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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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Just bought myself a car and some doughnut has put window tint on the back windows but it is all crinkled and bubbled.

Any ideas of the best way to remove it?

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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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A hair dryer to melt the glue a little then start picking
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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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Thanks for that.

Glad there only little back windows as it's probably gonna take a while to do.
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Old Jan 16, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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tok my fronts out and it almost came off in one, used a solvent panel wipe to
remove the glue
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 08:19 AM
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Good luck as it can take ages to do, but I'd go with the hair dryer idea and then use something like a towel and mr muscle window cleaner to get the snot bubbles off ....
Watch your nails when you do it or get some mug to do it for you
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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Cheers for the replies.

Will give it a go.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:20 AM
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If you get stuck I've got some decent stuff here that I could always post to you FOC if you want. But dont forget if you have ugly people in the car you might wanna keep them tinted
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:31 AM
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Thanks for the offer.

Tints are in the back and no-one can fit in there, ugly people can get in the boot anyway.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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If they get in the boot you might have to take the engine out first
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:58 AM
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Their is a small boot behind the engine, just big enough for one body.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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...... Oops I forgot about that cubby hole
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