Scion/Toyota broke 3rd brake light applying tint

[JoeBoxer]

The wire on mine got damaged somewhere along the way, my dealer ordered me a new one under warranty though they have been good about not questioning anything so far.

[Minovsky]

Originally Posted by marky

heres a big rip off i got.. calling toyota to cancel my lux crap care.. they are trying to get me to come in and get it done asap... im trying to call them but always getting aswering machine they better not say that i cant cancel it and its like part of the deal... i mean its add on that has not been done to my car yet..


but no broken break lights..

pay me 900$ i'll tint your car...

[ahquit]

Originally Posted by JoeBoxer

The wire on mine got damaged somewhere along the way, my dealer ordered me a new one under warranty though they have been good about not questioning anything so far.

I suspect this happened to mine as well. I don't think the unit was physically damaged (maybe some sort of electronic short?), but a little while after the tint was done I noticed it didn't light up anymore even though it was connected. Dealer was also reasonable about replacing it since there didn't appear to be anything physically wrong with it.

[ChrisTofu]

so i just got my tint done at the Toyota dealership that i bought my scion from. this is what they gave me. i was definitely not happy with that big square they cut out for the rear window. anyone else have the same experience?

[usmc1341]

I got the same ugly square on mine and hate it! taking it back to my tint guy and geting it done again

[ChrisTofu]

yea i'm definitely gonna redo the tint on the back window as well. besides that big cut out, there were large bubbles as well. i'm definitely gonna make sure the next place i go to won't do the same third brake lamp cutout.

[ozne99]

Originally Posted by Honeydew

pay me 900$ i'll tint your car...

Pay me $650 and I'll find you someone to tint your car for $250!

[Cade01]

Originally Posted by Lefty

Just a heads up to anyone applying tint.......the toyota dealer broke my brake light on the interior of the car when applying tint to the back window. It is just little tiny plastic pieces holding the assembly together. They snapped a couple of them and it looks all **** eyed when you look at it through rear view mirror.

They are ordering replacement parts to fix for free, but be wary of aftermarket tint dealers that will try to deny if they break it.

Just an honest question here, but you do know that the top of the brake light snap off, don't you? If you lift slightly on the seam in the middle and pull towards the front of the car the two halves will separate. It looks to me like it is just not lined up properly, try pulling it apart and putting it back together.

[Minovsky]

Originally Posted by ozne99

Pay me $650 and I'll find you someone to tint your car for $250!

Lmao!!!

[FastJew]

Originally Posted by UltraFRS

Did they remove just the third brake light or the whole shelf with the light attached? The shop that did mine removed the entire rear shelf with the light attached to it and nothing was broken. Might be a good suggestion for anyone going to have theirs done in the future.

Is it PITA to remove the rear shelf? The shop I have taken all my cars to did mine today and showed me that they had some bubbles around the light where they could not squeegee.

They were worried about breaking it and said if I removed the light and brought it back they would redo it for me.

[Norkoastal]

They got weak squeegies.. My installer too care of the biz using her normal stuff.. I almost died when she pulled out the file on the front windows.. Wasn't expecting that one

[nab335]

LOL at the square on your guys rear windows. I had my car done by some random tint guy and I guess he was even able to outsmart Toyota because I don't have anything like that.

[UltraFRS]

Originally Posted by FastJew

Is it PITA to remove the rear shelf? The shop I have taken all my cars to did mine today and showed me that they had some bubbles around the light where they could not squeegee.

They were worried about breaking it and said if I removed the light and brought it back they would redo it for me.

The guy that I used had it off in a couple of minutes, if I remember correctly it was just held in by plastic clips.

[VIXEN]

Originally Posted by Lefty

They charged me approx. $229 for the entire job (15% back window, 35% sides). I wanted dealership to do it because they'll fix anything they break. Plus full warranty.

OMG Thats a lot!

I paid $125 all windows including my front windshield.