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Bad tint job

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nickgpgt

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I got my car tinted about a month ago or so and recently bubbles started popping up. I went back and they said its dirt and that its unavoidable unless its done in a paint booth but ive gone to another shop and talked to multiple people and everyone agrees it needs to be re done but theyre insisting its something you cant avoid so im lost at what i should do now. i dont know what else to tell them, and i really dont want to be out of 175 bucks...sorry this was kind of a rant lol
 


i did my own tint job, no bubbles at all. over a year later.

something tells me they didn't prep the windows very well. these no such thing as the bubbles will happen. not supposed to.

what windows got the bubbles? all of them or just the back window?
 
all of them, small spots that happened because of dirt and they are really arguing against me and im not sure what else to do
 
You need to being it back and have them re-do it. You don't get dirt underneath it unless they failed to prep the window correct and it should bubble especially in that short of a time frame.
 


nickgpgt said:
all of them, small spots that happened because of dirt and they are really arguing against me and im not sure what else to do
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life time warranty or not, id make them redo the whole job, or refund your money, thats just bad business on their part.

like i said, piss poor prep work, you need to clean the windows with a razor blade, and the edges of the black on the back window and defrosters with -000 steel wool, and the black part of the front windshield for the brow. and then clean, then clean it again, then clean it again, its got to be real clean.

if they flat out say no, park your car in the lot next to theirs with a huge ass sign saying they do crappy work and wont stand behind it, heres the proof look for yourself.
 
My Stealth was tinted in 03 in a normal shop that does tint. 10 years later it still looks perfect with no bubbles. The shop did a hack job and are trying to talk their way out of it.
 
Lol I would go back and say ok its dirty u guys installed the tint how did dirty get under the tint to make bubbles....unless you ****ed it up the first time
 


the owner is saying he cant allow it to be redone and swears its something i cant avoid because its an older car and that hes got other cars there with that issue. he did say that if i have another shop do it and it turns out better he'll refund my money so looks like ill have to go that route
 
Doesn't matter if it's a warranty thing or not. You paid for a service and your unhappy with it. They got your money so they either need to refund it back so you can go elsewhere or fix it. Sounds like they're teaming up on you..stand your ground and bring someone with you.
 
nickgpgt said:
the owner is saying he cant allow it to be redone and swears its something i cant avoid because its an older car and that hes got other cars there with that issue. he did say that if i have another shop do it and it turns out better he'll refund my money so looks like ill have to go that route
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I hope your not going to believe that. Lets see what can possibly happen..you go off and pay another shop and they do a flawless job then you go back to original shop and owner refuses to refund your money and uses the excuse that he can't fix it since another shop has already redone it...see what I mean the outcome could be even worse.
 


If the whole dirt in the window thing was true he should of disclosed that to you prior to doing the work. Similar to how most shops will let you know if you ever have tint removed from the rear window that sometimes the defroster will mess up.

I had my tint done a few years back. I didn't notice till a few days later that the tint was cut a bit short on my driver side window. I went back let the owner know I wanted it redone and he had no issues. I later on recommended a few friends to him.
 
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