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| newimprovednf |
| Want to tint my Mazda 3's windows.... I have seen many cars with torn and blistered sunfilm on the rear wind sheild... any advice to prevent it.. thanxx - n ! T h u n - |
| yurki500 |
| Yeah, advice: don't go to Manly West! hahahahahahahaha. Seriously, there are one or two shops there that are good. Just make sure you get 3M window tint. Normally they will offer you 3 or 5 year fade warranty. If you are Westener, then they will offer you only 30% tint. Thats the max we are allowed, or is it 40%, can't remember now. Do not get the sun-strip across the top of ya windscreen, looks pants! I would recommend a shop accross from Lamcy Plaza. It's an Audio shop, but they offer good swervice and do a very, very good job. It's not cheap though, but it will not peel or bubble. If it does, you take it back. |
| jacky |
If you don't mind me asking, when you say not cheap, what kinda ball park are they?? Yes i know i'm just being lazy and could call them. |
| yurki500 |
| If I remember, I paid AUD350 for my Sports car. I think it would be around AUD500-550 for a decent sized 4x4. |
| newimprovednf |
| Hey thanx guyz... i shall visit dat shop near lamcy.... - n ! T h u n - |
| jacky |
thanks, not too shabby. |
| gangster |
| Thats soooooooooooooooooo cheap, an average car in UK would cost about 15,000AUD a big 4x4 20,000AUD |
| Brisbane |
You have got to be kidding me!!! :shock: In Canada its the equivalent of 600AUD. |
| newimprovednf |
| hey buddy thats 100 % kiddin.... AUD 15000 its toooooooo much hehe... - n ! T h u n - |
| gangster |
| I kid not - honest our petrol is equiv approx 30 AUD a gallon!!! Service on my Jeep Al Futtain Motors 750 AUD My BMW 7 series service in UK same 4000 AUD oil change 800AUD :cry: :cry: |
| newimprovednf |
| hey gangster... actually wat are u talkin about..... I never can believe if u say need AUD 15000 for tinting a car or even a huge sized 4 X 4... if wat u r sayin is true.... i'm dropin ma plans to visit UK... haha - n ! T h u n - |
| jacky |
You were pretty much right on the money, I went there yesterday and priced them out, they quoted 600 before any discount discussions. They had a couple cars in the room and i watched them work on one, looked very sharp. I'll let you know if I decide to go with them and how it all turns out. the price is complocalle to Canada, to tint my P5 ran me CDN 160 or about AUD450 for 3m, 5 year warranty, gradient tint. |
| yurki500 |
| Nice one. Thye are pretty decent bunch of guys and gals. What % tint did you look at. There are cheaper places to go, but I found them very good and at the end of the day, you get what you pay for. |
| jacky |
The 50% 5 year guarantee 3m is really nice but I haven't committed just yet, I've only had the car for 17 hours, need to make sure it runs okay first. There are considerably cheaper, I know a guy that'll do the car for AUD 150 but I'm a little hesitant and am looking for good references, it is silly in my opinion to spend X thousands on a car and then make it look like trash to save a few hundred. |
| gangster |
sorry 1500 AUD :oops: |
| newimprovednf |
| hey guyz.. i got it tinted with 3m film for 300 bucks... awsome work... did it from a shop behind emarat petrol pump near old brisbane cinema... cheers - n ! T h u n - |
| jacky |
very true, I have however seen tint on the outside here, trash. |
| BFG-9000 |
| Yeah, Manly West tinting is a roll of the Wakerleye. Agree with Yorky. HSV (Head Start Vision) opposite Lamcy's is a good place for quality 3M tinting. Standard price list is 750AUD for an average sized car - family sedan. Of course you talk them down from there and you get a 5 year warranty against bubbling, peeling and fading. |
| jacky |
| I ended up going to a place in Kedron to get mine done, a recommendation from another acquaintance. Ran me AUD 150 for 9 windows (SUV) but not 3m and not installed in a dust free area as it should but a 3 yr warrenty. In talking to the guy I found out an interesting tidbit. I guess there is a lot of fake 3m going around here, unless you are an expert you won’t really notice the difference but the email address on the box is wrong. Check the 3m packaging and if the email address is XXXXX@mmm.com instead of XXXXX@3m.com be suspicious. (don’t know how reliable the source is though) |
| hosrom_951 |
| My goodness, look at the pices you are talking about!! I paid AUD140 for 50% all round, and 75% on the rear window (American tint). 2-years, and still looks new. All done from the inside of the car, NOT the outside, that's why some tints fade and turn white-ish later on. Come to Ransome, come to Salah El Din road, go to Al Yassmine Building, there is a shop called Super Dark, they did 3 of my cars, as well as all my friends (at least 3 i can think of), no complains. |
| gangster |
| tint should always be on the inside!! if they say on outside - walk away |
| BFG-9000 |
| Outside? Haha... now that's gotta be a first... Talk about cutting corners! Tint can fade on the inside too - mostly cheap Taiwanese stuff. Most 'cheap' American tinting will still be metal based so shouldn't turn even after a few years. Still a nice price there jacky. |
| jacky |
Thanks, I should add one caveat though, I’ve noticed one 1mm air bubble on the back window and a couple other minor imperfections overall I’m happy and it is under warranty if I ever get my lazy a$s back there, overall I’m happy but it is worth mentioning you do get what you pay for and 3m is a more forgiving tint to apply. The stuff I got was the “cheap American”, has the statue of liberty on it but they did say there was a cheaper option if I wanted, I’m guessing that would have been the Taiwanese. |
| BFG-9000 |
| Maite, I'm not too picking when it comes to this. I have a few little dust bits in my tint even though it's 3M and applied at the approved fitter etc but I figure a spec of dust here and there is not worth the trouble of driving back and having a new sheet put on. End of the day it does what its suppose to. |