It still looks classy and very factory like to this day. In regards to the Ceramic, I've had Formula One Pinnacle on my wife's minivan and it's been going 4 years strong. Thank you for that very useful info I'll be sure to stay away from the Panaflex. The more you read into brands the more confused you'll get. My recommendation to you is go to your most experienced local shop and use or have them use what they recommend to you, overall a good standing business will take care of you.īut most of all these "brand" companies selling these updated films to customers/dealers is also new with exception of some manny's out there who've had ceramic for years. I think you may be reading into "BRANDS" way to much. Can you guys help with the sanity check here? What am I missing? Thanks. Plus I'm wary of this Panaflex ceramic since I only see limited info for film and company. I'm not so sure - all the specs I've read seem to indicate better performance numbers from the Nano films. The installer thought the PF ceramic does a better job in performance and is more expensive than CXP. However, my local dealer threw me curve by introducing Panaflex Ceramic. CXP looks more grey/charcoal uniformly across all shades. Additionally, I didn't care too much for the colors of CR: 70/60 looks bluish and 40/50 bronze/brown hue. Crystalline: similar performance specs across the board at 40/50% of price. This time around I was going to use CXP mainly due to cost-to-value ratio vs. So I'm all in on the Nano films (CXP, CR, PS) and had Crystalline on my last car. Not to mention the images below is the rest of Flexfilm's lineup. I have seen it start turning purple around the 10 month mark.3 cars all total all installed by us. Here is Flexfilm Panaflex.top piece is out of the box and bottom piece is little under 3 years. I am sure they will have a "nano" film available at Pep Boys or Walmart soon. Also "nano" just means the particles are smaller.that is it. Just depends on the specific brand in question. However, Photosync is pretty new some people question their numbers because of the lack of outside testing.īefore you read below, keep in mind just because it says Carbon, Ceramic, etc doesn't mean it is any good. The only films that will be on Crystalline performance level will be Huper Optik Ceramic, Huper Optik Drei, and Prestige Photosync. I would also recommend looking into Llumar CTX or Formula One Pinnacle. However, when it comes to performance most Ceramics outperform it and Crystalline is a night/day difference. Tint World uses Suntek film which is known for bad low angle haze and scratches easily.CXP is a nano-Carbon film which overall is a good film. If you need something higher, 3M Crystalline blocks 99.9% which is the highest possible but will be a more expensive film.Īs far as the low angle haze, the film you got installed is one of the worst for it. However, there are not many clearer options for the windshield in standard films so a Ceramic option is ideal. Ceramic technology helps block heat, it generally doesn't offer anymore UV protection than standard films. Just about any window film blocks over 99% UV which will be the same as the tint you had applied to the side windows. I just want to avoid the low angle haze on the windshield because I feel it would drive me bonkers.Īny recommendations on what brands to look for? Thank you I do not want the windshield to "look" darker but I'd love the protection. My car is OLD so I don't want to invest too much, but want a good balance of price and clarity. I am looking to do my windshield to take advantage of heat blocking and UV protection in the coming so cal summer. It's pretty good, the low angle haze is a bit annoying but I can see it has improved in the 2 weeks since installation. Just got my front passenger and driver windows tinted with ceramic tint. Hello all - skin cancer "survivor" here (2x basal cell).
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