That’s a Z06, by the way.
Window Tint Done
I had my window tinting done by “The Beav” over at American Auto Tint. After watching him work, let me say this – the man knows what he is doing. It is like watching the master of an art practicing his form. In under 2 hours he managed to get all 5 rear windows tinted, and we settled down to let the adhesive soak in and started talking about some local car clubs.
When we came back out to see how the tint was adhering to the glass, he discovered that the lower left corner of the rear windshield tint somehow got a hair stuck in it. There is a pretty good sized bubble jammed between the tint and the glass because the hair is lifting the tint. Poop.
Simple right? Pull it off and re-do it? Here’s the problem. I needed to get to work, and the Beav needed to get on his vacation that he planned a long time ago. Eventually we agreed to meet again at a later date to remove and re-do the rear tint, which was fine with me. I would drop off the car, and he would work his magic to get everything fixed and squared away.
However, you can really only see it if you get up close to the car, so I guess for the time being I can deal with it – although I caught myself looking in the rear view mirror a lot, looking for that little spot of imperfection.
For those intestested, I went with maximum legal tint provided by Llumar for Texas all around in an even coat for the 4 door windows – this came out to be 35%. The rear windshield was done in 15%. In case you were wondering, no the dark rear tint does not make it any more difficult to back the car up at night. You need to pay attention more, but it’s not like it’s blacked out as you would think.
Overall, it was well worth the $200 for “The Beav” to get the job done, and get it done right. No imperfections other than the aforementioned hair on the rear tint, which will be fixed in about a week’s time, and also comes with a full lifetime warranty from Llumar.
On the way to work I kept thinking “why didn’t I get this done sooner, my hands don’t feel like they’re on the BBQ grill when out in the Texas sun”.
Enough babbling – on to the pictures!
In Your Dreams
My car will run and sound like this someday.
Busy weekend
Did three car shows, 5gb of pictures, 600 photos total, 20 gallons of gas, and around 400 total miles traveled. Whew, slept in yesterday, and today I’m doing a lot of post processing on the photos and starting back up with regular updates on Over-Boost and GenesisDriven.
More cruising in NJ
Bonus points if you can tell where these photos were taken!
Weekend Romp in NJ
Lots of things accomplished this weekend – I was able to do more writing for both Over-Boost and GenesisDriven while also meeting a friend in Union City at Broken Motorsports while his car was getting serviced there. His GC Impreza was getting the rear coilover suspension installed and he was also putting in a set of rear lateral link. One thing that we’ve come to realize is that a proper list and good air tools can make what seemed like a whole weekend project into a 2 hour job. While his car was getting serviced, we went to go tag a photo in the New Jersey Tag-O-Rama thread on NASIOC – Devil’s Tower in Alpine, NJ:
After we went back to Broken Motorsports, we parted ways and I went back to Clinton to set the new tag:
Over-Boost Is My Rush
You know you want it – a blog dedicated to boosted cars, and here it is – http://over-boost.net – recent things we’ve posted include a 500+whp turbo Galant, a freshly turboed V6 Tiburon, as well as a fair share of video debauchery. Head on over and check it out!
Pistons Whizzing at 10000 RPM
Ever wondered what it would look like? A few folks decided to unbolt the cylinder head on a beat up Rover and tow it along in gear…along with some clutch dumps at speed. Too bad the engine seized up at the end, but interesting and funny at the same time!
GenesisDriven – for the Hyndai Genesis Coupe Enthusiest
In anticipation for the upcoming new Hyundai Genesis Coupe, I have launched a new website! Check it out here – GenesisDriven