BlueBat's tail light overlays install problems???

Jeffblue · 01-23-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluebatmobile

Wait, I'm supposed to give you a free set if you or the installer messed up? I'll offer you a good discount on a new set or if you just need one piece, I'll do that too. I do my best to make my customers happy. Sorry you arent. Maybe I was slow to respond, or not respond at all, please email me and let me know. I'll see what I can do.

Bat™

btw-the most complex overlay to put on are the altimas.

i did the altima tail light overlay back when i had an altima, it was a PITA, but if you do it right and you are patient it comes out fine.

you are basically taking a FLAT piece of vinyl and putting it over a curved/angular surface. You need to stretch/heat etc in order to get it to fit, of course there will be crinkles until its actually installedd. You just heat and stretch until you get it to it flat. I'm pretty sure vinyls/tail light overlays are a lot more annoying to put on than tint. window tint involves putting a flat piece of material on a more or less flat survace (windows only have a slight curvature). tail lights, fangs, valances etc have many curves and angles. Theres no such thing as a BAD vinyl, unless it like, rips when you try to put it on, but if it doesn't lay right, and there are other people out there getting them on perfectly, then its the isntallers error. i have bought vinyl's and overlays from other people than blu, and none of them gave you free vinyls if you messed up. They'd give you a discount, but not free.

Bluebatmobile · 01-23-2011, 06:22 PM

The bends on the Altima are almost 80 degrees! But, my authorized installers can do them

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Bat™

Jeffblue · 01-23-2011, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluebatmobile

The bends on the Altima are almost 80 degrees! But, my authorized installers can do them

.

Bat™

i got the overlays right on my first try on the Altima coupe, having never done them before and having no experience with vinyls or anything. so basically, whatever shop you all went to sucks.

Bluebatmobile · 01-23-2011, 06:27 PM

Nice Jeff! There are people that have never done installs before, and have a knack for it! and vise versa. Its an aquired taste you can say

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Bat™

Jeffblue · 01-23-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluebatmobile

Nice Jeff! There are people that have never done installs before, and have a knack for it! and vise versa. Its an aquired taste you can say

.

Bat™

haha yea i'm actually planning on helping toxik out once he gets his fang overlays from you.

Bluebatmobile · 01-23-2011, 06:30 PM

Bat™

Bluebatmobile · 01-23-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

haha yeam i'm actually planning on helping toxik out once he gets his fang overlays from you.

Would you be interested in becoming one of my authorized installers? Where exactly are you located?

Bat™

Jeffblue · 01-23-2011, 06:34 PM

i'm on long island. i mean i'm not a shop, i'm just like, a guy that can install overlays pretty well, its not really something i would say i'd want to do for pay on a regular basis, its more just like helping out a friend kind of thing. I mean, if someone wanted to pay me to install overlays i guess i would, but it would really be more like installing here and there.

what do installers usually get paid to do these?

Bluebatmobile · 01-23-2011, 06:47 PM

Quite a few of my installers work out of their garages. Many are customers of mine who've installed these for their cars and friends cars. Its a good suplimental income, even if you wanna do it part time. My installer down here in San Diego pulled in $400.00 on installs alone this weekend

. I have an installer in Long Island, but you can never have enough of them. PM me your contact info if you're interested. Tails run from 40-60 a pair for install depending on complexity.

Bat™

Jeffblue · 01-23-2011, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluebatmobile

Quite a few of my installers work out of their garages. Many are customers of mine who've installed these for their cars and friends cars. Its a good suplimental income, even if you wanna do it part time. My installer down here in San Diego pulled in $400.00 on installs alone this weekend

. I have an installer in Long Island, but you can never have enough of them. PM me your contact info if you're interested. Tails run from 40-60 a pair for install depending on complexity.

Bat™

sounds good, sent you a PM

Nitrouz · 01-24-2011, 01:21 AM

these were simple...only took me 20 min. just now...

Before:

After:

k20z3 · 01-24-2011, 02:17 AM

Andy has a great product, many happy customers from Newcelica.org... good man he is!

Calvin · 01-24-2011, 03:42 AM

i know this isn't related but Andy did you make these?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../IMG954176.jpg
i'm interested =)

SM5654 · 01-24-2011, 11:46 AM

When I started this thread it was in no way shape or form intended to insinuate that bat or his products are not up to par. I was just curious to see if anyone else has had trouble with their installers mainly because I took my car to a tint shop I had used 100 times before and they assured me it was no problem to wrap the tail lights... yet 10 minutes into it I knew they were full of s***. Bat gave me a discount on some vinyl to replace the overlays the shop messed up and hew as very quick about it. I told him about my problem on Sat afternoon and he is shipping the replacements out today. Can't do much better than that. Thanks Andy.

toxik · 01-24-2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Calvin

i know this isn't related but Andy did you make these?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../IMG954176.jpg
i'm interested =)

+1, can anyone chime in on these?

01-23-2011, 06:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
Bluebatmobile The370Z.com Vendor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 934 Drives: 1997 Acura NSX Rep Power: 18	The bends on the Altima are almost 80 degrees! But, my authorized installers can do them . Bat™ __________________ email: bluebatmobile@san.rr.com custom vinyl overlays: WWW.BLUEBATOVERLAYS.COM facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluebatoverlays/ @bluebatoverlays on IG

01-23-2011, 06:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
Bluebatmobile The370Z.com Vendor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 934 Drives: 1997 Acura NSX Rep Power: 18	Nice Jeff! There are people that have never done installs before, and have a knack for it! and vise versa. Its an aquired taste you can say . Bat™ __________________ email: bluebatmobile@san.rr.com custom vinyl overlays: WWW.BLUEBATOVERLAYS.COM facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluebatoverlays/ @bluebatoverlays on IG

01-23-2011, 06:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
Bluebatmobile The370Z.com Vendor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 934 Drives: 1997 Acura NSX Rep Power: 18	Bat™ __________________ email: bluebatmobile@san.rr.com custom vinyl overlays: WWW.BLUEBATOVERLAYS.COM facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluebatoverlays/ @bluebatoverlays on IG

01-23-2011, 06:34 PM	#23 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	i'm on long island. i mean i'm not a shop, i'm just like, a guy that can install overlays pretty well, its not really something i would say i'd want to do for pay on a regular basis, its more just like helping out a friend kind of thing. I mean, if someone wanted to pay me to install overlays i guess i would, but it would really be more like installing here and there. what do installers usually get paid to do these? Last edited by Jeffblue; 01-23-2011 at 06:38 PM.

01-23-2011, 06:47 PM	#24 (permalink)
Bluebatmobile The370Z.com Vendor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 934 Drives: 1997 Acura NSX Rep Power: 18	Quite a few of my installers work out of their garages. Many are customers of mine who've installed these for their cars and friends cars. Its a good suplimental income, even if you wanna do it part time. My installer down here in San Diego pulled in $400.00 on installs alone this weekend . I have an installer in Long Island, but you can never have enough of them. PM me your contact info if you're interested. Tails run from 40-60 a pair for install depending on complexity. Bat™ __________________ email: bluebatmobile@san.rr.com custom vinyl overlays: WWW.BLUEBATOVERLAYS.COM facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluebatoverlays/ @bluebatoverlays on IG

01-24-2011, 01:21 AM	#26 (permalink)
Nitrouz Track Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 934 Drives: 40th Z, GTR, 420z-tt Rep Power: 16	these were simple...only took me 20 min. just now... Before: After: __________________ 2010 370Z 40th Anniversary - Anastasia VENACI / AERO JACKET / HKS USA / MXP / NISMO / FALKEN / STILLEN / T1R / MR WORKS / CARBON SIGNAL / EVO-R / BLUE BATMOBILE

01-24-2011, 02:17 AM	#27 (permalink)
k20z3 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denver CO Age: 33 Posts: 2,146 Drives: 2006 Civic SI HFP Rep Power: 405	Andy has a great product, many happy customers from Newcelica.org... good man he is! __________________ 2006 RALLYE RED HONDA CIVIC SI HFP Clint's Helpful Photoshop Hints!

01-24-2011, 03:42 AM	#28 (permalink)
Calvin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Castro Valley, CA Age: 34 Posts: 1,418 Drives: 4GS, R8v10 Rep Power: 18	i know this isn't related but Andy did you make these? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../IMG954176.jpg i'm interested =) __________________ BUILD THREAD SPONSORED BY: SPEEDELEMENT

01-24-2011, 11:46 AM	#29 (permalink)
SM5654 Base Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 56 Drives: 09 MB 370Z M6 Rep Power: 15	When I started this thread it was in no way shape or form intended to insinuate that bat or his products are not up to par. I was just curious to see if anyone else has had trouble with their installers mainly because I took my car to a tint shop I had used 100 times before and they assured me it was no problem to wrap the tail lights... yet 10 minutes into it I knew they were full of s***. Bat gave me a discount on some vinyl to replace the overlays the shop messed up and hew as very quick about it. I told him about my problem on Sat afternoon and he is shipping the replacements out today. Can't do much better than that. Thanks Andy.

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