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Old 06-26-2010, 01:17 PM
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Europa Mark 1 Rear Sun Shades?

Does anyone here have the Europa Mark 1 for their TL? how's the quality?

I'm looking for a rear sunshade to protect my back deck and back headrest from fading. I live in an apt with no garage Any other suggestions beside tint?

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Old 06-26-2010, 02:48 PM
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get tints instead
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it would cost less to get just the back window tinted, and look and function much better
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actually these are really nice... better than tints (which are permanent) and will need to be redone over time
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why exactly are they better? because they're easily removed?
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Had my Honda's rear glass tint replace awhile back. The guy didn't do the work right: rear defroster never work after that.
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The sunshades are really good for when you are in the car and driving around, however for keeping it cooler when parked, it doesn't help that much. I have the sun shades in my 760 in the whole rear cabin and it helps quite a bit with the burning hot sensation that you get when driving around on those hot summer days, but I can't seem to find a difference whether they are up or down when I get into it on a hot day.
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Reason I don't want tint is due to what some have stated. I'm afraid of it bubbling up after a long period of time and having to get it re-done with risk to damaging the defroster/antenna.
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Originally Posted by gth181a
Reason I don't want tint is due to what some have stated. I'm afraid of it bubbling up after a long period of time and having to get it re-done with risk to damaging the defroster/antenna.
Any tint shop that knows what they're doing won't damage your defroster. I went with Huper Optik (and maybe some other brands, don't know), and got a lifetime replacement (material and labor) warranty (as long as you own the car) from the HO dealer that installed the tint. I have had HO for 7 years now and it's still on there, no issues.
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Originally Posted by gth181a
Reason I don't want tint is due to what some have stated. I'm afraid of it bubbling up after a long period of time and having to get it re-done with risk to damaging the defroster/antenna.
Good tint will never bubble but if you do ever need to replace your tint old tint is easily removable even the rear there is no risk in damaging your defroster lines unless you have some retard scraping it with a razor. I have removed rear window tint on a few cars its really not that hard.
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