What's he charging now? The quotes in Marin County CA are around $600.

Mike

On 6/26/07 2:32 PM, "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott"
<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR