New Tint Job Advice

[brabus]

Hey guys!  Wish I had discovered this forum sooner!  I have a lot of reading and catching up to do!  :-)

I had an older Tundra with Formula One Pinnacle tint on the front two windows and loved it.  Had to trade for a 4x4 due to a child with a medical condition which put me back in the market for tint again.  I went to a local shop that everyone recommended and had some Suntek CXP 18 put on the two front windows.  I knew better too... lol

My last truck the tint went up to 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch from the bezel at the top of the window and looked perfect.  I honestly don't remember it even having a noticeable line.  Rolled my windows down for the first time today after 5 days and the driver side is just under a 1/4" down and the passenger is just over 1/4" down.  Is there a reason for this or is it just a crappy install?  It looks horrible with the windows half down like I usually have them and my OCD is going nuts. lol!  Any advice?  Leave it and suck it up buttercup, get them to fix it, or strip it and find another shop and get Llumar put on this truck?

Here's the tint:

 

 

Here's my friend's RAM from the same tint shop a year ago...

 

My old tint looks about like this if not a little bit less gap even.  Never had problems with it curling even with weathertech visors...

 

[flat rock stan]

Nothing wrong with that gap at the top but it sure could look better huh!

[brabus]

Yeah that's my debate... Can't see it when the window is up or down but looks like crap half way up... lol

[DynamicATL]

Yes, that gap is way too much.  There is another thread happening right now with same situation also a Formula One shop.  The installer is using a plotter to cut the window film.  The allows smooth cuts and faster installation, but generally cuts too short to micro edge the doors.  I would go back and ask politely if there is way they can hand cut the doors for a closer edge.

[Ocala]

That gap is a little to much and I get that some tinters do a micro edge, but in all reality, film only looks good on a car when the window is all the way up. 

[CustomGlassTinter]

That is a fair gap, but imo Suntek is the same as Llumar. From what I understand Llumar Engineers created Suntek with both companies now being owned by Eastman Chemical Company.

[DynamicATL]

That is a fair gap, but imo Suntek is the same as Llumar. From what I understand Llumar Engineers created Suntek with both companies now being owned by Eastman Chemical Company.

 

[TINT]

Have them that off and tell em its not the 80s and 90s!

[brabus]

This is the BS response I got:  "The patterns are cut so that the line is not noticeable when the window is closed.  We shoot for a nice straight alignment with the top edge.  Sometimes the line is close to the bevel, other times not as much."

 

i.e. as long as our line is straight we really don't care how it looks... 

[Texastinter99]

Imo they didn't put much effort because it's a illegal tint job and they knew they weren't going to warranty it in the future my .02