Lucky day?

[jimnyc]

So I was expecting a package from USPS on Saturday. It was listed as DELIVERED at 7:07pm, but I was outside!! It was NOT delivered.

Long story short, they delivered it today, so all is cool. This is the tint meter.

My windshield must allow 70% of light to transmit through. It is right on the dot, so all is great! The 2 front side windows are the same, must allow 70% of light to be transmitted through. One tests at 66% and the other at 67%. Yikes. But they look SO clear, so hopefully all will be ok.

Something I just thought of though that I doubt NO ONE has ever been confronted with before, but then again... the only places I can see this happening is NY or Texas - for folks that have decided to tint their entire windshield. I did that of course, and everything is legal. But NY places an inspection sticker & a registration sticker on your windshield. Inspection places use a 10" scraping tool and will maul that area of your window when replacing!! I'm starting to think I may be replacing the windshield tint yearly.

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BUT, I also got this in the mail today, so this will make me happy for a day or 2! Or until the wife sees it and takes it from me so I don't irresponsibly spend it in less than 3 hours.

[Elessar]

Shit Jim. Get it installed professionally. A pro will open
the area and set it below the visible leading edge of the door windows.

Or carefully use a plastic 4" putty knife and dry squeegie
To press out bubbles, or else it will look like crap.

Make sure the glass has been really cleaned, too. Use Windex
and newspaper to polish it clean first.

[jimnyc]

Shit Jim. Get it installed professionally. A pro will open
the area and set it below the visible leading edge of the door windows.

Or carefully use a plastic 4" putty knife and dry squeegie
To press out bubbles, or else it will look like crap.

Make sure the glass has been really cleaned, too. Use Windex
and newspaper to polish it clean first.

Oh, it was done by a pro shop, and the cost proved that! LOL

The problem is the garage where you get it inspected, and how nice they will be in removing any stickers.

The glass and tint are PERFECT right now. I'd rather not have to get it replaced when a mechanic with an off day scrapes off like 10 inches of tint!

The problem with it going over the limits is what is from the manufacturer. It would appear that Toyota sends off this model truck with like 80% light transmission on the front side windows, and like 90% on the windshield.

Back to the installation.... reading... I can have the installer cut out a square for those areas, but you're still at the mercy of the dang garages. OR, I can use saran warp delicately underneath and gently place and tape in the bottom left corner. I'm not sure how the installer placed those documents back on my window and I never asked, as I didn't think of it until this morning.

[Elessar]

Oh, it was done by a pro shop, and the cost proved that! LOL
. I'm not sure how the installer placed those documents back on my window and I never asked, as I didn't think of it until this morning.

Oh...you left initial purchase documents in the window?

Installer can use a heat gun - like a hair dryer - and peel back the film.

Take the documents out and tape them into the window until your permanent Reg and tags arrive.

[jimnyc]

Oh...you left initial purchase documents in the window?

Installer can use a heat gun - like a hair dryer - and peel back the film.

Take the documents out and tape them into the window until your permanent Reg and tags arrive.

The vehicle came with the 1 year inspection sticker applied properly on the windshield. The registration I must wait a few weeks for, so a temporary is applied in the same spot with scotch tape. I never gave it thought before as I never had my windshield done before.

Somehow he got off the inspection sticker, and of course easily the registration and both are now somehow over the tint, just as they were when I picked up the truck. So obviously he somehow got the insurance sticker off, and then reapplied over the tint. And obviously, my concern is somehow being able to do the same when it comes time for inspection, to take it off and reapply the new one. But mechanics surely ain't tint specialists!

[Elessar]

The vehicle came with the 1 year inspection sticker applied properly on the windshield. The registration I must wait a few weeks for, so a temporary is applied in the same spot with scotch tape. I never gave it thought before as I never had my windshield done before.

Somehow he got off the inspection sticker, and of course easily the registration and both are now somehow over the tint, just as they were when I picked up the truck. So obviously he somehow got the insurance sticker off, and then reapplied over the tint. And obviously, my concern is somehow being able to do the same when it comes time for inspection, to take it off and reapply the new one. But mechanics surely ain't tint specialists!

We do not have inspections out here. However, the hair dryer trick might work.
You could also carefully cut a section with a very keen knife so the legal
position of the sticker is available. Annually having to renew it would be a pain if glazed over.

[jimnyc]

We do not have inspections out here. However, the hair dryer trick might work.
You could also carefully cut a section with a very keen knife so the legal
position of the sticker is available. Annually having to renew it would be a pain if glazed over.

I've read everything I can find so far. Very few, but some, say a heat gun on other side of window and slowly remove it. My concern with that is that the heat gun will also do the same with the tint.

Some talk about using saran wrap or other products behind it. Problem is, the mechanic does the application. so I have to hope they/he, my normal guy, will make this easy for me.

I also just now bought some sticker crap off of amazon. Apparently you can place this sticker anywhere on your glass, and then remove it just as easily. You can also apparently apply it, and even then move to another car. The goal here being - apply those 2 stickers ON TOP of this sticker application, and then the following year you just remove this sticker without using heat, and then use another sticker for the next set of documents.

I guess - Apply sticker on windshield. Then apply 2 documents ON this new sticker. Then yank off entire sticker at inspection next year. Toss in garbage. Apply new sticker. Apply new set of documents on top of new sticker. Sounds good in theory!

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[jimnyc]

BTW, yes, another reason New York sucks!

When I was in NJ, we would go to the inspection center about 1 mile away. Wait in line, pass thru and they inspect it as you pass through, and put sticker on at other end of drive through. FREE. You are on your way. Also, you only have registration inside of vehicle.

In NY, no such thing. You must go to a garage that is also a certified inspection center. Who knows when they will raise rates again, but right now it's $37 to have your vehicle inspected. They do the same and apply a sticker on your interior windshield. Additionally, your registration is good for 2 years. When you get it in the mail, it's a sticker and a document for your glove box. The sticker goes just next to your inspection sticker.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Thankfully WI doesn't have auto inspections. I checked into tint for my two side windows. Found a pro shop and they said $125. There's barely anything to my side windows, they're really small so it seems a high but, there's barely no tint at all on them and I'd definitely like them darker. The sun shining in does heat up the car inside. They said FOUR TO FIVE HOURS to do it? WHAAAAT? What takes so long? Looks like this place does a lot of hotrods though.

http://tntwindowtint.com/

Nice check by the way... that'll brighten up anyone's day...

[SassyLady]

Oh, it was done by a pro shop, and the cost proved that! LOL

The problem is the garage where you get it inspected, and how nice they will be in removing any stickers.

The glass and tint are PERFECT right now. I'd rather not have to get it replaced when a mechanic with an off day scrapes off like 10 inches of tint!

The problem with it going over the limits is what is from the manufacturer. It would appear that Toyota sends off this model truck with like 80% light transmission on the front side windows, and like 90% on the windshield.

Back to the installation.... reading... I can have the installer cut out a square for those areas, but you're still at the mercy of the dang garages. OR, I can use saran warp delicately underneath and gently place and tape in the bottom left corner. I'm not sure how the installer placed those documents back on my window and I never asked, as I didn't think of it until this morning.

Dumb question ... why isn't tint put on inside?

[Abbey Marie]

Thankfully WI doesn't have auto inspections. I checked into tint for my two side windows. Found a pro shop and they said $125. There's barely anything to my side windows, they're really small so it seems a high but, there's barely no tint at all on them and I'd definitely like them darker. The sun shining in does heat up the car inside. They said FOUR TO FIVE HOURS to do it? WHAAAAT? What takes so long? Looks like this place does a lot of hotrods though.

http://tntwindowtint.com/

Nice check by the way... that'll brighten up anyone's day...

No auto inspections at all?

[darin]

Would you mind attaching the images? I wanna see!

[jimnyc]

Dumb question ... why isn't tint put on inside?

Oh, it is, the tint is always inside. Problem is, the insurance and registration stickers also go inside!

Would you mind attaching the images? I wanna see!

Pics of what buddy? The device, the tint?

[darin]

Oh, it is, the tint is always inside. Problem is, the insurance and registration stickers also go inside!




Pics of what buddy? The device, the tint?

Whatever you posted in the first post - I see now that it was a pic of the check. that hosting site is blocked from work

[jimnyc]

Whatever you posted in the first post - I see now that it was a pic of the check. that hosting site is blocked from work

Yeah, I figured take a photo of it and enjoy, as it now belongs to the woman, and I don't see checks like that very often!!