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Should you tint the rear windows on your SUV?

May 25, 2018 By Chad Fos

Many SUV’s and trucks come from the factory with the rear windows tinted already. Well, technically they are “tinted”.

This is not an actual window film that is on the glass. The tinted windows in the rear are made at the factory and is inside of the glass. It can not be removed. It is similar to food coloring in water, the glass is colored. What’s wrong with that?

Nothing is wrong with that if glare reduction is your only concern.

If heat rejection and safety are concerns for you than you want to actually put a window film on those rear windows.

Why?

Window film will actually block the heat and UV rays entering the rear windows. Above that though is safety.

All of the windows in your car are made of tempered glass or “safety” glass. It is called safety glass because when it breaks it will break into very small shards instead of really large shards that cause major cuts to human skin.

The bad part is that all of these very small pieces of glass are still very sharpe and do still cause cuts.

Why does this matter to you?

If you are involved in a car accident and your rear windows break you will have thousands of tiny pieces of sharp glass all around.

Tinting the rear windows on your SUV or truck will prevent this by holding all of the glass together and minimizing the risk of injury to passengers in your car.

I have a 1 year old daughter that rides in the back of my SUV and I know that I would not want her getting cut by glass if we were to be involved in an accident.

By having the rear windows tinted on my SUV I know that the glass will stay in place if it is broken.

My advice is to just get the whole car tinted. Here’s a recap of why:

  1. Lower overall heat in the car
  2. Protect interior of car and passengers from harmful UV rays
  3. Hold glass together in the event of a car accident

If you have any questions or would like to schedule an install please give us a call at the shop (504) 281-2121.

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New truck gets new 6″ Westin step bars

January 24, 2017 By Chad Fos Leave a Comment

One of our Violet, La clients is getting a little older. His words not mine. And it’s harder for him to get into his new truck than it would have been a few years ago.

This a client that was referred to us. This is where a lot of our business comes from. We do our best to take care of people and they tell their friends.

This brand new 2017 Ram is an amazing truck. It has a really nice interior.

However, it is raised off the ground a good bit.

We installed to Westin 6″ step bars on this beauty. This bars fit great and are super study on the truck. The wide step makes it really easy to step on since it covers more of your foot.

Since Westin makes these step bars specifically for this truck we know they are going to fit right. The brackets come with the steps are really heavy duty. After the installation I bounced on the bars a little and the whole suspension on the truck moved. They aren’t going anywhere.

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New Bed Cover for Chalmette Client

January 15, 2017 By Chad Fos Leave a Comment

One of our clients just bought a brand new 2017 Ram 2500 truck. This truck is really nice.

The truck has a fifth wheel hitch in the bed. He wanted a bed cover that would keep his stuff safe when closed but would also open out of the way for the fifth wheel trailer to hook up.

We decided to go with the Retrax Pro MX which is a matte black all aluminum bed cover.

It sits flush inside of the bed rails. The Retrax cover is very sturdy. You can tell that it is built well. We have installed dozens of these covers. Our clients have always been happy with how they perform.

We carry various bed covers that will fit your different needs. Our bed covers start at $450. The Retrax brand bed covers start at $1,300.

Stop by the shop today to see the demo bed covers we have on display.

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Open bed before cover
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Retrax bed cover installed
New Cover Installed
Cover sits flush inside of bed rails
2017 Ram 2500
New Retrax Pro MX

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Big truck gets tint

February 1, 2016 By Chad Fos Leave a Comment

Big truck with tintThis client purchased a really nice 2015 GMC Denali with an awesome lift and wheels on it. It takes a trampoline and a set of stilts to get into this thing.

Privacy was key

He wanted to have window tint installed to protect his interior from the sun and also provide privacy while he is driving. To provide extra privacy we tinted the whole back of the truck with 5% window tint.

Heat was another concern

The summer time in New Orleans is long and very hot. This is way keeping heat out of the truck was another concern for our client.

We installed Huper Optik Performa window tint on his truck to provide the heat rejection he was looking for.

We have the tint you need

Window tint displayWe carry Huper Optik Autobahn at Southern Tint.

We have four different films for you to choose from so that you get the heat rejection you need.

This is a photo of our heat demonstration to show you the performance of each window film.

Come by the store and check it out.

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