Solar Film

amerimacka wrote:guys, my SE was asking me if wanna top up a bit for the solar film since there is about 20% discount for a better quality. he asked me to search on thermal guard online.

i thought of tinting my rear windows a bit but im not sure if i should. i need some advice here. jin newbie here.

thanks.

Thermalguard????? Hmmmm

i took basic package from thermalguard liao.

behind already very very dark.

plus the rear view mirror anti glare, its very veyr dark liao.

zlement wrote:i heard vkool they need to cut a hole at e IU area, but 3M one dun need.. so mayb 3M is a better choice..

Vkool uses some metallice compounds within their films that is why the compound blocks out signals. Those with GPS beware. Some lower end gps might not even be able to get signal under Vkool.

3M uses non metallic compound to make film thats why no need to cut hole.

I have no scientific background regarding whether metallic or non metallic is better but I have used VKool and it is very very good except for the blocking of my gps signal.

Lastly, a darker tint does not = more heat resistant. Darker tint = high % of optical light spectrum being block but not necessarily = higher infraed and IR energy being block. Vkools highest end film is nearly transparent but close to 100% blockage of all heat energy. U should go their workshop and see. Its cool how a transparent film can block out more heat that a super dark one.

The free rikecool film (premier 28) from CnC is not very good.....i realised at noon sun, my gps will not be able to start due to high temperature.....my previous car with thermalguard don't have this problem......lousy free film. Suggest those who have yet to collect their ride reject the free film and go outside get better film. I think using a good film in our hot weather is very very very important.....

those who are thinking of getting other solar film please check with C&C if windscreen crack by default, will they cover the film, i scare alot of people are replacing windscreen ....

tish wrote:those who are thinking of getting other solar film please check with C&C if windscreen crack by default, will they cover the film, i scare alot of people are replacing windscreen ....

What my SE said was that for Rikecool they are providing, even if windscreen crack 100 times they will replace the film 100 times as long as within warranty period....

For other films no coverage....

Wah....100 times equivalent to 10 times per year

Cowstalker wrote:

tish wrote:those who are thinking of getting other solar film please check with C&C if windscreen crack by default, will they cover the film, i scare alot of people are replacing windscreen ....

What my SE said was that for Rikecool they are providing, even if windscreen crack 100 times they will replace the film 100 times as long as within warranty period....

For other films no coverage....

I think your SE just want to persuade you to take Rikecool only. If you want to be sure, you should take to CnC Management, which is what I did. 8)

weeza77 wrote:

amerimacka wrote:guys, my SE was asking me if wanna top up a bit for the solar film since there is about 20% discount for a better quality. he asked me to search on thermal guard online.

i thought of tinting my rear windows a bit but im not sure if i should. i need some advice here. jin newbie here.

thanks.

Thermalguard????? Hmmmm

Agreed with you bro. Hmmm... ... ...

Cowstalker wrote:

tish wrote:those who are thinking of getting other solar film please check with C&C if windscreen crack by default, will they cover the film, i scare alot of people are replacing windscreen ....

What my SE said was that for Rikecool they are providing, even if windscreen crack 100 times they will replace the film 100 times as long as within warranty period....

For other films no coverage....

my SE told me if windscreen crack due to manufacturing defect, their company got insurance for me to claim on my solar film repair even though mine not done thru c&c.

mwerkz wrote:

Cowstalker wrote:

tish wrote:those who are thinking of getting other solar film please check with C&C if windscreen crack by default, will they cover the film, i scare alot of people are replacing windscreen ....

What my SE said was that for Rikecool they are providing, even if windscreen crack 100 times they will replace the film 100 times as long as within warranty period....

For other films no coverage....

my SE told me if windscreen crack due to manufacturing defect, their company got insurance for me to claim on my solar film repair even though mine not done thru c&c.

It's exactly what I was told too.

kenincf wrote:

weeza77 wrote:

amerimacka wrote:guys, my SE was asking me if wanna top up a bit for the solar film since there is about 20% discount for a better quality. he asked me to search on thermal guard online.

i thought of tinting my rear windows a bit but im not sure if i should. i need some advice here. jin newbie here.

thanks.

Thermalguard????? Hmmmm

Agreed with you bro. Hmmm... ... ...

aiya.. so far thermal guard still not so bad lah.. mine's fixed with thermal guard and so far it has blocked out the heat quite a lot.. felt the difference b4 and aft installing..

dandeana21 wrote:aiya.. so far thermal guard still not so bad lah.. mine's fixed with thermal guard and so far it has blocked out the heat quite a lot.. felt the difference b4 and aft installing..

Which package you opted for?

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:aiya.. so far thermal guard still not so bad lah.. mine's fixed with thermal guard and so far it has blocked out the heat quite a lot.. felt the difference b4 and aft installing..

Which package you opted for?

i took the moonlight package.. nid 2 top up $200 coz my SE gave me the lowest range type..

dandeana21 wrote:

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:aiya.. so far thermal guard still not so bad lah.. mine's fixed with thermal guard and so far it has blocked out the heat quite a lot.. felt the difference b4 and aft installing..

Which package you opted for?

i took the moonlight package.. nid 2 top up $200 coz my SE gave me the lowest range type..

Thank you. My car is EB, not sure if I wanna upgrade from here.

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:aiya.. so far thermal guard still not so bad lah.. mine's fixed with thermal guard and so far it has blocked out the heat quite a lot.. felt the difference b4 and aft installing..

Which package you opted for?

i took the moonlight package.. nid 2 top up $200 coz my SE gave me the lowest range type..

Thank you. My car is EB, not sure if I wanna upgrade from here.

hmmm.. depends on your preference coz for me is that as long as can block off most of the heat... so far, the film had blocked off quite a fair bit of the heat..

I think its not so much about the quality of the film but rather the aftersales service..

weeza77 wrote:I think its not so much about the quality of the film but rather the aftersales service..

hhmmm.. true enuf tt aftersales is impt.. but quality is oso something tt i will consider so dat i dun nid 2 go back to the shop often lor..

weeza77 wrote:I think its not so much about the quality of the film but rather the aftersales service..

True.

dandeana21 wrote:hmmm.. depends on your preference coz for me is that as long as can block off most of the heat... so far, the film had blocked off quite a fair bit of the heat..

Ok. Will probably check with my SE the cost to topup when I am back in SIN. Thanks for the imput. 8)

Last but not least, can I check if the the windows are done as per described on the website? Like in the side and rear?

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:hmmm.. depends on your preference coz for me is that as long as can block off most of the heat... so far, the film had blocked off quite a fair bit of the heat..

Ok. Will probably check with my SE the cost to topup when I am back in SIN. Thanks for the imput. 8)

Last but not least, can I check if the the windows are done as per described on the website? Like in the side and rear?

ah?? describe wat ah??

Check at their website and then go down to the shop to compare...

dandeana21 wrote:
ah?? describe wat ah??

haha i meant how were your windows done?

Moonlight Series

This series of films comes in light blue
colour for the front screen and front two windows and dark blue colour
for the rear screens and all side glasses. Both films reject 99% of UV
rays and 40% of sun heat.

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:
ah?? describe wat ah??

haha i meant how were your windows done?

Moonlight Series

This series of films comes in light blue
colour for the front screen and front two windows and dark blue colour
for the rear screens and all side glasses. Both films reject 99% of UV
rays and 40% of sun heat.

ooorrhhh... i chose the greyish color for the back and front, clear.. i remember dey asked me to choose the color.. furthermore my car is Metal bronze.. so i rather have colors to match the car.. otherwise it'll look weird.. i nid to chk the % dat they wrote on the log card which they gave me.. the % shld be the same as quoted..

Anyone here top up for better film... mine offer rikecool IIRC like 35 back / 28 front.. something like that.. good?
and if top up how much is good to upgrade to better film..

TIA...

ask for the 900plus, package for rikeccool, it's good...my ride parked under the sun daily for long hrs and it cool pretty fast

nothing wrote:ask for the 900plus, package for rikeccool, it's good...my ride parked under the sun daily for long hrs and it cool pretty fast

Thanks bro...

Actually the Rikecool giving my KIA was quite good leh, I can feel the difference between my friends' car and my family car and my car. The heat is very low...

dandeana21 wrote:ooorrhhh... i chose the greyish color for the back and front, clear.. i remember dey asked me to choose the color.. furthermore my car is Metal bronze.. so i rather have colors to match the car.. otherwise it'll look weird.. i nid to chk the % dat they wrote on the log card which they gave me.. the % shld be the same as quoted..

Ah, thank you. Will bear that in mind. As I will not be driving very frequently due to the nature of my job and the slot at my place is at the multi carpark so I'm just wondering if I do need the upgrade.

Any advice guys?

dandeana21 wrote:i took the moonlight package.. nid 2 top up $200 coz my SE gave me the lowest range type..

I was offered the moonlight for $200 too.

amerimacka wrote:

dandeana21 wrote:ooorrhhh... i chose the greyish color for the back and front, clear.. i remember dey asked me to choose the color.. furthermore my car is Metal bronze.. so i rather have colors to match the car.. otherwise it'll look weird.. i nid to chk the % dat they wrote on the log card which they gave me.. the % shld be the same as quoted..

Ah, thank you. Will bear that in mind. As I will not be driving very frequently due to the nature of my job and the slot at my place is at the multi carpark so I'm just wondering if I do need the upgrade.

Any advice guys?

I just collected Metal Bronze (SX) with 900 Rikecool... I think the solar film color go quite nicely with car... Plus the reflective lvl quite high so outside a lil more difficult to see inside which is good in my opinion.... For ur qns whether need or not... I personally dont think so... U already got a film so comfort lvl will be better than without any solar film... Depends if you wanna fork out another few hundred for that 10-20% decrease in heat lvl whilst driving. I rather upgrade other things for that price leh... Like getting a subwoofer or something else...

Cowstalker wrote:I just collected Metal Bronze (SX) with 900 Rikecool... I think the solar film color go quite nicely with car... Plus the reflective lvl quite high so outside a lil more difficult to see inside which is good in my opinion.... For ur qns whether need or not... I personally dont think so... U already got a film so comfort lvl will be better than without any solar film... Depends if you wanna fork out another few hundred for that 10-20% decrease in heat lvl whilst driving. I rather upgrade other things for that price leh... Like getting a subwoofer or something else...

Thanks. You do make a point there. Was actually gonna sms my SE to go with the moonlight but I think I will discuss with my gf when she is back tomorrow.

tell u ur gf sure tell u don't waste money on car and get her a gucci bag... Hahah...

When u collectin ur car?

Cowstalker wrote:tell u ur gf sure tell u don't waste money on car and get her a gucci bag... Hahah...

When u collectin ur car?

she just bought a prada bag so no more branded within the next 3 months!

collection is unknown. tested my SE today but he was unable to give me an actual date. he only mentioned those registered this week, collecting this week possibly belong to the earlier batch than mine which i think is BS?

Hey Amerimacka, when i was at C&C collecting car today i saw like at least 10 metal bronzes still waiting to be done up.... Urs is probably one of them... everywhere also forte... Sianz... Soon the road full of us liao...

Cowstalker wrote:Hey Amerimacka, when i was at C&C collecting car today i saw like at least 10 metal bronzes still waiting to be done up.... Urs is probably one of them... everywhere also forte... Sianz... Soon the road full of us liao...

haiz, mine is ebony black!

word of caution, once you fix the window film and intend to remove it later to change for a better one, there is a cost to remove. Do a search and u will find some company offers cheaper and better heat rejection film, rather than top up which i feel is not worthy.

good info thanks

I had RikeCool installed and given by Ubi SE.

But today I noticed that, under car park flourscent light, the reflection is like wavvy wavvy rainbow patches. How do I describe it !!!! It looked like a layer of oil on a pool of water.

Anybody having the same experience? Or is this normal

i believe this is normal, i was told they deliberately use this kinda film

The wavy rainbow colors is due to the metallic properties used in the solar film. My previous car also hv it. I noe solar firm like 3M which is using ceramic compound will nt hv this effect.

Got a thermal guard voucher from my SE for the basic package too. Checked the website n it seemed like there's 2 types for Basic, one clear n one purple. Purple seemed to have better specs. Question is, how do we check whether the added solar film will be lta friendly since our window has tinting alrdy?

oscar33 wrote:The wavy rainbow colors is due to the metallic properties used in the solar film. My previous car also hv it. I noe solar firm like 3M which is using ceramic compound will nt hv this effect.

My basic package with Thermal guard also got some rainbow effect, but mostly on the rear passenger side. Have not heard ppl using thermal guard mentioning it. Is only me or everyone using thermal guard has the same issue too?

lukester wrote:

oscar33 wrote:The wavy rainbow colors is due to the metallic properties used in the solar film. My previous car also hv it. I noe solar firm like 3M which is using ceramic compound will nt hv this effect.

My basic package with Thermal guard also got some rainbow effect, but mostly on the rear passenger side. Have not heard ppl using thermal guard mentioning it. Is only me or everyone using thermal guard has the same issue too?

I have it too, but only when viewed from certain angle..

weeza77 wrote:

lukester wrote:

oscar33 wrote:The wavy rainbow colors is due to the metallic properties used in the solar film. My previous car also hv it. I noe solar firm like 3M which is using ceramic compound will nt hv this effect.

My basic package with Thermal guard also got some rainbow effect, but mostly on the rear passenger side. Have not heard ppl using thermal guard mentioning it. Is only me or everyone using thermal guard has the same issue too?

I have it too, but only when viewed from certain angle..

my thermal guard platiunm series got tis rainbow effect too..

As stated its the metallic compounds used to make the film as I guess. My Rikecool and Vkool both also have this. But Vkool one is not as obvious....

But i do feel that Rikecool is not as effective at cancelling out heat when im driving under hot sun... But it def helps...

is it true dat solar film wif metallic compounds will compromise GPS n IU operation?

those guys at thermal guard told me dat their solar film got no metallic compounds so no need to cut hole at IU location... unlike Vkool where they need to cut hole at IU location..

"THERMAL GUARD solar control films are ultra-violet ray shielding films from coating (PET) Polyester films with solution containing dispersed ultra-fine metal powder manufacturing techniques and the latest organically coated technology."



Quoted from Thermalguard website. Hmmm

If you can't convince them, confuse them! What a load of bull crap!