I just had the windows tinted on my '01 S4 and when I went to turn the Bose stereo on, I heard a pop then only the rear door speakers worked (not subwoofers or any front speakers). The window tint was installed using some sort of wet installion method and I noticed the passenger front upper speaker was wet (after turning it on...).

After driving it a ways, some of the other speakers began to pop randomly. Now, the driver's door lower speaker is permanently buzzing at a very nasty volume so I have to keep it off.

Anyone have any idea what happened? The tint place thinks it's a fuse blown and said they will replace any parts to get all the speakers to work again. Just thought I would see though if anyone had this happen to them, or had any input.

Thanks~

 

i wonder if some liquid got onto the speaker wires and shorted them out. thats strange dude, kinda funny tho..howd the tint look and how dark? i went with 20% and couldnt be happier

 

Yup 20%. It looks amazing. Totally worth the speakers not working for a bit haha.

 

I would take it back to the tint place and raise hell

 

thats cool that they'd said they'd fix it. lets see if you can get them to replace all your speakers!! fo free

 

Update: All the speakers work again. They all individually went through a phase of buzzing loudly, and now they magically are back to normal.

Amazing.

 

Sounds like they dried off. +1 on the 20%

 

what state are you guys in? and do cops give you beef for having your tint so low?

 

im in oregon and i havent had any issues yet(knock on wood) but ive heard plenty stories of cops making people rip their tint off on the spot or taking a knife to their window and scratching the tint

 

I'm in CA. One ticket on it so far. I think you only get grief if they've pulled you over for something else, or are very bored.

I can't believe a cop would scratch your tinting. Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. $200 to fix it and $1MM for emotional distress.