Sunday, December 26, 2010

Killing the heat

With the weather becoming unbearably hot, it is a painful chore to be driving around during afternoons. The stock tinting which came with the car does not help either, and is of almost no use with almost no tint properties, except being as a security layer of film on the glass as its name suggested; 'safetint'. Getting the car tint replaced with a proper tint had been one of the first projects I'm wanted to do my car.

During the KLIMS '10 exhibition, there were a few exihibits showing off their tint ranges. What attracted me was the brand Cool World, which offered 40% off their RhinePro series. The RhinePro series are their security film range, and range from the XD-3 to XD-7. Didn't want to miss the chance, I was required to place a small deposit to secure the offer, and at the same time I needed time to think whether to splurge my money on these.

CoolWorld's RhinoPro range. I got a huge discount out of the RRP.

A few days later, I've decided to just go for it, as my car would be parked out in the sun up there in Sintok, and I just couldn't stand the heat! I took the highest spec offered, the XD-7, which came to a quite reasonable pricing after the huge discount. It is a security film and the specifications are impressive as well, 95% IRR, 63% VLT and 60% TSER.

It was done 2 Fridays back at CoolWorld Puchong. They promised it could be done in less than 2 hours, but somebody cut the queue and it took 3 hours for all to be done. The place was a little tight, and a bigger and more comfortable lounge room would be appreciated. But their workmanship was good, and the staff was friendly enough, even though I could not understand what they say most of the time until I ask them to speak in English. They think I was a Chinese I guess.. They offered a 15-year warranty for the tint, way longer than V-Kool's, where I don't think I'm even gonna keep the car fr that long. You never know what a Proton could become in 15 years..

Getting ready for the tinting job.

After a week of bedding the tint in, the result was simply awesome. I could say the car is definitely more than 5 times cooler when parked right under the hot sun, and when driving around you won't even feel the heat at all. The windows are darker than hat I expected, but I'm fine with that. I just need to tun the aircond speed to 1 and temperature halfway to be comfortably cool in the afternoon. A good way to save fuel I guess. :D

Overall, I'm one satisfied customer of theirs. I would rate them:
Pricing - 9/10
Service/friendliness - 8/10
Workmanship - 8/10

The result: A little darker than expected, but it does its job well.

Not too dark and still comfortable inside.

At certain angle together with the sun's reflection, you almost can't see through! :D

No comments: