Tinting the rocco

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Originally Posted by Rocco_R

Yep :banana:yesterday noon, going to upload some pictures once done with some cosmetics :-) it is in a garage for wheels powder coating. It is the same white as yours :-) Ah are you going to do the window tinting soon to closely match the rear privacy side window which would look very cool too.

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congrats mate, looking forward to the pics
yes, will be taking it to a few places on Monday after work to see if i can find a close match to the rear tint. I want it to be as close as possible.

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Originally Posted by Alister

Looks great John - quality looks first rate!

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Thanks Alister, yea, they did a great job, suppose when you walk in and see ferarri's lambo's m3's left there, you know they must do some good work. I still have to take it back for them to polish it. They say should come up ans shiny as glass when done.
They use a product called protech eclat max

Thanks John. Hey, I booked in for "tint a car" to do my window tinting next Wed, they told me they did a same car few weeks ago and looks great (though on a rising blue Scirocco), and knows exactly how dark the tint should be to match closely the rear privacy glasses but still road legal, will look a bit dark from inside though. I will post some pics for your reference if you haven't done yours by then. They told me will be using a product called Bolle.

Good idea of polishing it, I will check whether it is available at NSW.

Pics would be good, thanks for that. I may have to go see the local tint a car place here also and see what they think.

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Originally Posted by JohnA

Pics would be good, thanks for that. I may have to go see the local tint a car place here also and see what they think.

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Hey John, here are some pics hope you found it useful - 'tint a car' applied the Bolle tint which is mostly commonly used for VW, just got it done this morning and need to leave the tint dry for a couple of days.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...InGarage-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...InTheSun-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...2/Parked-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...2/ZoomIn-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...OnStreet-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Rocco_R

Hey John, here are some pics hope you found it useful - 'tint a car' applied the Bolle tint which is mostly commonly used for VW, just got it done this morning and need to leave the tint dry for a couple of days.

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thanks heaps for that.
In that first photo was that with or without the tint.
The rest of the photos show it as a fairly good match.
Would you know what % tint they used as the front glass already has a slight tint to it, so a 35% tint would make it illegal.

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Originally Posted by JohnA

thanks heaps for that.
In that first photo was that with or without the tint.
The rest of the photos show it as a fairly good match.
Would you know what % tint they used as the front glass already has a slight tint to it, so a 35% tint would make it illegal.

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My pleasure mate. The first one is WITH the tint in the garage, though looks a little lighter than the rear glass. They do look fairly good match most of the time imo - the best match that the boys can do over there. They used 35%, I just phoned them up to double check, they told me there is a threshold for the legal %, they managed to bring it down as close to 35% to be legal, and confirmed shouldn't have any legality issue. Finger crossed :cool:

Thanks again

will give the local tint a car place a ring and book it in i think.

Just to add it actually does not look very dark from inside at day time, will update once I get a chance to drive at night tonight.

Hi John, just check did you do paint protection on your white Roc? It looks very glossy in your previous pictures (its virgin state), or you just did polish/wax before shooting it?

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Originally Posted by Rocco_R

Hi John, just check did you do paint protection on your white Roc? It looks very glossy in your previous pictures (its virgin state), or you just did polish/wax before shooting it?

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i did a full detail on it the day i picked it up

clay, paint cleaner/polish and wax