You most definitely got a stellar deal. Up here in NoCal, it cost me
nearly $5-a-hone-dread dollars to do the same. I think I did
everything in the 30% stuff---I didn't like the look of two different
tints on one vehicle. Not legal but looks/works great. BTW, my tint
guy suggested "Invisible Glass" for cleaning the tint. Never use any
kind of spray bottle Windex type of stuff!

Jeff
On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:32:49 -0700
> From:    "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott"
> <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Windows tinted
>
> I just had Mellow Yellow's windows tinted. The passenger and driver's
> windows and wind wings were done in 35% (transmits 35% of the light)
> neutral gray. Everything aft was done in 20% platinum metal (transmits
> 20% of the light, looks reflective from the outside. Good for
> primping).
> Cost $260 at Todd's Tint Shop in Oceanside California. They do tinting
> for the local Lexus dealer.  He quoted it over the phone, called me a
> couple hours after I had dropped it off and said that it would take a
> lot longer than expected and that I got a great deal. I reckon I
> did --
> they did a great job, even behind the closet, and it looks good.
>
> He called me back a couple hours ago. Said someone had dropped off
> another Vanagon -- also an 84 -- and wanted to know how I got the
> slider
> windows out. I told him. He said that he might have lost money tinting
> my van, but he felt that being able to pick my brain made it worth
> it to
> him. I feel pretty ignorant about Vanagon stuff here on the list,
> but I
> reckon I'm a frickin' walking encyclopedia of Vanagon knowhow to the
> average bear.
>
> The film is still hardening so I haven't washed the rest of Mellow
> Yellow or I'd post a picture. It's getting washed on Thursday, and
> I'll
> take a photo then.