I'm going to redo 2 of my cars tints due to blurring aging tint (over 15 years VKool). VKool now too expensive to re-tint on the cars.

No money to change cars lor. Cars still in very excellent condition both engine and chassis wise (change fully every 5 to 7k or 6 months, coating every year to keep paint shiny), lots of parts, mounting, etc change liao, spend a bundle of repairs already and resale price not worth to sell when it is in good working condition. However still worry one day, the repair cost will suddenly shoot up when something major fail but not choice....

Coz  we need 1 additional car some more due to extra family member coming of age. So tak da money to upgrade and have to plan buy another at full price without trade in.....

So die die have to keep these 2 cars ..or die die 3 cars working...got another 2011 proton persona but that VKool Elite tint still in excellent conditions for its age and very high mileage (my working car due to cheap maintenance).
Currently 2008 Civic FD and 2006 City Vtec. Both VKool Elite original tint since the beginning.

is there any of you guys have actually face a JPJ roadblock where they actually measure you window's tint using device or what?

Or they just measure it using their gaze only?

i think ,normal car glass without tint already not 100% vlt

i see, the issue here would be many shop's highest vlt tint is 70%, therefore, need to go with no windshield tint to be safe.

You're right!

This was my Puspakom report for a Perodua Kenari.
Front - no tint
Sides - Clear security film.

Results:
HDPN- 78% HDPN S.KANAN- 68% HDPN S.KIRI- 68%

So best to remove tints before inspections or high chance of failing with any tinting film.

Bought a 2016 HRV from a neighbour few years ago, tore off the tint from front windscreen, puspakom test 76%.

No point installing any tint if worried about roadblock.

Personally, feel JPJ not going to jail 90% vehicle owners all failing front windscreen test.

All my cars range 50-60% for front after installing good tint.
More important to me is night visibility, clarity and comfort.

Which VLT percentage u choose?

Went with VLT 63/53/32 for my Alza, quite ok with it as it cost a third of Vkool in my previous cars.

mine with 53/53/2 for rear and sunroof. ok for heat rejection. High VLT can gain heat as well? Make sure u double check the tint with meter for IRR%. My other car with Wingard Royale, spend almost rm3k, choose high VLT last time, sometime felt the sun heat due to bright light. Double tint the car with lower VLT, same Wingard product and that make the car cooler and look cool (hopefully JPJ roadblock can skip)

VLT>70% is too high if the owner intends for the best of the best Heat rejection. If u read in this thread, the heat source can come from the VLT as well. my 2 sens. For JPJ, pas experience, VLT 50-60% never stop at roadblock. If u looking for Puspakom inspection yes, will be rejected

Spectra Photosync IRD maybe?
Expensive though. Only one place in M’sia carries that brand afaik, AutoDetailer Studio PJ. Looking at the types of cars they work on, I’d suggest having a defibrillator nearby when you call them to ask for a quote, in case the price gives you a heart attack.

Edit:
As far as real world experience goes, I can only offer V-Kool Elite 70 vs IrisPro Diamond 60, but this isn’t exactly an apples to apples comparison since they’re installed on different cars, where other factors like dashboard length, windscreen slope angle and efficiency of climate control system come into play. Both do a decent job of keeping the cars’ interior cool, but both also still let some heat in on very hot sunny days. Hard to say which is better. Touching the dashboard on the car with Diamond 60 feels slightly less warm most of the time, but on the other hand I often feel overall cooler in the car with Elite 70, but then again that might just be down to the Elite 70 car having ventilated seats blowing cold air up my bum and back.

The same mindset I have earlier. I have VKool Elite installed on all my cars but have been searching for metallized clear tint to replace VKool Elite. Not only is VKool Elite the best clear tint in heat resistant, it also is the longest lasting tint without much degradation in quality. Unfortunately it has been priced out from my budget. Over 4K for Honda City, 5K for CRV spec. At least that is the previous quoted price from VKool HQ.

If you read my post above, I have currently re-tinted both my cars (old City and Civic) to silver sputter Irispro Diamond X series but my Civic windscreen is using the titanium sputter Diamond 60.

Their tints listed specs are great (so are all other cheapo house brand...hehehe) but they have detail description on their sputter spectrum test and additional blue light filtering that no other tints have. Their pricing is still premium although almost half lesser than VKool.

D60 and DX60 VLT are have noticeably lower VLT than VKool Elite very clear tint. Unfortunately, any higher VLT are lower spec tints (Irispro Elite, etc).

I have my old City windscreen VKool Elite measured 63 VLT and Irispro D60 measured 56 on Civic FD, not too much difference but reality is D60 clearly darker (still clear tint, not black darker but lower VLT light darker). The new D60X VLT is even lower...measured VLT 54 (on real life, vs D60, can see the lower lighting difference). So for front screen, D60 might be a nearer option to VKool Elite vs D60X if you want the clear tint here.

On Heat rejection, I have to say, I still think D60 with lower VLT still lose out slightly to VKool Elite....but the silver-based sputter D60X comes near to it...lower, equal or better, can't say for sure coz all based on feeling only, no prove. Issue is the VLT of DX60 seems substantially lower than VKool Elite...so give and take. VKool Elite is the prefect balance of clear VLT and working heat resistant, we can only find something near to its match but so far none is its exact match in clear tint.

For my comparison, I have my City with FWS still using VKool Elite (change windscreen few years ago), side front windows DX60, and the rest DX30 (VLT 22%) at rear. My Civic FD has front tinted D60 (not X), so try comparing from that.

City is definitely cooler than before due to rear DX30 (low VLT, high spec, silver-based sputter). I tried comparing FWS VKool Elite vs side windows DX60. Not apple to apple comparison coz windscreen definitely thicker than side windows. So under the sun, try putting my hand near the windscreen of City VKool vs DX60 side windows. Then put hands under Civic D60 windscreen and DX60 side windows (there is a difference in my side windows coz Civic DX60 side windows have additional layer...aka security tint while City side windows is 1mm thinner...just pure DX60 without additional layer).

My conclusion is DX60 feels similar or slightly cooler than VKool Elite but VKool Elite is still slightly cooler than D60. Problem is DX60 is substantially darker (lower VLT) than VKool Elite. D60 nearer optically to VKool Elite VLT but heat resistant not as good (close lar...)

Please note that the dark here is not VLT30 type of dark but vs VKool clear tint.... but still clear.

Mismatched mixed of tints, right....a bit confusing.

If I'm not wrong it is 58% for DX60. For D60, it is advertised as 60% and on windscreen real reading is is 56%. The fact that my side windows with single DX60 on City showed VLT 54%, it should be around there. Adding security layer shoot the DX60 down to 48% but windscreen won't use security layer, just the main DX60 tint.

The problem of doing individual window tints is just like ala carte menu. Set menu much cheaper but when you go piece by piece, it is much higher price in general. My initial plan to change the whole car tint to VKool Elite again is VKool Elite front, VK-55 front side and VK30 rear...for Civic, its RM4850 quoted price from HQ for VKool Elite. Did Irispro DX series at near 3K. Diamond series is around 2688 whole package, Elite around 2388. Just tint windscreen alone is RM1600++. So for figure which one is more worth it. That is the previous quoted price. Come March 2024, I figure price might goes up again due to 2% ST taxes.