what is your spec & price? mind to share?

just got my honda civic. plan to install car tint. which brand should i go with if i have a budget of around 2.5k-3k?
the tint shop boss recommended solar gard lx70.
or should i go with more popular brands like 3M and Vkool?

This post has been edited by phekjoo: Nov 15 2018, 02:25 PM

Since u have such budget, better go for big brands like Vkool or llumar, can pm me your contact if u keen.. Location at Klang valley.. thanks

hello dealers,

new honda city looking for 3M crystalline tint.
Please PM best deal.

If you have budget of 3k can go for V-Kool

Bought a M2 from kepong few mths ago, being recommend by the SC for these packages.. said to be nearby kepong only..

Have choose the rm900 (after disc rm500) for saloon, 7 years warranty, afterwards only need to went to ss2 there ( opposite petrol station only ) for the installation and query..

Since the brochure stated there IR reject should be 70%.. however after installation, the car still feel hotter compare to my old car which have been tinted for almost 7 years..

Once call to argue with person in charge, Joanne, she stated that they don't have the tester for testing the IR, darkness, for the film.. ( what the hell they are talking for don't have tester for a professional shop)

Go to the shop directly, force their installer come out and check , finally come out with the tester, unfortunately, the tester measurement range can only use on the untinted films, not on the tinted window, ( fine) , once the installer test on the same film, the meter reading is around 50% IR rejection only, compare to 70% as stated.. never mind..

Second , they have a lamp heating tester in their workshop, which can be used to try different tinted film , have tried in front of the film and touch on the glass, feel less warm, however, when I ask them to try on my car window with the same lamp heating tester, you can started feel very hot in few seconds ... Then the installer explain that the glass they are using is much thicker than the car ... ( Fine)

But once I say I can bring my old car go for testing, due to totally different heat you can feel inside the car under the hot afternoon, the installer can give the following answer , the car which is very old one, their windows is come with UV rejection ( UV rejection, is it same with heat rejection or IR rejection?? )

So, finally ,I try to call back Joanne, to tell her these things ( since every time appointment also can't meet her up) , tell her that, you are
Not giving the customers satisfaction on the quality you have promise , which is only 50% of IR rejection instead of 70% IR rejection tinted film installation , and saying she also know nothing due to the products they buy from the supplier is giving the same details to them, and they only warranty for bubbled film only, not the misleading films provide by the supplier.. (omg, how ridiculous can that be.. )


From no tester, I can found the tester from the installer..
From older car, they can tell you that older car have UV window glass that can reject the heat..
From 70% IR rejection, reduced to 50%+ of IR rejection..
Through the phone conversation with Joanne, being said that I am the only one customer who make complaint on this kind of IR rejection and heating problem.. she is not able to settle this problems for customers.. zz


I suspect that, this 3M authorised dealer are using a lower quality films nowadays, since I can saw that , other than a few of 3M printed
Box, mostly of the film's boxes are 'clean' in their store..


So ,would suggest those tinted films finders do check with their nearby films installer for further checking and comparison , so that you won't need to go so far for warranty later or paid the money without satisfaction..

There is a test machine can test together with window to get VLT, IR and UV
I believe they selling you a low end film and the way they handle your case is so unprofessional
This normally happen on certain brand DEALER

Actually when they advertise IR at 70% and the tester reading should be at in between 65-70% and not 50% as you see.
You can file dispute with tribunal which is misleading the customer and request for upgrade or refund

This post has been edited by I'm V-Kool: Nov 23 2018, 02:24 PM

Huper Optic C30
RM 1.8k
IR - 86, UV - 99, VLT - 30, TSER - 63, SHGC - 0.37

-VS.-

Bellfort GL1
RM 1.2K
IR - 96, UV - 100, VLT - 30, TSER - 75, SHGC - 0.19

Which offer represents better value?

Anyone with experience using Bellfort tints?

http://www.huperoptik.com.my/performance-data.html
There are very high possibility Bellfort GL1 specification is too good to be true

https://www.v-kool.com.sg/automotive/v-kool-30
Look at V-Kool to compare as well whereas the price is above this 2 product

I have v-kool tinted on my car. And I find that when I’m in my car, my GPS and mobile signal is highly affected. Is this common for others as well?

This post has been edited by apowerfulskill: Nov 25 2018, 07:37 PM

Is 3m going to replace the tint if the colour fade?
Is it included in warranty?

This is recommend by the car sales , we won't know who and where they from after the installation as I stated earlier..

The PIC also say that I am the only one who complaint about the heat problems since I am comparing with my car which have been using for almost 7 years.. the different is obvious when I bring my colleagues .. if not I won't go there to complaint and get nothing ..
They say they only given the warranty of 7 years for the bubbles problems..


The IR problem is non of their problem since they just getting the products by their suppliers and install only.. warranty is not covered for different IR or other than bubbles..


May I know where can I file the dispute or make the complaint about the problems at least to get upgrade or refund ??

Are you using stainless steel as cover?

Go to the shop directly, force their installer come out and check , finally come out with the tester, unfortunately, the tester measurement range can only use on the untinted films, not on the tinted window, ( fine) , once the installer test on the same film, the meter reading is around 50% IR rejection only, compare to 70% as stated.. never mind..

This as you previously mentioned. You should take picture when it show 50% instead of 70% as advertised in the brochure to suppport your case.
Many dealer always sell home brand/local brand to end user and claim it as international brand.

You may try write official complain to 3M Malaysia

Am not sure.

What I mean is your smartphone cover?
I had customer use stainless steel hard cover for the iphone resulted low signal after putting up V-Kool

If you have doubt go back to V-Kool for verification and we will inspect

V-kool user here. so far no problems with the phone gps or signals. working as usual. my phone on maxis line.

no gps problems just that it take a little longer to lock on for the android auto. if using gps on the phone is ok. google map gps also ok.

hey i didnt not realize there's a car tint advise thread lol

created one myself

anyway, i'll just copy paste my content from the thread, please do advise thanks!


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hi tinting sifus/car sifus,

today i was surveying around a tint shop near my home and asked his shop for recommendations

so before that let me summarize my current car vs what he recommended and do let me know if its a good step to take forward to

> my car currently has a tint, which can prevent heat but it has no privacy as its only 30% dark
> went over to his shop and explained to him my situation and what i want to achieve from the tint application

> i wanted it to be about 70% dark and he recommended me this:
- dont take off my current tint which is about 4milli thick
- apply his in-house tint ON TOP of my current tint
- i did ask him if it will make my window harder to roll down as its thicker now but he said it wont
- asked about smart tag detection issues and he said also wont happen as the tint has about 90% of IR? on his portable scale thing (UV was 0%, 1 more was about 43%, i forgot whats it called and 1 more is IR which is at 89%)

need your advise if its do-able? tint on top of tint, will it have any effect of doing so?

thanks!

add on: also he quote me RM750 only including installation. lol to use his in-house tint and apply it on top of my current tint.

apparently the shop only started operations this year 2018.

This post has been edited by mafioso: Nov 26 2018, 04:12 PM

Whoever ask you to add tint are probably not professionals or couldn't give a flying fk about your problems and just want quick money.

Additional layers will affect the light spectrum especially at night. If u have already night viewing issues I strongly don't recommend to add additional layers. But if u just want it done cheap and fast, don't care about all these issue, then go ahead.

I did try that before only for the back windscreen, and I can tell u additional layer of tint skewed the light spectrum quite badly. Car headlights become starburst if the tint is different specifications or brand especially.

Then later u complain they will tell u it's the competitors tint, not thiers until u get fedup and remove and redo

Sounds familiar?

hi!

thanks for the response.. after much research i've decided to walk into an official raytech store and asked for some product info as well as price quote.. surprisingly not very far from the 1st place i went to.. only extra 200 for a peace of mind.

yeap i wont be considering the 1st place already.. because after hearing how raytech explains it, the 1st one feels like a conman place.




anyway, another question i want to ask...

do you think JPJ/road block will stop me if i use the same amount of darkness level for the rear passenger seat for the 2 front seats?

as the sales guy recommended me (based on what i want) to put the 4 windows to be the same as what JPJ approved for the 2 rear passenger tint

as for front windshield tint he recommend putting 100% JPJ compliance one because if i choose to go darker, i might have driving visibility issues. (which i think this is a good recommendation, since the windshield should always be visible)


meaning to say, 4 passenger windows = VLT 30%

front and back = JPJ compliance %


what do you think?

This post has been edited by mafioso: Nov 26 2018, 06:57 PM