im gettin window tint tomorrow but...

[kcourtad]

my back window defroster might have to go... anyone else lose there to window tinting ??? its getting done by a guy in smithville tn and he said i might lost my back defroster... but the good news is while my dad is taking my car to get window tinting... i get to drive the 04 ford f 150 with the air ride on it...







this weekend is national clean your ride week... (not really) but yea everyone clean up your V`s and take pics of it and show em off shiny... we got some new wax we are going to try out on the car this weekend... it better work tho i paid like 30 bucks for it...
Modified by kcourtad at 4:07 PM 3/25/2008

[AwesomelyIsaac]

What? I got my windows tinted a while ago and the guy said nothing about losing my rear window defroster. It still works perfectly fine and everything. I got that tinting film with metal flakes (I'm sure someone on here knows what I'm talking about when comparing it to the cermatic film.)

[Ever Victorious]

Back in the earlier days of wire style rear defrosters, the defrosters would heat up the tint and cause it to bubble.

Those days are LOOONG gone. Modern tints hold up to the heat, and the newer defroster systems are more efficient and put out less waste heat.

[solidsnake]

Yeah.. i had mine on and the defroster works fine..

[kcourtad]

im asking did they take off your defroster with they put the tint on ???

[bulld0g]

im asking did they take off your defroster with they put the tint on ???

there is no need to disable/remove the rear defroster if that is what your tint guy is telling you then you better run or find another tint guy!!!

[solidsnake]

no, they did not take mine off..

[07Vsdn]

no they didn't.

i've never heard of that and i've had 4 cars tinted all with rear defrost.

i'd go to a different installer.

[equlizer]

zero probs here too and had it done before winter.

[kcourtad]

well i heard today what could remove window tint and works out really well is starter fluid...

[IMHungry]

You're joking, right?

[kcourtad]

nope it works... he swears up and down by it

[Kokanee]

Does this tint guy of yours work out of the back of his van by chance?

[Knightro2]

Your defroster will not affect your tint. You just shouldn't use it for about a month after you get the tint put on. Mine has worked fine and no probs.

Also, I'm not sure how he would take the defroster off. I haven't actually checked mine, but alot of defrosters nowadays are built into the glass itself.

[kcourtad]

well it might have to go back if the back window don`t set in right... i hope it does... but i think it looks good on there...