 wrote on Wed, 16 June 2004 16:15 |
Its an awful job! Like Nark said.. Took me almost a whole day. Wrecked the rear demister as well.
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oh crap.... any ideas on what worked best & how to not damage the demisters now you've done it?
cheers,
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I supported Toymods
Location:
sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 06:44
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| UUP-46X wrote on Wed, 16 June 2004 15:42 |
Hey,
Thanks for the info,
Nark my cars a 1983 Sprinter,
Cheers,
Michael.
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tell them it was like that when you bought it.
its was made pre 1993, they have to rego it.
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 08:11
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Yup. Tell them it was bought like that. They're just trying to fuck you around.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Windows tinting
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Wed, 16 June 2004 08:52
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You shouldnt have too much trouble as your car is pre-1987. I've got my ae82 tinted with like 85% black tints and i've got no worries getting anything like blue slips, pink slips etc.
Just find someone else and explain that the tint regulation that came into force on cars made after 1987...That's what i've been told anyway 
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Location:
Girraween,Sydney
Registered:
September 2003
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Thu, 17 June 2004 01:15
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get some windex spray the glass
cut open a garbage bag and push it onto the wet glass then push the air bubbles out.. leave it in the sun or run a heater in the car for a few hours get it HOT
lift a edge with a knife and it should all peal off as easy as it go's on no scrap'n required
Allan
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Location:
Sydney - Castle Hill
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Windows tinting
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Thu, 17 June 2004 01:32
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Once you've gotten a blue slip done at a certain workshop (and not passed), are you allowed to then change to a different workshop? I don't think your allowed to, but it might be an idea, if you can, to go somewhere else.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Windows tinting
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Thu, 17 June 2004 07:48
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Any ammonia based cleaner will lift it off. Spray it on, let it soak and then it should just about fall off. You do need to be very careful with the demister. Even tint stores (who can also remove it) will make some kind of disclaimer about the potential to damage the demister.
HTH,
Denis
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May 2004
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Re: Windows tinting
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Thu, 17 June 2004 09:44
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I just had to have mine removed for the same reason. I paid a mobile tinter to remove it ($80!!..damn good deal!)
He used a heat gun on the outside of the window, then slowly peeled it back. When he had it off, he sprayed a strong ammonia based solvent onto the glass and then put the tint back on over it! this sealed the fumes in and made it dissolve the GLUE that is left behind. He then removed the tint again (Easily pulled it off) then wiped the glue residue off with some cotton lint. Then he used a soap / ammonia mix and libberally applied it then use a rubber squeegee to remove remaining glue. Then more soap/ammonia and wiped it clean (This was the rear window with demister) The side windows he used the same technique (Some tint he just pulled off without heat..depends if it started to tear or not) he only used a metal razor blade on side windows..not the squuegee. When using the blade he scraped about 6 inches in one move..then flicked the glue off (Onto the removed tint) repeated a few times till clean..
Took him about 1.5 hours to remove it. I had 3 different tint films on my windows (Thankyou dodgy arse solartint in campbletown!!) even though I paid $325 for the best tint I could buy. and had it put on all at once!
Personally it would have taken me 4-5 hours..$80 was cheap!
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