I had an appointment this morning w/ Brian, to discuss tinting my new-to-me '05 MINI that I'm refreshing. He spent a good 20+ minutes with me, walking around the car and discussing my needs. His pricing is fair and he uses good materials (computer-cut, ceramic Lumar film). Some of the work he couldn't do, but he recommended a few shops to me that could get the work done.
I'll be scheduling the tint work soon, feeling confident in the result. I'll post back with pics.
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I dropped off the MINI early yesterday morning and picked it up, as promised, around 5pm (I wasn't in a hurry - Uber'd home to get some work done). The price was exactly what was estimated and I'm very happy with the tint. Brian uses 40% Lumar ceramic tint (so it's well on the safe side of legal in North Carolina) and it's a very nice pure black color (not the silver or grey/green I've had before). The quality of the work is great... no dust or bubbles to be seen so far and all the cuts are smooth. Very nice work.
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I came back to make a note that Brian pointed me in a good direction for some paint and body work that needed to be done, to Import Paint and Body over on E. Independence. Thanks, Brian. The tint is still holding up beautifully, some 4-5 months later.