Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:39:32 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Windows tinted
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No removal of closet.
Tinting is applied to the inside.
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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
PB typed:
> 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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