Yesterday I took our Corolla in to get a safety inspection in preparation to get our cars registered in state (booo!!). Unfortunately it failed, but I kinda assumed it would. Luckily to get it reinspected, I don't have to pay more. The good news is, it wasn't because of anything
too terrible. two reasons:
1) They couldn't find the middle seat belt buckle in the back
2) the window tinting in the back is "too dark" (hmm, I guess AZ and MD are slightly different in tinting allowance? I wonder why...)
They so kindly offered to take the back seat out to retrieve the seat belt buckle for $50, and I so kindly said NO. So after almost 30 minutes of digging, leaning, grunting, I finally got it out!
Uno: DOS!
So then I started researching "DIY removing car window tinting." After googling and advice via facebook, I finally marched on out to the car, with blow dryer in hand. Look at me GO!
Revlon product placement. Want to pay me?
I was decently successful, but it's somewhat harder than what the youtube people made it look. Yesterday I successfully removed tinting from one full side back window, and two mini windows. One of the back side windows is being a brat, so once it was getting a little too dark and cold, I gave up and went inside. Today I wasn't quite in the mood for picking and peeling and saying bad things, so I'll be at it again tomorrow. Our newer car is getting inspected on Saturday, and I'm pretty sure it's going to fail the tinting too.
After more annoying things and more money than I want to think of (don't get me going, my blood might boil or I might start crying, depending on the day) our cars will finally be registered!
