EricKoske
10-07-2006, 08:34 PM
In short, it looks awesome, but I'll have trouble proving it because I don't have a decent camera yet.
After I showed up early this morning and talked to the installer, I asked if ti would be okay if I watched (mainly since I'm paranoid about my car and all). He explained that he'd prefer it if I didn't, or at least didn't talk a lot and ask questions because the install takes a lot of concentration to get right. So I watched most of the install quietly from a distance.
First thing he did was wash the nose of the car and then we used a clay bar that I happened to have brought along. Washed it off again and brought it inside the workshop to put it up on ramps where he could work on it.
I'm not sure I can describe the actual install process in any way that's not mindnumbingly boring. He put two small pieces of film on the sides of the vertical bits inside the grille, then cut one giant sheet of film and wrapped it across the nose. He tweaked and fiddled and repositioned this sheet for the better part of two hours trying to get it positioned just right before squeegeeing it down and trimming it.
His partner handled the rearview mirrors, door handle recesses, and the front fenders, and they finished the car up at about 2pm, four hours after they started.
The film looks amazing. The front 24" of the hood and front fenders are covered and the film edge is hard to spot in anything but direct sunlight at odd angles. There are seams and edges visible if you know where to look, but at anything over two feet, they're invisible, and when spotted, they look clean and professional.
I recently tinted my living room windows. Square sheeets of film on a flat piece of glass. I nearly killed myself. But these guys made laying down the vinyl film over multiple compound curves look simple and painless. I'm quite happy with the install overall. They were obsessive-compulsive about the details even more than I would be.
I'd better quit now. It almost sounds like I was paid to advertise them. :)
After I showed up early this morning and talked to the installer, I asked if ti would be okay if I watched (mainly since I'm paranoid about my car and all). He explained that he'd prefer it if I didn't, or at least didn't talk a lot and ask questions because the install takes a lot of concentration to get right. So I watched most of the install quietly from a distance.
First thing he did was wash the nose of the car and then we used a clay bar that I happened to have brought along. Washed it off again and brought it inside the workshop to put it up on ramps where he could work on it.
I'm not sure I can describe the actual install process in any way that's not mindnumbingly boring. He put two small pieces of film on the sides of the vertical bits inside the grille, then cut one giant sheet of film and wrapped it across the nose. He tweaked and fiddled and repositioned this sheet for the better part of two hours trying to get it positioned just right before squeegeeing it down and trimming it.
His partner handled the rearview mirrors, door handle recesses, and the front fenders, and they finished the car up at about 2pm, four hours after they started.
The film looks amazing. The front 24" of the hood and front fenders are covered and the film edge is hard to spot in anything but direct sunlight at odd angles. There are seams and edges visible if you know where to look, but at anything over two feet, they're invisible, and when spotted, they look clean and professional.
I recently tinted my living room windows. Square sheeets of film on a flat piece of glass. I nearly killed myself. But these guys made laying down the vinyl film over multiple compound curves look simple and painless. I'm quite happy with the install overall. They were obsessive-compulsive about the details even more than I would be.
I'd better quit now. It almost sounds like I was paid to advertise them. :)