Window tint problem
 

Has anyone had a problem with a passenger side window having a tint peel in the lower left corner (from looking at it from inside the car)

It started peeling with 3 weeks or so after getting it brand new. So I got a reputable company to redo it Austin where I live and did not roll down the window for 10 days and now about a month later it is starting to do it again.

Sigh, I have never had this happen before. Could it be something wrong with the actual window, if not it means it was done incorrectly twice.

Yep. I got that too. Been too lazy to bring it back to get it redone. Wonder if it's hitting something or just that rubber just picking it off when ever it goes down.

I thought that was just me. Hardly visible when the window is rolled up, but it makes a sound as it flaps when I roll down the window.

Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

that sucks. any quick way of taking the door panel off and extending the tint with some additional tint film?

sounds like it's binding on the guide or something.

Who did the work? Sounds like they aren't very competent. There are plenty of 370Z out there with tint and no issues like this.

Your tint guy is incompetent. The tint is not going far down enough and there is a piece of rubber in there that catches and you get what you have.

Take your door panel off and then remove the window seal. Shine a flashlight down in there and you'll see what is catching the tint. Leave the seal off and reinstall your door panel and reset the power window. Take it back to the tint shop, tell him to pull his head out of his *** and let him know you made his job very easy for him and to get the tint way down in there. Give it a few days and re-install that window seal.

Been there done that. Had someone else do my 2014 and no problems.

Could this be happening cause the window rolls down a little every time u open the door? I've been wanting to get tints done but was wondering if that little bit of movement could screw it up.


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I have the same issue. Had my tint installed at the dealership when I picked her up 4 years ago. Haven't concerned me much to have it redone.

same problem here.
the panel would have to be removed and the tint extended a little more, then also
heated for a longer duration for the tint to be secure.

Properly installed tint should not have any of the issues you guys are experiencing. Do not let poor installers sway you from getting tint if you want tint. Just do your research and find someone that knows what they're doing (or will at least stand behind their work and fix it right).

there's a sticky in the interior/exterior section of this forum that discusses this:

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...ing-issue.html

Disable your switch on your door so the window will not move. Get you window redone and don't use that door for about a week. You will be fine after that. I had the problem too.

Just noticed this on my Z also, about 2 months old. Grumble Grumble.

If you don't mind, please post up who your $hitty installer was in the Austin area. It would be nice to help steer other people clear of incompetent shops. If it was a friend that did it on the cheap, you don't have to call them out by name :icon17:

^^^^^^^ This!

I'll get mine fixed eventually, so, knowing who -not- to use would be nice.

:iagree: I'd like to know who it was. I had mine done by Millennium Wraps and the first time, they didn't tint far enough below so it started coming up. I took i back and asked them to redo it and have not had any issues since.

And where did you go?

I would at least take it back to the shop who originally did your install (assuming it was fairly recent). Any decent tint guy should be able to see the issue, figure it out, and redo it correctly. If you want to be sure, do what falconfixer suggests above and remove the trim piece before you go. Or at least talk with the guy and make sure he understands what the issue is and does it right this time.

Imparting knowledge on the installer isn't a bad thing either. Maybe the next 370Z that comes in, he gets it right the first time :tup:

I wouldn't just throw the installer under the bus like that. It's a common problem with the Z read the sticky that someone posted. Then after reading the sticky make sure you remind yourself and the installer to take the extra steps to prevent this from happening. Pretty easy solution to a minor problem. Plus if it peels they'll fix it anyways.

Came tinted from the dealership when I picked it up at Town North; so who knows.

Yeah....enough said. lol

:iagree: But the first post was about an installer that's messed up twice, I believe. If they can't get it right the second time, that's a crappy installer. However, the simple fact of the matter is it is an easy solution that requires minimal effort in passing along some information to the installer :tup:

*edit* nvm... looks like the OP didn't give the first company a chance to fix it. But I'd like to know what "reputable" company he used second. I would go back to them and explain the issue and have them fix it.

If the installer knows what they are doing, It will be cured in a day with this hot weather and not have an issue when you roll it down.

It is a place called Sunbusters on Duval/183... When I say reputable it was one of the top I saw when I searched. And there was a corvette and a m5 being done when I was there.

The first time was done by whoever the dealership had do it in Houston.

I appreciate the info on the easy fix though.

Hm, they are very reputable. Sorry for your luck, OP. I'd go back and give them a chance to correct it.

Not sure if it's already been stated but I'm pretty sure this has to do with the window dropping and raising every time you open the door.

This is a common issue. Happened to myself. Multiple threads about it.

My tint from Town North is still on after a few years

It happened to me too, all they did to fix it was when they were cutting the film they left it about a quarter inch longer in that corner so it can go farther down. since doing that i haven't had any problems with it. so no need to take the door panel off and all of that.

I had no issues at all. Took it back, they re tinted my entire window for free, and went home. This happens when you open and close your door with the window moving. No big deal really

It happened to my driver's side window a couple of months ago - after 5 years!

It's not caused by shitty installation, it's caused by the adhesive starting to dry up at the edges and the lower corners take most of the abuse because they hit the rubber trim when they are lowered and raised every time the door is opened and closed.

I took a sharp new razor and carefully and cleanly cut off the corner that was separating from the window (I removed as small of a section as I could). So far, no more has separated and you can't really notice the missing corner unless you look hard.

Mine does it on the passenger window. It's barely noticeable.