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Date:         Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:17:53 -0700
Reply-To:     PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Windows tinted
Comments: To: mike <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
In-Reply-To:  <C2A6F53B.7E1A%mwmiller@cwnet.com>
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Is the tinting applied from the inside or the outside? If from the inside, did he have to remove the rear clothes closet and cabinets that block the driver's side back window? Patti ******************************************************** On 6/26/07, mike <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote: > > What's he charging now? The quotes in Marin County CA are around $600. > > Mike > > > On 6/26/07 2:32 PM, "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott" > <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > I just had Mellow Yellow's windows tinted. The passenger and driver's > > windows and wind wings were done in 35% (transmits 35% of the light) > > neutral gray. Everything aft was done in 20% platinum metal (transmits > > 20% of the light, looks reflective from the outside. Good for primping). > > Cost $260 at Todd's Tint Shop in Oceanside California. They do tinting > > for the local Lexus dealer. He quoted it over the phone, called me a > > couple hours after I had dropped it off and said that it would take a > > lot longer than expected and that I got a great deal. I reckon I did -- > > they did a great job, even behind the closet, and it looks good. > > > > He called me back a couple hours ago. Said someone had dropped off > > another Vanagon -- also an 84 -- and wanted to know how I got the slider > > windows out. I told him. He said that he might have lost money tinting > > my van, but he felt that being able to pick my brain made it worth it to > > him. I feel pretty ignorant about Vanagon stuff here on the list, but I > > reckon I'm a frickin' walking encyclopedia of Vanagon knowhow to the > > average bear. > > > > The film is still hardening so I haven't washed the rest of Mellow > > Yellow or I'd post a picture. It's getting washed on Thursday, and I'll > > take a photo then. > > > > -- > > > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > > KG6RCR >


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