Hi All,this is a much belated review of my bad experience at this operation. Remember the day while visiting/asking for a quote to tint my C63, I saw a Ferrari in the shop ...hmm...ok...they "should" be good in what they are doing then....I assumed...wrong.
Results:
i) All Pros doing tints know better that, either you tint over the dot matrix at the back, or, you leave a margin and not touch them - mine was tinted over but spotty and had to "push" the air bubbles out myself over period of 2wks; no, the shop did not even tell/offer me to go back wks later for this purpose.
ii) After the tint was done, upon close inspection, there were traces of lints/dirt between the tint and windows; I should have known better since they did NOT even keep their shop clean and yet they are located in a high traffic area. I know of other good tint shops that do so and even hose down the floor everyday in the morning just for this reason. Last but not the least, I suspect they were using old blades (or may be just rushing to get it done) as there are fine lines cutted INTO the glass of my windows!!!
iii)So I wanted an OEM look on my C63, thus I asked if they could do Pinnacle 40% as I never like the look of 35% and potential issue with CHP. Guess what? They told me there is NO 40% in the Pinnacle series! Go to http://www.formulaone.com/pdf/FormulaOneSpecSheet.pdf and you will see it listed. In the end, not wanting to drive to OC just for a tint job, I settled for 50%, which luckily turned out just ok, but till today, I still wish it is a tab darker. They could have told me honestly that, 40% is available but do not carry it due to low demand locally; why lie to your customer?
Conclusion:
I am a small business owner myself, and in this stage of economy today, I believe in supporting fellow operations like ours. BUT I am very disappointed with the fact that this location, being the ONLY authorized Formulaone Tint installer here in SD-CA, have done such a lousy job! Or, may be this is exactly the reason why?
For my new Cayman S, this time, I am going to OC which not only has Pinnacle 40% tint, but also quoted me a fair price backed by 5-stars reviews. If you are willing to go with Huper Optik Tint, there are two shops here in SD that install them with good reviews.
OK, enough said. All you car lovers out there: Drive Smart and Drive Safe. read more