Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:18:09 -0700
Reply-To: mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Windows tinted
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Inside. Too much chance for damage on the outside. Already got the closet
window done prior to installing the closet (changed from country homes to
westy interior)
Mike
On 6/26/07 5:17 PM, "PB" <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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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