Clear top tint?
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Clear top tint?
Has anybody had a tint installed on their polycarbonate top? Being follically impaired I'd like to have the 3M Crystalline tint installed so I can use the top longer into the season before I put the painted one on.
Thanks' Ron
Thanks' Ron
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Let me add some specificity to my post. GM part # 12499572, AKA transparent Lexan top, blue top, clear top, tinted top and/or polycarbonate top. My assumption was that because I posted my question on the Corvette C6 Forum people would know what I was talking about............
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We know what you're talking about and we're pointing out that they're already tinted. There are a lot of things you can do, you could paint it, wrap it or tint it again.
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I have both the painted and the Lexan top. I'm just trying to put off switching to the painted one a little longer. I haven't seen tint done on the Lexan top and an wondering if can even be done. Has anyone done this?
Thanks' Ron
Thanks' Ron
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check this thread out from last week. See post #2.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1590517226
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1590517226
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Many years ago, one of the members here who does this sort of thing for a living, measured the amount of UV that gets through the "transparent/tinted" top.
I don't recall the exact percentage, but IIRC it was low enough to qualify for "archival storage".
OTOH, a friend with an Atomic Orange C6 showed me we could feel more heat on our hand that was just beneath my transparent top than under his painted one.
I don't recall the exact percentage, but IIRC it was low enough to qualify for "archival storage".
OTOH, a friend with an Atomic Orange C6 showed me we could feel more heat on our hand that was just beneath my transparent top than under his painted one.
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Only an issue if you cut the tint to shape on the top itself.
Many window tinters augment manually cutting tint by hand by using a plotter/cutter attached to a PC to cut the tint pieces from EPS templates.
Many window tinters augment manually cutting tint by hand by using a plotter/cutter attached to a PC to cut the tint pieces from EPS templates.
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I had the back window done and the rear defogger still works so I'm guessing they were VERY careful with the cutting. Your suggestion sounds like a good idea, thanks' Ron
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I use my lexan top all year. havent had the painted one on it aside from when I bought the car. yes it gets kinda warm sitting in the sun while parked in the midwest but thats ok because it has A/C and doesnt take long to cool it down.
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AHHHHH, Spoken by someone who's head is covered with hair!! LOL