Window Tinting for the Mk7

[brad]

Different perceptions of dealers & their ability to provide a service.

While there are some good operators among the dealerships they are grossly outnumbered by the incompetant. Add in the franchise system which doesn't allow you to take problems with non-factory accessories such as window tint to another dealer.

Personally, I wouldn't trust the bulk of them with a billy-cart.

[kennyc]

True, i guess it is pot luck to which dealer provides a good service.
But i can only give rave reviews for Barloworld Glen Waverley. I bought my last car from them, and all i have received is excellent customer service.
I have dropped my car in a few times without an appointment and they have always gone out of their way to fix it then and there without me having to take it back another time.

So yeah because of the excellent service i get from them i bout the MK7 from there and won't go anywhere else.

[Nauend]

Recommendations for window tinters in canberra? I've had the car for six months and realised now summer is here that tinting would be very good.

[Eaglehawk]

I've used SolarTint in Belconnen for 3 cars (two VWs last year). No issues.

They couldn't do the small window though...

[Billecartz]

I've used SolarTint in Belconnen for 3 cars (two VWs last year). No issues.

They couldn't do the small window though...

Just had my GTI done at Reflect Effect North Parramatta and they did the small window with no problem. Dave said he just madea special tool, looks great!

[veew]

I've been asking the local window tinters if they do the front windows. I haven't found one who does it so far.

Darren from SolaBlocSA informed me he received this memo from SolarGard:

Please be aware that the newly released Volkswagen Golf 7 has two ”front quarter windows” that cannot be tinted.
These windows are impossible to access for tinting and apparently there’s also an airbag behind the A pillar trim.
It has been strongly recommended not to remove this A pillar trim under any circumstance in an attempt to tint these windows.

[cox11]

If this is the case, then how does the dealer get it done? Barloworld bayside have told me it's not a problem.
Btw, they said their tinted uses the anti cancer council endorsed film. Any thoughts/experiences if this stuff?

[brad]

If this is the case, then how does the dealer get it done? Barloworld bayside have told me it's not a problem.
Btw, they said their tinted uses the anti cancer council endorsed film. Any thoughts/experiences if this stuff?

As somebody else said, some of the tinters have made special tools to do the job. This thread keeps proving that some tinters only want the easy work.

Anything Cancer Council endorsed (or any other endorsement eg: Heart Foundation) just means that the company has paid a licence fee to the Cancer Council to use their name & logo. The product would have to meet certain minimum standards but it doesn't make it more "cancer stopping" than any other window tint of the same spec.

[cox11]

As somebody else said, some of the tinters have made special tools to do the job. This thread keeps proving that some tinters only want the easy work.

Anything Cancer Council endorsed (or any other endorsement eg: Heart Foundation) just means that the company has paid a licence fee to the Cancer Council to use their name & logo. The product would have to meet certain minimum standards but it doesn't make it more "cancer stopping" than any other window tint of the same spec.

Yeah, it sounds like it. But many of these guys do a good job scaring consumers into thinking the others will do a **** job.

I would like to take it to someone like tintx in Clayton but worry about the quality if the job. Particularly as they quote tint with the quarter windows for $220.

[brad]

I paid around that for my Octavia (7 windows inc the big back one). Pefect job. I doubt I'd be willing to pay more than $270 for a similar vehicle - maybe $300 tops if it's a wagon.