DB9 factory tinted windows replacement
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Owner seemed to think they are a 25% tint, as a visual estimate. Faces can still be clearly seen behind the window. I can live with that.
I'm relying on his description because I haven't seen the car yet - it's several hundred miles away and I want to make sure most of the ducks are in a row before I visit.
I'm relying on his description because I haven't seen the car yet - it's several hundred miles away and I want to make sure most of the ducks are in a row before I visit.
UPDATE: Got the car today and while I was taking off some kind of tape from inside the quarterlight, I accidentally found that I had made a pinhole in... the tint!
So now that I knew it was add-on, I went to Google and discovered how to take it off. Some 2 hours later I got it completely off all 4 side windows leaving only the back to do later. That will take a bit of work because of the lack of space back there and I'm a bit claustrophobic.
As to the method - luckily I have a high temp commercial steamer. I steamed the inside of the windows around the area I wanted to pull off, started it with my fingernail and slowly it came away leaving only a small amount of glue which I took off using a new razor blade and window cleaner spray.
No more gangsta!
Here's the view halfway through the pax door. Each large window took about 10-15 min to pull off.
So now that I knew it was add-on, I went to Google and discovered how to take it off. Some 2 hours later I got it completely off all 4 side windows leaving only the back to do later. That will take a bit of work because of the lack of space back there and I'm a bit claustrophobic.
As to the method - luckily I have a high temp commercial steamer. I steamed the inside of the windows around the area I wanted to pull off, started it with my fingernail and slowly it came away leaving only a small amount of glue which I took off using a new razor blade and window cleaner spray.
No more gangsta!
Here's the view halfway through the pax door. Each large window took about 10-15 min to pull off.
superlightr said:
Wow - to the garage - looks more like a Hospital operating theater you are in.....
Thanks. I based it on the One-77 factory but I didn't replace my red cabinets for white ones like them. It's amazing how good a car looks in an all white environment too.
Floor is white gloss polyaspartic which is 4x more resistant to impact, no hot tire lift-off, cleans easily and is UV resistant - no yellowing. Plus it's like walking into a sci-fi film set each day!
do tell me you have a smoke machine and light effect for when the garage door opens......I bought a small smoke generator and disco lights for my living room/anywhere (for when my children have a party etc) . not for my own enjoyment....ofcourse. Sadly my garage is dusty, leaves and leftover kids stuf etc
To pass on what I've found out further, the windows are an AM factory tint, but very minor. My son, a past A-Grade tech and simply the most knowledgeable mechanic I've ever come across, pointed out and explained the markings on the existing windows to me.
They are known as AS values: my front window is AS1, and all the side and rear windows are AS2. That means they are slightly tinted by default.
According to a windscreen website, the AS number stands for American Standard, followed by a number indicating the position in which the glass may be used, based on its optical quality. AS1 is the clearest glass (at least 70% light transmission), is laminated, and can be used anywhere in a motor vehicle (typically just the windshield), AS2 is tempered with at least 70% light transmissions, and can be used anywhere except the windshield, and AS3 can be used in certain locations in certain vehicles (and can be laminated or tempered, and has less than 70% light transmission).
The tint I removed had a 35% value stamped into it, so combined with the factory tint it was likely the installation was illegal. Whatever the value, I simply don't like tints so it's gone, and I've learned a little more about my car. The rear window looks like the others which means it probably doesn't have after-market tint installed, but some time I'll get a shop to test it with a tint meter to substantiate it.
They are known as AS values: my front window is AS1, and all the side and rear windows are AS2. That means they are slightly tinted by default.
According to a windscreen website, the AS number stands for American Standard, followed by a number indicating the position in which the glass may be used, based on its optical quality. AS1 is the clearest glass (at least 70% light transmission), is laminated, and can be used anywhere in a motor vehicle (typically just the windshield), AS2 is tempered with at least 70% light transmissions, and can be used anywhere except the windshield, and AS3 can be used in certain locations in certain vehicles (and can be laminated or tempered, and has less than 70% light transmission).
The tint I removed had a 35% value stamped into it, so combined with the factory tint it was likely the installation was illegal. Whatever the value, I simply don't like tints so it's gone, and I've learned a little more about my car. The rear window looks like the others which means it probably doesn't have after-market tint installed, but some time I'll get a shop to test it with a tint meter to substantiate it.
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