Well the inlaws are offically home and I have more time again. It's nice having them here and the house felt strange after they went home, but it's nice to have the space back. The car has to go back to panel shop at the end of Feb to get some touch ups and the drivers door adjusted + the nose cone put back on. So before it goes back I want the glass in. I've also decided that I will leave the brake lines until after I get it back from the shop.
First order of business is I have to remove the old tint. Usually a dreaded job but I found a little trick online that I wanted to try.
The main thing you need for this trick to work is a hot day and a lot of sun - fortunately we have that in abundance at the moment.
So first thing you do it soak the tint side of the window in water, the more the better.
Then you chuck some thick black binbags over the glass, this heats everything up and steams/softens the glue to allow the tint to come off easily.
As you can see it comes off in one nice piece, no tearing, with minimal to zero glue residue. It also works better the longer you leave it, I left the rear screen the longest and it peeled off with only minor pressure and left the demister completely intact - well, mostly, the bottom two were already damaged from before the tinter got installed, so that needs repaired.
Next job is cleaning, polishing and repairing the bottom two filaments. Then it's glass back in time!