Car Accessories
INFORMATION ABOUT CAR ACCESSORIES AND CAR CARE
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There are many reasons to tint your car from protecting against health concerns, safety and privacy reasons, as well as preserving your investment in your car. Listed below are some of the top reasons that people tint their cars.
Avoid Overheating Protect Your Skin
You car's interior can be 60% cooler during those hot summer days with proper tinting.
Harmful UV rays from the sun can cause skin cancer. Tinting your car can block 99% of these damaging rays.
Accident Protection Safer Driving
In an auto accident, tinting can help shattered glass hold together, protecting the occupants of the car.
Tinting reduces dangerous glare from the sun, mirages, and other headlights, helping you drive safely.
Enhanced Privacy Prevent Cracking and Fading
Tinting protects your privacy and contents within a car. What a burglar can't see, he won't steal.
Harmful UV rays and heat cause car upholstery to crack and fade. Car tint is sunscreen for your car.
How Much Does
Car Tint Cost?
Oddly, this is a even harder subject than explaining how a window film works The price for a car tint can vary dramatically from the cheapest fly-by-night shop from Php 2,500.00 to the luxury tint shop's Php 20,000.00 or more. For each of these situations, the price can be considered REASONABLE. What a REASONABLE price is depends on many factors:
Your Car Type
Quite simply, a small percentage of cars are harder to tint than others. When getting a price quote, a Tint Shop always asks you for the make and model of your car. This isn't to see how much money you have and charge you up the wazoo. (Often it is with less reputable tinters)
Tinters know which cars take more time to tint properly. Some cars with steep and curved rear windows like the Volkswagen Beetle or Camry's tinters often charge a premium to tint. Additionally, each additional square foot of window on your vehicle requires more window film to tint. This makes tinting a SUV or station wagons cost more than sedans.
Type of Tinting Film
Just like comparing a Hyundai to a Porsche, there are wide performance and cost differences in tinting film. The cheapest window film can be many times less in price than more expensive film, but you get what you pay for.
Cheap film may look good at the beginning, but they can fail to block the summer heat, fade, turn purple, or bubble soon after installation. Higher quality window film such as fully-metalized sputtered or deposition window films like SolarGard HP films offer both advanced performance and a lifetime warranty. These films are worth the higher price.
Performance Warranty
You are highly encouraged to ask about the Performance Warranty before you pay for tinting services from anybody. Typically these Warranty's can last from as little as 1 year to a Lifetime.
Not all Warranties are created equal! Most warranties only cover problems such as cracking, glazing, bubbling, and peeling. Some films carry a "Color-Safe Warranty" that gives you peace of mind that if the color of your tint ever changes, it will be replaced. The best warranties are "Transferable" which allow you to transfer the warranty to another person when you sell the car. This adds permanent value to your car.
Be Careful! Irresponsible tint shops can also offer "Lifetime Warranties however, if they go out of business next year, who is there to replace your bubbling tint? You should always factor in this "hidden" cost when buying low priced car tint.
Dealer's Reputation
Reputable Tint Shops take great pride in their work. They have high standards in who they hire, the film they use, and overall customer service and experience.
After you make your decision, remember to always make an appointment with the tint shop before you tint your car. Even if they say "drop-ins accepted" or "bring it over any time", you want your tinter to be calm and prepared for you when you arrive. Tinting may take a couple hours to half a day, so either bring your laptop and take advantage of their wifi service, or bring a book and enjoy the shop's customer lounge / entertainment offered.
