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Interior/Exterior Dawn's latest MOD: tinted glass!

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Old 05-06-2008, 07:18 PM
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Dawn's latest MOD: tinted glass!

I had Solar Solutions do my windows at MOTD this year - well worth every minute of the wait since last year. Best of all - he only charged me $100 and the install is 0% bubbled or warped - real quality work. I also put on purple spark plug wires while I was down there, but have no photo of them yet ((hangs head in shame))...

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Old 05-06-2008, 07:22 PM
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Looks great Matt!
 
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Thanks man!

Interesting factiod: Kara's in the passenger seat, laying across the seats so she doesn't show in the pic.
 
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Old 05-06-2008, 09:02 PM
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How did Dawn like the Dragon?
 
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She had a ball... Got a bit rambunctious at the Midnight run, what with all those hot-rodded MCS's around, but we managed the twisties just fine. KARA however found it very difficult to relax, and was white-knuckling it every time I took a corner over 20MPH - poor baby. Thank God she didn't go with me for the Midnight run - even at the relatively sane speeds everyone was doing I think she would have passed out....
 
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Looking good. The purple looks really good with the darker windows.
 
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This is one mod I have really been up in the air about. I looked for convertibles with tint while I was there - didn't see Dawn after the install, I guess. More pics, top up & down would be great. I wonder if it makes as big a difference (in reducing interior heat) in convertibles as it does in hardtops.
 
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I had it done at 9:00AM on SUNDAY so it's no wonder you didn't see it.

I definitely notice a difference with the windows up on sunnny days - not that I have the windows down generally. Darker would help more, of course. I also seldom if ever run with the top down but the windows up, but I can shoot a pic that way if you like....
 
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Yeah, that would be great, because I've discovered that with a hooded sweatshirt, I'm comfortable down to the upper 40s with the windows up.
 
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Have my convert done too. And of course the top was down most of the time it was parked at Fontana so you'd never spot it. I had my top replaced under warrenty a year ago and never had the rear window retinted. I don't miss it on the rear.
 
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