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Old 30-06-2009, 12:01 AM
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is it possible?

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Old 30-06-2009, 12:13 AM
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pick with your nail then peel them off
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heat gun or hair dryer starting from a corner
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definatly possible. Type in window tint removal into youtube and watch how to do it.
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Old 30-06-2009, 12:16 PM
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cool, may have seen a replacement for the fiesta, but it has tints, so not keen on them, but if they can be removed then worth going to look at.........
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use ablade to peel them off, and then wire wool with hot water and fairy to get residue of the glass (dont worry you wont scratch the glass)
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Best way to remove the sticky residue is to use auto-glym tar spot remover.
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used to get a few in at work to remove tints..i used to pick the edge then heat gun and ease film off...then used glass cleaner and a new single edge blade to get residue off
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heat gun or hair dryer starting from a corner
+1 beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by BigJim19
cool, may have seen a replacement for the fiesta, but it has tints, so not keen on them, but if they can be removed then worth going to look at.........
what window/s are you replacing? if its just the fronts get them off any mk3/4/5 fiesta, they are all the same...shit loads of them in the scrappies
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its a focus rs mk1, so a days work really to remove, think i can manage that

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