Because of the many choices available on the market today, car owners may be tempted to get cheap tints for their vehicles. Since it is a competitive market, some may choose what may seem to be the “best deal” when it comes to price and think that it is a bargain.
Aside from the aesthetics, more and more people are choosing to have their car windows tinted for the benefits it gives not only to the vehicle, but to the people inside it as well. Car tints provide privacy, comfort and additional safety in the event that something unwanted occurs.
Do car owners really grab a score when they choose to have their car windows be tinted using lower priced tint films? You may think that you’re saving more, but the truth is sooner or later, these cheap car tints will make you spend more, definitely more than what you have paid for.
There’s only a slight difference between cheap and high quality tint films and application, right? What could possibly go wrong? Actually, there can be a lot, some are even dangerous.
Poor Aesthetics: Bubbling and Fading
Many people decide to have car tinting because of the sophisticated look it gives to the vehicle, but, cheap tint films, as well as poor installation can actually make your car look shabbier than it is.
Bubbling and fading are the earliest telltale signs that the tint is old and it is needed to be replaced. The more you use your car and expose it under the sun’s heat, the faster these cheap tints fade, bubble and peel off. The adhesive usually fails quickly when exposed to the heat of the sun resulting in bubble formation, making your car look like the opposite of sophisticated and classy.
Cheap tint films turn lighter to a purplish shade faster, instead of dark grey or black when it was initially applied. The dye breaks down at a rapid rate and causes the fading.
No Protection from the Harmful Rays
Cheap tints usually have no UV protectors, which is one main reason why people wanted to have their vehicle windows tinted. One of the selling points of car tinting is the protection it gives our skin and our car’s interiors from the sun’s harmful heat rays.
Cheap window tint usually contain lesser or no UV inhibitors at all. This also causes the tint to fade faster resulting in a poor aesthetic. High quality car film tints provide the protection for our skin, blocking the UV rays that cause wrinkles, age spots, sun burn and even skin cancer.
These harmful sun rays also have negative effects that damage your car’s interior, causing your dashboard to be dry and easy to crack, and the seats’ upholstery to fade faster.
More prone to glass shattering
Since cheaper tint films are much thinner than the high quality ones, it can’t hold to the glass’ weight when the vehicle gets caught in an accident. Thin layers of the tins won’t hold the broken glass intact, leaving shattered, sharp pieces of glass all over the accident scene.
No product or service warranty offered
Cheap car tinting usually does not come with warranty when sold. Companies add the value of the warranty on top of the service fee. Poor quality tints are rarely guaranteed by the manufacturer as well, meaning after your purchase, you’re really on your own and the company is not liable for any defects or damage that will happen shortly after.
More often than not, people immediately assume that they save money when they initially pay the lower price. What they fail to realize is the amount of money and time they will be spending in the near future once their cheap car tinting starts to lose its shade and protection it promised to provide.
Investing in high quality window tints is not a luxury, it is ensuring that you and your family get what you pay for and more, having the confidence that someone will back you up when all things fail.
The price difference between cheap and premium window tinting may be overwhelming, but the results at the end of the day make everything worth it.
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