Tint job gone wrong

[AU4Runner]

Just got my 6th gen about a week ago. It's a 26 TRD ORP, love this truck so far. Finally got an appointment to get my windows tinted. Dropped it off with the guy(who I've never used) and he said it'll be a few hours. I got 55% on the front windshield and 15% on all the other windows. Well he calls me after two hours and says he's done with everything but the front windshield because of the factory installed Toyota dashcam, which I hate. Asks me do I want him to cut it out or just remove the dash cam and then tint it. I said just just remove it. Calls me back and says he can't take it out, he's gonna cut. So I pick the vehicle up, he gives me a spill about how he doesn't take cars apart and the piece above the mirror might need popped back in because he tried to remove it. Well I get home and the piece kinda falls out. I notice one tab is broke but not on the plastic piece. It's on the mount attached the windshield. I'm kinda sick at my stomach right now. I'm going to call the dealership and let them look at it because I have a passenger side door rattle that needs to checked as well. Has anybody ran into this? Is this really going to need an entire new front windshield? Tint guy is 100% paying for this and I'm taking the appropriate avenues there as we speak. I've attached a pic.

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[Ltd.Herit.'26]

That sucks. There’s a chance it’s a $50 replaceable piece, I wouldn’t assume a new windshield for some damaged plastic. Dude who did mine was kind of a dumass with dash cam as well. Seemed like he tried to just press it back on after tint and fell peeling brow and tint before I got out of the parking lot. So I got a return trip. Good luck, curious about getting rattles addressed as well.

 

[SC4Runner]

Tint on my first windshield was put between the windshield and the camera, and you couldn’t tell at all. That windshield got cracked and had to be replaced. The same installer cut around the camera with the replacement installation.

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