07-15-2015, 05:28 PM
It really is frustrating, especially when an establishment has a ton of good reviews. Sorry about your bad experience man. The thing is the vast majority of those online reviews are probably not car people...it's like Sally Sue who just leased her first bimmer and wouldn't know a tint bubble from a hole in her head. Which is why you really do have to trust your "feels" when you trust someone with your car as well as referrals from people in the car community. I don't even trust vendors who have a list of clients with high dollar vehicles. I ran into that when I had to take my car to the body shop last year after I got rear ended by that truck....the shop I went to was supposedly the best in the region and is one of the only Audi aluminum body certified shops in the south. And they did laughable work, I was back there I think 2 or 3 times. They painted over my powder coated exhaust tips...
The guy I settled on for tint was recommended to me by the same friend who recommended my usual shop. He actually does all of the tint work for Acura as well as residential and commercial homes and has been in the CLT car scene since the late 90s. He is willing and able to do the Xpel as well so I'm stoked about that, and he's WAY cheaper for the ceramic tint than what that high line shop tried to quote me for two windows.
The guy I settled on for tint was recommended to me by the same friend who recommended my usual shop. He actually does all of the tint work for Acura as well as residential and commercial homes and has been in the CLT car scene since the late 90s. He is willing and able to do the Xpel as well so I'm stoked about that, and he's WAY cheaper for the ceramic tint than what that high line shop tried to quote me for two windows.
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Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks