![]() I've thought about F1 pinnacle but the windshield option is Air 80 by Llumar (which also makes f1 pinnacle), and Air 80 doesnt have near the heat rejection as photosync or 3m, and also seems to have mixed reviews about its clarity. Most others I've asked (and there are only a few) have also quoted around $1k for whole car.ģM crystalline (next best for heat rejection) best quote I've seen is around $800 for full car + windshield, and $650 for full car without windshield. I think they said $450 for front windshield alone. ![]() Best i've seen for photosync is $599 for all around without windshield, $1050 for all around + windshield. Again, the shop is willing to fix anything I am not satisfied with but I understand that sometimes when I pay for something that I see every day I expect more perfection than is maybe industry acceptable.I'm in the LA area. I was told this was due to the plotter.Īm I being overly picky based on previous tint jobs I have had or is this a reasonable ask for correction? I’m looking for more than just “if you are not happy, take it back in”. This will likely bother me every time I look in the mirror. When I look in my rear view window I see one side has an angled cut and the other has no cut. I was told this was due to the plotter.Ĥ.) the rear window. One side rear window is round the other side rear window is more square. The corner cuts are jagged and it the same from corner to corner. I was told that there are different sizes of glass on each individual window and since sheets are cut from a plotter on a standard size it is not all uniform.ģ). One window is nearly to the edge, while another has a gap. Spaces are very uneven from one side to another. I had a 335 convertible with tint and didn’t have this same issue at all.Ģ). ![]() I was told this was because Teslas do not have window frames and putting tint to the edge could cause issues. I have had other vehicles tinted in the past and I have never seen anything like this.ġ). I want to preface this by saying the shop owner is willing to correct anything I am not fully satisfied with but I want to ask the experts here first if my disappointment or expectations were unreasonable. I have done research, including reading this forum, on choosing a reputable tint shop and after eagerly waiting a week for my appointment I am not completely satisfied with the results. Here's a couple of pics of the photosync 45 and 70 windshield I did not like the appearance of the huper on my car either. The photosync 45 I have for sure blocks a lot more heat than the huper 30% I had. ![]() Actually I think it's pretty similar to the vkool 40 in terms of heat rejection but this tint is too reflective. My "butt dyno" tells me photosync blocks more heat as I barely feel heat on my arm while driving (mid 80's sunny today). As you can see, I've spent quite a bit of $$$ on tint so I wanted to get it right and do it only once for the new car.Īlthough they advertise this tint will go darken a bit under direct sunlight or whatever, I don't see it and it doesn't really matter. Tried formula one pinnacle 35 all around and air blue 80 on windshield. Tried huper optik 30% all around and 60% windshield. On my previous car alone (in no particular order) I've tried vkool 70 all around including windshield, vkool 40 all around and the same vkook 70 on the windshield. I mean yes it does block a lot of heat but it's not all that much than the f1 pinnacle while costing more.Īnyways I finally got this Photosync tint on my new car today and I must say, it's well worth the heavy price I spent on it lol I'm not bias and I've gone through a lot of different brands of tint throughout the years on my previous cars. The lighter shades has a light blue hue to it whereas the 35% shade looks more smoked color. However the transition is not too noticeable but you can definitely feel the heat rejection. For example the 45% shade goes to 35% depending on the sun's intensity. This tint is supposedly photochromic and gets slightly darker as the sun's heat gets more intense, therefore the TSER goes up a few percent. He told me this film performs better than huper optik and vkool which they no longer carry now and it's pretty much the best tint you can get. The guy told me that this film is slowly getting more popular as more people started looking into it. It was sunny and temperature in the 80's, I was sitting in the car and felt no heat on my arms, whereas I felt more heat coming from the windshield which had the llumar air blue tint. Checked out this tint in person and sat in their car with the 35% installed, it's quite amazing. There's only one shop here in So Cal that installs this film. Was going to try it out on my current car but not worth it if I'm not keeping it for long. I've been planning on getting this film installed on my next car end of this year.
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