Thread: Tinting plastic alpine windows

Plastic !!
Not from the factory at least.

Mine were glass in both D1 and D2. I know the D1's were glass cause the shattered when I rolled the vehicle and wrote it off

Are yours an after market replacement perhaps

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Mine were glass in both D1 and D2. I know the D1's were glass cause the shattered when I rolled the vehicle and wrote it off

Are yours an after market replacement perhaps

Not that I know of.
They do not sound the same when you tap them and they distort reflections unlike glass.

In my experience the alpine windows usually distort, some worse than others. They will sound different when tapped as they are a smaller section. Look for a manufacturer's etching or stamp somewhere, should have the LR logo on it if original or possibly Pilkington Glass.

Both of my discos have glass alpine windows....

BTW, the tint shop I used actually tints them out of the car and then refits them ... = no gaps

Basically the job of doing them is hard and takes ages, so it sounds like he's trying to get out of it.

When I tinted the old Disco, the guy said the same thing (claimed I'd booked it as a Land Cruiser). the guy was asian, so I spoke some Mandarin, he got all excited and did them for free albeit a small gap.

Best to pull them out for no gaps.

Definately Glass.
All 3 of mine were done & yes apparantly can be a pain to do.

I just think he is trying to get out of it, If he has quoted to do all windows then get him to do them as quoted.

Cheers

I had both of my discos tinted - all glass, the guy tinted them in place - no gaps took about 30 mins.

Is there a problem?