Take apart doors to get window tint?
Mar 10, 2009, 04:40 PM
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Take apart doors to get window tint?
I was just at the window tinting shop and they told me that they need to take the doors apart to put felt on the inside of the weather stripping. The factory weather stripping does not have felt. The tinter feels that without putting felt on the inside of the weatherstrip it will scratch any tint I have installed.
Is this true/probable?
Is this true/probable?
Mar 10, 2009, 04:42 PM
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Yup it true, https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...light=moleskin
Mine pretty much got the long scratches in em...I need to install moleskin this spring and get tint redone, if the tint shop you going to is offering that, let em do it..Just make sure that all they do.
Mine pretty much got the long scratches in em...I need to install moleskin this spring and get tint redone, if the tint shop you going to is offering that, let em do it..Just make sure that all they do.
Mar 10, 2009, 04:48 PM
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completely true, although they dont NEED to take the door apart but they will need to install felt, mole hair, or something of that nature to protect the tint from scratches. the x has a rubber piece on the top of the door that touches the window when it goes up and down. if you dont put something in there any dirt or anything can actually scratch the window tint. i had to get my window tint redone because when i first got it tinted (feb 08) they didnt put this on and every window was scratched with in 4 months. but my tinter did NOT take the door apart. i would not have let him do that to a brand new car. there are other ways to fix this issue.
Mar 10, 2009, 06:29 PM
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i installed moleskins on mine and it was easy. The doors come off with like 3 screws and a bunch of plastic snaps. Probably took me an hour total, but the first one took 30 mins as I was trying to figure out wtf I was doing. No rattles afterwards either.
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Mar 11, 2009, 12:33 PM
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my tinter cut the rubber gasket off so there is nothing there anymore... i dont have any scratches but if i close the door with the window half way it moves and acts loose....but like i said no scratches lol
Mar 11, 2009, 09:33 PM
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yup. i got 35 % tint and i got scratches and im pissed cause my friend that is a window tinter and he didn't even say anything about that. i noticed the scratches and now im going to mention this to him. he better redo them!!!
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So it acts loose? Is it really a problem? I'm looking to get this done because, even with felt, I'm getting scratches.
