Window tint/ warranty
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Mar 9 2005, 05:41 PM
[quote name='UUronL' date='Mar 9 2005, 11:22 PM'][quote name='Iceman' date='Mar 9 2005, 02:26 PM'] Dealer-BS!
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[/quote]No. The motor can handle the security windows, they are double as thick and therefore double as heavy, without failure.
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[/quote]That may be true, but at least in the US - if the dealer can make a good argument that a modification caused the direct failure of a part, regardless of durability projections that can be inferred from other applications, the warranty will not be honored.
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Originally Posted by UUronL' date='Mar 9 2005, 11:57 PM
That may be true, but at least in the US - if the dealer can make a good argument that a modification caused the direct failure of a part, regardless of durability projections that can be inferred from other applications, the warranty will not be honored.
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Mar 9 2005, 05:06 PM
But it's not the dealer giving the warranty, it's BMW...?
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Originally Posted by melache' date='Mar 8 2005, 10:34 PM
I called my local BMW dealer to inquire about window tinting and they told me it voids the warranty on the window regulators.? Has anyone else heard this?
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' date='Mar 10 2005, 12:17 AM
...dealers are free to have their own interpretation of the warranty...
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Originally Posted by melache' date='Mar 9 2005, 12:34 AM
I called my local BMW dealer to inquire about window tinting and they told me it voids the warranty on the window regulators.? Has anyone else heard this?
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Originally Posted by surgeon' date='Mar 10 2005, 12:32 AM
when I picked up my 530i 3 weeks ago they (dealer) asked me if I wanted tints(legal of course)
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So if the dealer is doing it it's legal... I see... The dealers are trying to rip you off, aren't they?
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I got my car from the dealer and it already had tinted windows pre-installed by the dealer himself.
but just in case, I had called in BMW NA and no it doesn't void any warranty given by BMW. So, go ahead and enjoy the tints.. the car actually will look much classier w/the tinted windows.
but just in case, I had called in BMW NA and no it doesn't void any warranty given by BMW. So, go ahead and enjoy the tints.. the car actually will look much classier w/the tinted windows.
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Originally Posted by UUronL' date='Mar 9 2005, 02:22 PM
[quote name='Iceman' date='Mar 9 2005, 02:26 PM'] Dealer-BS!
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[/quote]Thicker ya... by an amount that the motor wont know the difference. and added friction??? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Properly clean tint film is smother than ever! So you're saying the dust that is collected on the window outside is killing the motor when we open our windows... obviously the dust causes more friction than tint does.
Thats what the anti-trap function is there for if theres too much resistance it will stop and retract back.
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A thick window tint is only about 3 mils thick.
If that were enough to affect the BMW window motor, then there would be a lot of people with broken windows.
If that were enough to affect the BMW window motor, then there would be a lot of people with broken windows.
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