fresh tints,, one question.

[chris07]

I just got my car tinted all around yesterday and they told me to not roll down my windows for three days..

My ditzy girlfriend after reminding her over and over again that we cant put down the windows puts down the window tonight by accident, she put it down maybe 2 inches before she realized what i said to her before.

Now my concern is i dont see any problems but i dont know if its because its dark or not but everyting seems fine is there anything i should check out or have them check out if the tint on that window got messed up or not? whats the worst that can happen?

im being very paranoid i know. il try to get pictures up of my car tomorrow.

[ThreePointOhh]

should be ok im sure.. put the window lock button on

[absolutegtr]

In all honesty it should be just fine. Let the car BAKE in the sun as much as you can

[PCYC]

It will be fine. if something is wrong take it back if they dont charge anything throw the installer ten bucks, Also Bake the Mo fo in sun Park it outside all day long...

[absolutegtr]

And it is TINT not tints

It is not plural

[JMRQuattro]

^^ well that depends. Because there is more than 1 window. So therefore separate sheets for each window making more than 1, or tints. If they were all connected you could make that argument. You are implying rather than more than 1 window, 1 car. So in either circumstance it could be correct.

[tdmopar59]

i've had it happen... it should be fine... if not take it back and tell them it got screwed up some how...

[Pothole]

My friend did that after his car got tints (lol i couldn't resist) actually he did it twice and his is fine, just try not to do it again and bake it, a good trick is a little of that blue tape that doesn't leave residue over the buttons to remind you

[PCYC]

they will know what its from but they prob. wont say anything haha. Ive applied tint and it should be no big deal, after all you have to roll the windows up and down to put the film on so you will be fine

[kastro]

^^^.. 3 days its just a precaution..... not a big deal.... it takes 3 full weeks to fully cure. ur gona see lil bubbles and weird haze for that while.. don't freak.. and now it's cold could even take longer... worse comes to worse.. take it back and say wtf mazafukaz and they'd just re-do it.

[BOPOH]

you are screwed!!!! it will come off later maybe in few month even if you don't see anything wrong!! noa im just kidding, but i gotta replace my tint cuz guy who had it before me was worst than your girlfriend, all windows are mest up

[absolutegtr]

^^ well that depends. Because there is more than 1 window. So therefore separate sheets for each window making more than 1, or tints. If they were all connected you could make that argument. You are implying rather than more than 1 window, 1 car. So in either circumstance it could be correct.

What the hell are you talking about???

Tints just is not a word.....simple as that....no need to argue.

Its like saying the word "deer". You dont say "look at all those deers".....

[BlackB6]

Had someone put all 4 of my windows down right after I got my windows tinted, and it turned out fine. I think it's TINTS as well.

[absolutegtr]

. I think it's TINTS as well.

OMG

In that case I thinks yous is rong

[BOPOH]

LMAO tints do sound much like TITS, but for windows it is really just a TINT or FILM, any takers for wikipedia challenge?

[A4A4A4]

tint not tints!

[zcrew]

And it is TINT not tints

It is not plural

amen

[JMRQuattro]

What the hell are you talking about???

Tints just is not a word.....simple as that....no need to argue.

Its like saying the word "deer". You dont say "look at all those deers".....

I was just fuckin with you.

But now that you got me on the subject, if it really were like the word deer you should be able to say this sentence and not have it sound awkward:

(say you had a 20% film and a 5% film) the sentence "those are two different tint" doesn't sound right as plural

However "those are two different deer" does sound correct.

So tints has to be a word but only in that one situation where you are differentiating between different shades. But in the situation you're correcting you're most likely right. "I got tints" doesn't sound right either. But it's just like if you were to describe the colors in a picture. You could say "there is a lot of yellow and blue in that picture", or you could say "there are a lot of yellows and blues in that picture" implying that there are different shades of each color.


And here you go:
tint (tnt)
n.
1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
3. A slight coloration; a tinge.
4. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
5. A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.
6. Printing A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.
7. A dye for the hair.
tr. & intr.v. tint·ed, tint·ing, tints
To give a tint to or take on a tint.


^ straight out of the dictionary

[jackitorslamit]

Where the hell did you go to school? TINT"S" are you kidding me?!!!! Examples: I had my car tinted. They applied tint to the windows. I had two different shades of tint applied. There is no such word as TINTS. Yes you are applying it to several windows but that doesn't mean you get to make it plural. Did your English teacher ever tell you to read it aloud and if it sounds funny it is probably wrong. Just like: I have a store room full of tint in all different shades. NOT TINTS. but I am sure some of you will go on butchering the English language, so this is probably typed in vain.

[BlackB6]

Then why do people say windows? Instead of just window.

[chris07]

ha well im sorry for the miss spelling but thanks for the quick responses.

so your all saying since i dont really notice anything wrong all should be good nothings going to happen in the future?

[JMRQuattro]

Where the hell did you go to school? TINT"S" are you kidding me?!!!! Examples: I had my car tinted. They applied tint to the windows. I had two different shades of tint applied. There is no such word as TINTS. Yes you are applying it to several windows but that doesn't mean you get to make it plural. Did your English teacher ever tell you to read it aloud and if it sounds funny it is probably wrong. Just like: I have a store room full of tint in all different shades. NOT TINTS. but I am sure some of you will go on butchering the English language, so this is probably typed in vain.

did you not read the dictionary excerpt?? What school did you go to that tells you to question the dictionary? I found it in 2 different dictionaries.

TINTS as a plural refers to different shades. That is the only instance of tints that i can find. Anything else you would be correct. In response to the windows statement, I WAS FUCKING WITH ABSOLUTEGTR because he gets so into it.

[GrisAudiB6]

i rolled one of my windows down the day after i got my tints originally put on as well. didnt have any problems. Worst that would happen is if the glue was still realy wet the tint would peel off the window, but if you cant see that it happened you should be fine....

I just got my front two window tints taken off because DMV sent me a letter saying i have to get reinspected because of them :(.. but then again i also crashed my car so i cant even take it in

[lookaught]

If you dont see anything (like it being out of place, peeled, or bubbles) then it will be fine. I did the exact same thing the day after my car was tinted when I was paying for parking. No harm done.

In fact the first time my car was done by brother was driving it home (we swapped cars so that I could see how it looked from the outside perspective) and he rolled down the window with no negative consequences. That was only ~2 hours after it was applied.

When referring to the tint on the car as a whole (ie multiple windows), it is tint, not tints. When you say it outloud "tints" sounds completely ridiculous.

I have tint on my windows. <---WIN!
I have tints on my windows. <-- FAIL.

[kwimberly]

"Tints" sounds like baby talk.

When people say they got "tints" on their car, I think that would literally mean that they got several different shades of tint. Some blue tint, some gray tint, etc.

[Kerschera4]

this is incredibly stupid...

[pyro]

what is "tints"

[MikieTaps]

what is "tints"

no no no...

What ARE tints.

[PCYC]

TINT...

[Bballplayr9]

just to add to the arguement....if you say i got tints would mean that in a way you put different shades of tint on your windows. the correct way to say it would be, I got my windows tinted, or I got a tint put on my windows. Correct me if someone thinks im wrong but i'm pretty sure i'm right.

[kwimberly]

just to add to the arguement....if you say i got tints would mean that in a way you put different shades of tint on your windows. the correct way to say it would be, I got my windows tinted, or I got a tint put on my windows. Correct me if someone thinks im wrong but i'm pretty sure i'm right.

That's what I said a few posts above yours:

"When people say they got "tints" on their car, I think that would literally mean that they got several different shades of tint. Some blue tint, some gray tint, etc."

[pa4ul]

english forum!

[JMRQuattro]

That's what I said a few posts above yours:

"When people say they got "tints" on their car, I think that would literally mean that they got several different shades of tint. Some blue tint, some gray tint, etc."

that's what i've said the entire time! Tints refers to differentiating between shades. Because tint itself is a color. And so if you have 2 different films, that's not 2 different tints because they are the same tint, only on different films. Therefore if they were different tints (i.e. 20% and 5%) like i said before, TINTS is correct.

[BlackB6]

that's what i've said the entire time! Tints refers to differentiating between shades. Because tint itself is a color. And so if you have 2 different films, that's not 2 different tints because they are the same tint, only on different films. Therefore if they were different tints (i.e. 20% and 5%) like i said before, TINTS is correct.

Well in that case, shouldn't it be "tints" being that your front window is a different percentage then the rest of your windows?

[JMRQuattro]

well if by front window you mean winshield then most of the time it wouldn't be tinted since it's technically illegal. But it really depends on the phrase you're using because there is always more than one way to say the exact same thing. So you could for instance, even if you got more than one shade, say "i got my windows tinted" implying that the general act of tinting took place. Or you could say "i got my windows tinted different shades" being more specific. But then that can also be rephrased by using 2 independent clauses together, "i got my windows tinted today; although, the front windows and the back windows are two different tints." So either instance can be correct, it's just a matter of simply rephrasing. Now i'm not trying to teach an english class here, i'm just good at english, so believe me on this one.

[AquattroZ]

Where the hell did you go to school? TINT"S" are you kidding me?!!!! Examples: I had my car tinted. They applied tint to the windows. I had two different shades of tint applied. There is no such word as TINTS. Yes you are applying it to several windows but that doesn't mean you get to make it plural. Did your English teacher ever tell you to read it aloud and if it sounds funny it is probably wrong. Just like: I have a store room full of tint in all different shades. NOT TINTS. but I am sure some of you will go on butchering the English language, so this is probably typed in vain.

You want me to proof read this for you?

[JMRQuattro]

^^ haha, owned

[G Men 08]

What the hell are you talking about???

Tints just is not a word.....simple as that....no need to argue.

Its like saying the word "deer". You dont say "look at all those deers".....

you meen to tell me its not deers? what about moose? isnt more then one moose considered a couple of mooses

[G Men 08]

that's what i've said the entire time! Tints refers to differentiating between shades. Because tint itself is a color. And so if you have 2 different films, that's not 2 different tints because they are the same tint, only on different films. Therefore if they were different tints (i.e. 20% and 5%) like i said before, TINTS is correct.

tint is not a color

[kastro]

my car's the color tint??