Did I get scammed? [on tint and PPF install]

[MY4me&U]

I like the matte look a lot but wouldn’t pay that much money for a full wrap. Why didn’t they put your badges back on?

 

[zoomer0056]

3M Vinyl for the blacked out roof

The roof is no longer see through?

 

[woolymammoth17]

I like the matte look a lot but wouldn’t pay that much money for a full wrap. Why didn’t they put your badges back on?

I like the cleaner look with no badges.

 

[woolymammoth17]

The roof is no longer see through?

No glass was covered, just the pillars and roof railings are now black to give it the Range Rover contrast roof look.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

The roof is no longer see through?

In fairness, the roof isn't really see through to begin with ... unless you sit in the back seat AND it's very bright outside

 

[zoomer0056]

No glass was covered, just the pillars and roof railings are now black to give it the Range Rover contrast roof look.

Awesome look.

 

[fredzos]

glad to see everything worked out and you got hooked up.

car looks great

 

[morphtk]

What typical is the cost for a full wrap using stealth ppf for MY

 

[woolymammoth17]

What typical is the cost for a full wrap using stealth ppf for MY

$6,000 to $8,000 is what I've seen.

 

[Fusion]

Real tint shops have pattern cutters with patterns for most cars. They perfectly precut the tint to your windows so the edges are exactly perfect. If he does not have a cutter, then he can never achieve high quality results. Before the cutters, which is a long time ago, they went through a lot of razor blades with steady hands to get good results. That dude used a dull kitchen knife on your car.

This isn't always true. If the tinter is skilled, they can do hand cuts. I know of at least two tinters in my area that do hand cuts and they come out perfect. However, this person is a butcher and not a tinter.

 

[Vikram Gopalan]

I can sympathize. Up until this year, I drove 1.5 hrs away from my house to get my ppf and tint done by the same place (they did 4 of my cars in 10 years) …. I found a more local place (15 min away) to put ppf back on a single door.

The local place criticized the ppf that I had always went to , but when they did it, they didn’t wrap the edges of the car door. I didn’t realize it until a few days later. But I knew I was trading it in and I didn’t want to take more time off, rent another car, for them to redo it.

Now for some advice…. Are they authorized dealers/installers of the tint/ppf?

If so, contact the manufacturer and let them know. Some manufacturers don’t want bad installers giving their product a bad name. They may be able to offer a solution or put pressure on the shop to make it right. Good luck!

If you’re in the Chicagoland area, I can give my recommendations….

Hello Andrew! About to take delivery of MY and already worried about nicks and damages. I do live in the Chicagoland area, any recommendations on who can do a good ppf job?

 

[Vikram Gopalan]

If anyone is looking to get their car PPF'd in the Chicagoland area, I highly recommend midwest autobahnd: Midwest Autobahnd Ross is amazing and is service-obsessed. Excellent work - I also got my front windows and windshield tinted; had a little bit of hiccup's but Ross went out of the way to do right by me.