Wednesday, November 09, 2005

My Car: The Story so far...

Im currently driving a Honda Civic 1.5 LSi. Its in White and in very good nick. Ive installed a HKS induction kit and tinted all of the windows except the windscreen. Ive also put a large white sun screen onto the windscreen with an Alpine decal over the top. The sunscreen is on the inside and the decal on the outside, this gives the decal a 3D impression. The first attempt at tinting went very well apart from the front two windows. They are very prone to air bubbles and creases. Today I took back to have them re-done and we had to remove the entire tint and start again. Using a heat gun is the only way to get the air and moisture bubbles out of the tint. The tint has a grain in it and the heat gun spreads the moisture through the grain making it very easy to push out with a credit card or small squegee. Now the tint has been applied to my car I have to keep the windows up for at least 2 days whilst the tint bonds properly onto the window. If you move the window before the tint has set it will peel the tint off and you will have to start again. If you have had any bad experiences with tinting let me know and send in a picture to be posted onto the blog. Send it to dan_spragg@hotmail.com