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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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I just bought a 1990 HB and it has some ghetto *** shucks tinting on it that is peeling, whats the best way to remove this ?..
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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Razor blade and windex, except the rear window where the defroster is.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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what do you recommend for the rear? ..
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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I cant remember where I heard this tip from, but if you have an empty spray bottle you can use warm soapy water too.

EDIT: if you are doing the rear window I would just say be VERY CAREFUL when working around the defrosting lines. Dont run your razor over the lines, just work around it. Maybe once all the tint is off, you can use a scrub pad and soapy water to remove the gummy residue.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 01:04 PM
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Call up a tinting place and ask them about the rear window.

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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 01:07 PM
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Ammonia and heat along with a hefty trashbag. Spray Ammonia onto the window, apply trashbag, let it soak in the sun or heat it up with a hair dryer, the glue should come over very easily.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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Razor blade and soapy water...careful not to scratch the glass! For the rear, I recommend taking it to a shop. Good shops have a steam machine that will take off tint and leave no residue.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reelizmpro &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Razor blade and soapy water...careful not to scratch the glass! For the rear, I recommend taking it to a shop. Good shops have a steam machine that will take off tint and leave no residue. </TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed. when i first got my crx about six years ago, it had some shitty *** bubbled up purple tint. i hated it so much that i tried, very carefully, using a razorblade on the hatch glass...needless to say, my defroster never worked again.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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Default Re: How to remove tinting (yellowcrx1991)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yellowcrx1991 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ammonia and heat along with a hefty trashbag. Spray Ammonia onto the window, apply trashbag, let it soak in the sun or heat it up with a hair dryer, the glue should come over very easily.</TD></TR></TABLE>


1. Spray outside window.
2. The bag goes outside the window.
3. Window facing the sun. 30 mins.
4. the tint should be easy to peel off
5. Beer time
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 03:57 PM
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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Why the ?
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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maybe he likes " "
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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A whole 12 days later?
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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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get some amonia spray on windows let it soak on for about 2 hours spray that **** on thick. The afteer two hours try pulling one side of it any side will work...then keep spraying under neath it as you pull off. After tent is off it will leave a nasty gooy layer. get some high germ leathal glass cleaner they kinda they use in schools. spray it on and go behind it gently with a razor blade it will come right off.

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Old Oct 20, 2004 | 04:58 PM
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Default Re: How to remove tinting (deftones0817)

defietly use a hair dryer as buddy said, makes it a lot easier, thats all i used, along with a razor blade, very painless
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