I did the Wingard Royale (highest range from Wingard with 10yrs warranty) tinting last 2 weeks and promised my friend to write a review and spoken to her (Penang branch only) and she will offer all the members here, Kia Forte Malaysia and MyFORTE (FB) the special price without any time limit. So here is my experience…
Location of the Shop: Butterworth, Penang (The special price is only applicable to this branch).
Tint Film: Front windscreen is using Sun Barrier 70 (VLT 70 – Heat Rejection) and the rest Wingard Royale (VLT 60 – Heat Rejection and Security/Safety 2 in one 4mm film) including back windscreen. The reason for using this combination is for JPJ compliance purposes and the front windscreen is not recommended to use security/safety film as it might create dizziness or distorted vision.
Colour: The colour of Wingard is a bit dark and see through type (non metallic). The SunBarrier has very slight greenish colour and matches the Wingard perfectly to me. The overall colour of the tint matches my Titanium Silver very well and gives my Forte a more exclusive look.
Installation & Workmanship: It took around 3 hours to complete and some panels have to be removed (e.g. door window rubber, third brake light panel, tweeter and etc). As I am very sensitive towards rattling sound and afraid that the workmanship of putting the panels back might not be good enough, I switched the aircon to one bar and off the radio and drove all the way from Butterworth back to Penang Island and was trying to pickup rattling sound on the bridge when going through the small bumps (you know what I mean if you always use the Penang bridge) and no rattling or loose parts sound noted on that day till today. As for the workmanship on the film, I am happy so far cos no bubbles noted.
Heat Rejection: Parking under direct sunlight with clear blue sky (without the sun shade for dashboard/front windscreen) and going out for lunch around 12+PM for 5 days and my experience is … with auto-aircon on with outside air circulation off and temperature set at 24C, no doubt when I first switch on the aircon, it will auto start at full bars … it drops by 1 bar around 2mins another bar in another 2mins and 1 more bar around 2mins … so roughly 5-6mins and the auto aircon will drop from full bars to 5 bars and the temperature at the front is already cool to me (not too sure about back seat though). In addition, the door panels, seats and steering wheel are not as hot as with the stock tint, I would say around 40% less hot as compared to the stock tint. Now I can just jump in my car and drive without having to open the windows for the hot air to go out for awhile, which was a habit when I was driving Spectra without any tint and when I was first driving my Forte with only stock tint. BTW, the front Sun Barrier 70 has not as good heat rejection as Wingard, so you can feel that your dashboard is hotter than the door panels and seats.
Clarity of the Tint: Its all very clear for front windscreen and side windows. When direct sunlight hits Wingard, it will change to slightly bluish colour and cuts quite a fair bit of glare. As for the rear windscreen, due to the security/safety film (most brands will not use security/safety film for this reason), it is slightly blur due to the thicker film. I would say around 10% less clear as compared to the side and front windscreen. As I don’t always look at the rear mirror, its ok for me and I can still see everything clearly with the slight blur vision. I prefer a better heat rejection for the rear windscreen as the third brake light panel is hard plastic type. As Windgard has better heat rejection, I think my third brake light and the panel will last longer and not to mention the overall colour would be more matching. I tested the Sun Barrier and Wingard tint with my Oakley polarized sunglasses and it has very slight rainbow effect (if you wear polarized sunglasses when you drive, you will know what I mean).
Compatibility: Tested smart tag and GPS (using my Nokia 5800) without any problem. The auto headlight sensor and the rear mirror sensor work just like before the tinting.
Overall: As my previous car is without any tinting, I cannot provide any good comparison, but overall I am very happy with the heat rejection feature and colour and the special price fits my budget nicely.
Technical Details:
http://www.tintgallery.com/html/wingard.aspPrice: Please PM me for the price as the price is controlled by HQ and only applicable to Forte members and I don’t want to get my friend into trouble. So please do not disclose the price in public forum.
During the tinting:
After tinting (the actual colour looks a lot better than the photos):
Jan 27 2010, 01:35 PM
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... now testing first tank of Mobil, seems like giving better FC (only first quarter la) ... will update the rest after i am done with 3 tanks of Mobil and then will try BHP and then Caltex and Petronas ... going to find out whats best for my Forte 
... really wish that we have the option to install stock in dash LCD 
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