Mobile Window Tinting in California, How many of you are interested?

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LAQ
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for the upcoming summer, i am thinking about starting a professional mobile window tinting service in southern california on a part time basis.

of course, there will be nico prices. the question is how many of you mayb be interested in this service?

let me know,


pimpingurz
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i am, but do u have any warranties? how much experience do u have? what part of cali are you in? i am not trying to be mean, just curious. thanks in advance!:ylsuper

pimpingurz
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duh, it says that you're in hollywood.

fxjackso
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LAQ-

I'm out of your area, but maybe you can answer a question for me. I just moved here, and I have "Texas" legal tint on my windows, since my car spent its life in Houston. It was also OK in Maryland.

The front and rear sides, and the back window, all have dark tint. I'm seeing that most, but not all, cars with tint have lighter or no tint on driver/front passenger windows. Do I need to remove mine?

Thanks for any advice.

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LAQ
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We will offer LIfe Time Warranty against bubbling, peeling, fading as long as you own your car. My experience in tinting goes back to early 90's.

for fxjackso, legally in california, you are not to have any tint on two front doors, having said that, 90% of the cars get them done. for you, I wouldn't worry unless you get a ticket for it. It should be a fix ticket, take it off, get it signed off at any local police station.

pimpingurz
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that sounds great. what is your quote for a '93 j30 infiniti. just a rough estimate and when will you be starting to do this?

thanks for the reply... :ylsuper

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email me if you don't want to list...

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I heard that tinting is not a fix-it ticket in CA anymore. Do you have any info on this? Supposedly it is now a moving violation.In response to your original post, yes, I may be interested for my '94 Q. What do you think it would cost to do all 7 windows?

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Here's a tint link from Calif DMV, I'm still looking for violation type.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26708.htm

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I just called Hawthorne LAPD, and they said it is a fix-it ticket, unless you don't fix it within the allotted amount of time. In that case, it does become a point on your driving record.

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LAQ, I think its an awesome deal. I just had my Q 's tint redone not to long ago. I wish I had known about your venture sooner. I may be interested in you doing my truck though. Email me with your info so I can get a price.

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I would be interested also, but i dont live very close to hollywood

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i'd be interested, how far you willing to drive and how much will it run me? (pm me if you don't wanna quote on the forum)...i'm out in the san bernardino area...

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For you Arizonans, here is the relevant Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S. 28-959 et. seq.) that governs window tint:

28-959.01. Materials on windows or windshield; exceptions; requirements; violation; definitions

A. This section does not apply to:

1. Front side wing vents and windows that have a substance or material in conjunction with glazing material that has a light transmission of thirty-three per cent plus or minus three per cent and a luminous reflectance of thirty-five per cent plus or minus three per cent.

2. Front side wing vents and windows that have a substance or material not attached in conjunction with glazing material that is used by a vehicle operator on a moving vehicle during daylight hours as provided in section 28-922.

3. Rearview mirrors.

4. Adjustable nontransparent sun visors that are mounted forward of the side windows and that are not attached to the glass.

5. Signs, stickers or other materials that are either:

(a) Displayed in a seven inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver.

(b) Displayed in a five inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver.

6. Side windows that are to the rear of the driver and rear windows that have a substance or material in conjunction with glazing material that has a luminous reflectance of thirty-five per cent plus or minus three per cent or less.

7. Direction, destination or termination signs on a passenger common carrier motor vehicle, if the signs do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.

8. Rear window wiper motors.

9. A rear trunk lid handle or hinges.

10. The rear window or windows if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors that are on both left-hand and right-hand sides of the vehicle and that are located in a manner to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of the motor vehicle.

11. Transparent material that is installed, affixed or applied to the topmost portion of the windshield if:

(a) The bottom edge of the material is at least twenty-nine inches above the undepressed driver's seat when measured from a point five inches in front of the bottom of the backrest with the driver's seat in its rearmost and lowermost position with the vehicle on a level surface.

(b) The material is not red or amber in color.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not operate a motor vehicle with an object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed or applied on the windshield or side or rear windows or with an object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed or applied in or on the motor vehicle in a manner that obstructs or reduces a driver's clear view through the windshield or side or rear windows.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not place, install, affix or apply a transparent material on the windshield or side or rear windows of a motor vehicle if the material alters the color or reduces the light transmittance of the windshield or side or rear windows.

D. Each manufacturer shall certify to the director that the product or material the manufacturer manufactures or assembles complies with the reflectivity and transmittance requirements of this section.

E. This section does not permit or prohibit the use and placement of federal, state or local certificates on any window as are required or prohibited by applicable laws.

F. A person who sells or installs objects or materials under this section shall set forth in a conspicuous manner that the installation of the object or material to the driver or passenger side window may be illegal in some states.

G. On application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun that is supported by written attestation of this fact from a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17, the department may issue an exemption from this section for a motor vehicle belonging to the person or in which the person is a habitual passenger. A person may operate a vehicle or alter the color or reduce the light transmitted through the side or rear windows of a vehicle pursuant to an exemption issued by the director.

H. In this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Light transmission" means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, that is allowed to pass through the product or material including the glazing to the amount of total light falling on the product or material and the glazing.

2. "Luminous reflectance" means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, that is reflected outward by the product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material.

3. "Manufacturer" means either:

(a) A person who engages in the manufacturing or assembling of sun screening products or materials designed to be used in conjunction with vehicle glazing materials.

(b) A person who fabricates, laminates or tempers the glazing material incorporating the capacity to reflect or to reduce the transmittance of light during the manufacturing process.

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P.S.: I have no tint in my Q45. Don't need it. This is the first car I've ever owned that I did not tint. Instead, I put the windows down when I park it during the hot summer months. :)

--don

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Roll-up thermal windshield blockers are very useful, even in Seattle. Joe has them at a good price.

Mandatory south of the 40th parallel.

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Am I the only whacko that covers his car when he parks it?


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