I took my car 2003Ci in today to get the windows tinted and they tell me that they would not do the front two windows because the windows move down 1/4" when the door opens and moves back up when the door closes. I just purchased this car last week and was wondering can this still be done (tinting). The reason why they wouldnt try it, is beacuse it would rub on the weather stripping and ruin the tint. Is this true
Tinted Window
- Thread starter G_anders
- Start date
![[thumb]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_thumb.gif "Thumbs Up [thumb]"){kind=icon}
Dude, they are telling you the whole truth... Your tint has to cure for at least 24 hours with the windows rolled up. Basically you can not open your car windows for the first twenty four hours at all or you will waste your time and your money. I travel a great deal, therefore I had my windows tinted just before a business trip in the winter and left my car alone for two days with the windows untouched. My tint is still almost perfect after five years. If as you say your windows roll a quarter of the way down then your tint will be destroyed before it will ever be able to set. Is there any way to disable the feature that rolls your windows down? Just my two and a half cents... Happy Motoring...[driving2]I dont think there is a way to disable it. Reason being is because there is a trim that is above the window. When you close the door the window is down 1/4" and when it hits the jamb it seats itself under the trim and moves the window back up. Its hard to describe but you have to have the 325Ci to undertand.
TOTALLY 100% UNTRUE.
We have tinted 2 330cics, an M3, 2 SL500s and a Z8. The tinting place you are talking with is just stupid, and not capable of doing the job. That feature where the window goes down a bit, is on basically every german cabrio and coupe.
Find a new place. It can be done, and there is ZERO damage to the tint. Just allow 24 hours before you roll the window down completely.
We have tinted 2 330cics, an M3, 2 SL500s and a Z8. The tinting place you are talking with is just stupid, and not capable of doing the job. That feature where the window goes down a bit, is on basically every german cabrio and coupe.
Find a new place. It can be done, and there is ZERO damage to the tint. Just allow 24 hours before you roll the window down completely.
Don't go to that tint place! They suck! Dunno if they know how to tint. Any competent tint store would know how to tint. My coupe has tinted front side windows and when I asked them, they said this is common since many coupes do this and that any professional tint shop could handle it. Those one man, parking lot operations might not tho.
It's only on the coupes and convertibles Sec8....they have no door frames around the top of their two doors. Their windows lower just a bit as the doors open to clear the roof's rubber strip. When their doors close, the windows rise back up, just a skosh, to fit in with the rubber on the roof line. We don't have that nonsense since our doors have a frame around the window. That's why the sedans are more rigid, sporty, performance-oriented, and all around kick-ass than the coupes!! Hehe
![[:p]](/images/smilies/tongue.png "Stick Out Tongue [:p]")
![[:D]](/images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin [:D]")