Tinted Windows

Pooner

*sigh*... got pulled over this morning on my way to work at Cambie and River Road (the infamous 3-way stop)... not because i didn't come to a complete stop while making a right turn... it's because the cop was bored out of his mind and he pulled me over to tell me to roll up my window... and he caught me with my front window tinted...

he told me that i must remove the front tints and show an officer that it is done (he gave me a ticket which i must hand in to the station)... here's my Q to fellow LYKs... do you guys know any good trustworthy place to remove such tint jobs (in Richmond)??? and what's the price approx...

also... it is possible to do it myself... i don't have the experience... i got the tint job on when i was in Kelowna...

many thanks...

Pooner

NO WAY... the cop just asked??
haha that's hilarious...
did u retint your window again then??

i thought about DIY and i'm not sure if that's the best way to go... for one... i got zero exp...
and i'm not sure if they took out the entire door / panel to put on the tint... 2nd... i'm afraid they use some special adhesives... and i simply don't think i got the patience to blow and rip...

what's messed up is that my back is limo-dark... and now that the front will be gone... it'll be super ugly... big contrast... kinda wanna remove everything... and then slap on a lighter tint all around... *sigh*

Pooner

notgoddy: i was working in Kelowna several summers ago and it got to like high 30C... and inside the car was like 50... and it's "melting" the dashboard area... after work, when i go into my car... i press the dashboard and it would feel soft (almost like a sponge)... plus the sun in Kelowna is incredible... even wearing shades don't work all that well... and then of coz there's the obvious reasons... privacy and what not...

字典仔: thanks... but i managed to find this guy... he's gonna do it for 20bux / door... i'm seriously in no mood to sit there to blow and rip... i just hope he does a good job... i remember telling the guy in Kelowna to do the back 5%... and the front 50%... but the lucky cop still got me this morning... dang it...

Pooner

i know... so fcuking gay... now that i think about it... i should have done something similar to what you did... i didn't think of the contrast clearly when i had it done back then... it's definitely the contrast that killed me for sure... and it didn't help that my car doesn't have a sunroof to let some of the light in...

yeah... 20bux is definitely worth it for sure... coz i know i'm gonna do a crappy-ass job...
i guess good thing i didn't get slap with a 600bux fine...

for your friend... did he also tint the front??

Pooner

i knew my windows were a little tinted to begin with... but i didn't know that they're already AS2... learnt something here...

but then i don't think i could have gotten off easily... because when i rolled up the window... he saw the little gap from the edge of the window to the film... *sigh*...

Pooner

would it be a waste of money to do 35-50% all around then??
considering my windows are already AS2... *sigh*...
such a big headache...
i guess first things first... get them off... go make the RCMP happy... then consider next step...

Pooner

haha... i'm from Richmond... i was only up in Kelowna for one summer co-op... but yeah u're right... don't wanna get slap with a tix... coz that'll definitely be more expensive than removing the tints...

i guess in the future... i'll have the back taken off... then slap on a 35 or 50 in the back... and don't touch the front... coz i know the contrast (too ugly to my liking) will be too great if i leave the 5% in the back with nothing in the front...

btw... i got it done for aroud 300bux... was that too pricy??
but i gotta say they did an excellent job of it...

Pooner

thanks for all your responses... one more Q...
anyone out there did AS2 + 50%... all around ?

Pooner

yes, u've got me Traum... we are breaking the law...

but i don't know... if i plan to shoot someone (when they approach)... with or without the tint... i would shoot him regardless... besides, i would not point the gun at him... not very smart... i would wait till he leans down... then fire... lol so jk...

anyways... i'm not doing it to shoot someone... i admit i broke the law... but it's for my own comfort level... as i've explained for the sun... as well as privacy... and then someone mentioned about the temp... which i also agree... i dunno... just having a ****ty week... and am just trying to bitch / lash out here... lol...

Pooner

so i finally got it removed today after work... lol big ass contrast... and then it reminded me another reason why tinting the front is good... because it helps lower the high beam blasting from the idiot car in the back, which reflects off of the side mirrors...

i guess funny story... went to Minoru RCMP... was looking for parking spot... couldn't find one... so pulled up to a cop and asked where's the appropriate spot for me... turns out he was the cop that gave me the warning... he asked me so did i remove it... i said yes... he told me to pull up the windows... i did it... and he said good man and he let me off... LOL...

another Q for you guys out there... when the window comes down now... it seems kind of sticky at first... i wonder if it's because of the glue... any comments ??