Another one to avoid, HYPERGARD, 1-1-3A, Medan Kampung Relau 1, Kampung Seberang Paya, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang

Bubble and Hair in the tinting. Here is the execuse they give.
1) The guy doing the job is skillful, because very little hair and bubble
2) We only can remove the bubble but the hair will still be there.
3) Replacing tint will damage your security film

What a lame execuse

don't pay

Hyperguard, solarguard, mgard, whatever gard/guard all just a copy.

Better quality films are Vkool, 3M, Huper, Llumar. Thats all

I tinted with them because my SA recommended... I did notice some really small bubbles but otherwise it’s pretty good so far. How bad are your bubbles? Mind sharing a pic?

My question is, why pay before inspection?

Try Hamel. Cheap and legit workmanship. No bubbles.

I did with solartint shop... Never had any buble up until now (roughly 7 years)...

small bubble still can fix easily. But hair inside the tint...

which window anyway? if rear windscreen might be abit dangerous to re-tint but otherwise they should replace new tint coz got hair inside.
i guess it would be door window since u mentioned security, coz windscreen usually dont have security tint.

anyway how much u paid?

my SA put for me as part of the package...not sure the price. I should have asked for rebate and go tint at other shop.. the hair is on the front glass. Oh the front glass no security tint?

This post has been edited by soules83: Aug 6 2018, 09:22 AM

You probably do not aware that many of the brands are subsidiary of one big company. The tint film used by:
1) LLumar
2) Vista
3) EnerLogic
4) V-KOOL
5) IQue
6) Hüper Optik
7) Sun-X
8) nanoLux
9) Gila
10) FormulaOne High Performance Auto Tint

are all made by Solutia which owned by Eastman Chemical Company

https://www.eastman.com/Pages/solutia.aspx

The 3M is produced by #M as it is a big company by itself. SolarGard is owned by Saint Gobain performance plastic company https://www.plastics.saint-gobain.com/. Sun-Gard is just another brand name for Madico, which is a big company that produce tint film mainly.

The name you said copy is actually original. Ecotint (M) Sdn. Bhd is the distributor for Madico film.

Now there are many brands in the market. Many want to established own name by buying China products. They maybe good and may not be as good. Just stick to known brand. If they have warranty, why not. The problem with unknown name is that we don't know if the brand will still exist within warranty period.

The SA get commission. The tint shop will approach SA so that they get business from new car owner. By putting in package, which most customer think is a good deal, the price is already included. It is good to ask what brand and which shop do the tinting. Tinting need training and experience. The tint should be done in dust free environment, not shop with open door.

RayTech leh?

Just Googled and found out it is under Commonwealth Laminating & Coating, Inc. which was also acquired by Eastman Chemical Company

When I clicked www.commonwealthlaminating.com, it is redirected to https://www.suntekfilms.com/Default.aspx

As you can see though many brands, it is monopolized by a big company

I see. I think the shop is open door one.. when I went there to request for the fix.

You mean this Solar Gard?

Solar Gard

Great info! Thanks!

That one you need to ask cococonutseller

Aware of Eastman group, but are all the companies under it's umbrella providing equal quailty products?

Why solar Gard went on my list of "copy"? A few cars from next department actually use it and the tint just peeled itself with some silver color residue.. strange.

Agreed with your last paragraph as the tint experience is also depending on workmanship.

It is just different brands have different grade. Eastman bought the company which may ahve been producing the tint film already. So, basically Eastman is just investor

As long as it is peeling under warranty, you can get replacement. V-Kool in my previous car bubbled before warranty expired too and I get replacement. Even V-Kool gradually lose its ability to block heat over time. The worst is the cheap one. Probably after 1~2 years, it is basically useless, even though it looks cool

SA gets commission. and usually it is those crappy shops selling crappy tints because low cost but sell high

if you bought good car, invest a bit. go get a good tint.

regretted

Actually is SA get commission or shop? because usually these kind of deal is coming out from SA's pocket right? deduct from their sales commission.

it's ok. few hundred bucks damage for a lifetime's lesson. next time, go straight to the ori stuff better


SA get comm paid by shop. this one is outside from their car sales commission. SA dont spend a thing. all they need to do is bring the customer to the shop saying he/she recommend this shop and just by quoting his/her name, can get "special" price. that's how they identify who to give comm to.

But this is considered "free gift" for purchasing car isnt it? SA will give a voucher for tinting and bring to shop to choose i guess below rm600 package.
if customer doesnt want to "upgrade" then dont need to pay a single cent.

so far what i know is, the tint is the deal between SA and tint shop. car dealer shop is not involved. maybe just give consent, i dunno.
never heard about the upgrade part. upgrade can get what? the "free" tint? need to pay for upgrade?

Yup upgrade to higher model need to topup

then i suppose the car dealer has a deal with those tint shop then. i guess when car dealer found out that their SA gets a cut by introducing tint to tint shop, they also want a cut

that is why when go tint shop, their price tag there is like cut throat price but for crappy tint only. if you're walk in customer, they will say can give huge discount. but if you're there to claim the so called "voucher", they say the price is harga mati. u want u take u dun wan u waste that voucher lo. either way since you already upgraded, for sure they will get their cut.

+1. THIS! ^^^

A colleague of mine did his Swift with Solar Gard LX70 for front windscreen and LX55 for the rest of the car a few years ago and so far it's still good. No peeling, no bubbles, nothing. So he's pretty happy about it. Lol...