Sorry if I am out of topic. I am looking for tinting, not gonna do it so soon as I still need to save up in order to do the actual tinting.
But from searching through forums, and reading from the websites, I came a cross with some conclucsions and questions.

1. 3M tint.
- VLT of 68% at best. Will not pass JPJ rules as required is 70%. Normail car already has 5% making it VLT of 63%.
- Is not smart tag friendly. Has a work around by cutting a hole in the tint. (not something I want to do)
- Slightly pricey.
- Will tend to shrink over time. Is this true?
- the main distributor is e-tint?

2. Air cool
- Supposed to be cheaper than 3M / Vkool.
- Has until 70% VLT means will comply with JPJ and even has a warranty where if within this certain period you do receive a summon,
Air Cool will bear the summon.
- I've seen the advert before but still not quite convinced.
- Has a 7 or 8 year warranty?
- Has anyone used this before? is it more advisable over 3M / Vkool?

3. V-Kool
- Recommended and offered as package by Car distributors. (Honda, Toyota, Nissan even Perodua)
- VERY pricey. Even over 3M by a bit.
- Is metal based so will rust in the long run. Can anyone comment on this?

4. Rike cool
- Also complies to JPJ rules and promises no issue with smart tag.
- Is there any other distributor other than in PJ?
- I dunno about the pricing but apparently under RM1000. Is this true?

5. S-cool
- I came across this one not in forums but from going to an accessory shop called Sato. Apparently S in S-cool stands for Sato.
- Suppose to be at most RM700 for a standard wira (I asked the sales person)
- Has anyone used S-cool before? was wondering if it is ok. I daren't asked too much as usually they try to make a sale and
me regretting after that and having to keep returning and getting it fixed would be a hassle.

Well, so far these are it. I still dunno what to choose but sort of narrowed it down to 3M and Air Cool for now. Was tempted to go for S-cool but still have
no reliable sources about S-cool.

Would appreciate opinions. Thanx.

This post has been edited by m0r31d8ng3l: Nov 11 2009, 01:21 AM

does anyone know if 3M tint has security layer?
I recently came across another new tint.. the problem of surveying too much.. now dunno how to decide.. anyone heard of cool-armor? seems like has security tint... and another accessory shop friend of mine recommended wingard.

http://www.tintgallery.com/html/wingard.asp -wingard

http://www.cool-armor.com/ - cool-armor

yea.. I still have not tinted my car.. hehe

JPJ Specs:

70% VLT for front windscreen
50% VLT for other windows.

as for 3M specs.. this is as close I can get.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_U...HbeT4DCJBL6BVgl

but not all are sold here in Malaysia I think.

This post has been edited by m0r31d8ng3l: Mar 3 2010, 08:35 AM