Thanks for the information. Say if durability or short life span of the cheap tint is not a factor, performance-wise the cheap tint won't affect the heat rejection performance of the expensive tiny but slightly improve it. Will this be the case?

UV block 100% means very little (almost nothing actually) when it comes to the heat coming into the car, because the ultraviolet spectrum is a very small part of the full spectrum of light. 100% UV blocking will only be 1% more resistant at delaying the yellowing of your interior plastics over the years compared to 99% UV blocking brands, nothing more. Only the k-pop skin whitening crowd will fall for that marketing.

What you need to look at is IRR. Our weather, bare minimum should be 95%@1400nm (for sputter types). The “TSER up to 78%” claim is also a gimmick. The words “up to” are the clue here. It means you will only get 78% TSER if you choose the darkest VLT 10% film.

If you want go dark (means JPJ non-compliant) to make your car cool, you can get film for under RM1k easily with higher IRR rating than IrisPro’s entry level UV Pro series.

Just wondering should I go for unbranded highest spec paper at a local tint shop. One whole car hatchback is only rm450.

What are the problem thst I might occur with the unbranded paper? The store offer 5 y warranty though.

I'm not sure if one can even trust the IRR numbers published by some tint manufacturers unless it's a reputable or trustable tint company and the IRR measured by a device. Most good tints such as V-kool have the IRR in the range of 94% to 98% with Elite to V-Kool 10. I just noticed that with Totalgard which I've installed on my car several months ago, the IRR range is consistent between 98% to 100% even with the lowest performing tint Infusion Pro 65 N8 installed on my front windscreen with VLT 63%. The IRR of 98% on the front wind screen of my car actually feels very bad, close to no tint. As a matter of fact the V-kool Elite with IRR 94% on my old car feels much cooler.



I've been given the spec below but I'm not sure if I can trust the real world performance of it, judging from the dismal quality of the Totalgard Infusion Pro with almost perfect IRR values which do not correlate to real world experience.

Front windscreen
1) Irr 95%  rm830
2) Irr 88% rm680
3) Irr 75% rm580
4) Irr 65% rm380

The thing is can we afford the VKool series that have double the price vs 10 years ago? It is the best clear tint but the price also drastically priced out of budget for most ppl liao.

Coz I install 2.4K VKool Elite on another City about 12 years ago. Last year, I ask HQ for VKool Elite got about 3.8 to 4.2K, can't remember exactly but Sporthandling just say he get quoted 2.8K.

Did I mixed up the pricing?? coz even the website also showing 3950 min. pricing for VKool Elite.

The "free tint" which is Ice Cool actually costs RM2.2k which I have paid. So much for "free" tint.

Even if there's a poll, it's very difficult. I have Totalgard Infusion Pro on my car but use the highest VLT (63%) on the FWS (which translates to worst heat rejection performance) & side front windscreens. There are people who use the same tint but with lower VLT on FWS so the result or experience will not be the same although the brand is the same. Also, within the brand there are other range of tint such as Ceramic Plus and Titanium Plus apart from Infusion Pro.

As I have posted earlier, in my experience the Totalgard Infusion Pro has the worst performance in terms of heat rejection and I do not recommend it. The only good thing going for it is the low price, 599 for whole car. There may be a difference but it is minimal to me especially with the front and side front windscreens where the highest VLT were selected. Huper Optik Sech60 and C40 combination is noticeably better at about RM1.6k which is close to 3X more. The V-Kool Elite has the best performance.

I will share my review on Ice Cool and Cool Gard tints when I have the opportunity. Ice Cool 2 layers all round and Cool Gard top spec tint for FWS.

I'm buying an Innova Zenix and asked the salesperson to recommend tint.

The salesperson from M-Pro called me. During the call she mentioned that tinting in the wrong way can void warranty.

Questions:
1. Can tinting void warranty of the car?
2. How good is M-Pro? (I haven't heard of this brand before today)
3. Please recommend some tints for me. Looking to comply with JPJ but minimize VLT

just notice my Raytech car tint warranty card stated that "Rear windscreen heater no warranty". Is it normal to Raytech? 3M and Vkool also has same warranty terms?

not sure bro. i have seen so many ppl said black beauty series good  so i try lor. mana tau so lousy one. maybe their diamond series is better in performance.  my previous tint of Huper optik and vkool  40. hardly feel any heat on my arms while driving under the sun.

Do old cars like Wira or Kancil absorb more heat than newer cars because I find that on a hot sunny day after switching off the car the heat radiates out from all sides of the car and it feels like a convection oven inside makes you want to exit the car ASAP. Where as I don't find newer cars being so heat radiating despite non tinted. Does tinting old vehicles benefits much if this case?