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On Window Tinting
Tinting the windows may sound redundant if your new SUV came from the factory with tinted windows. But there’s a really big difference between the factory tinted windows and what you can get aftermarket.
While the tinted glass provides a certain level of privacy and looks, today’s high-quality window films can greatly improve the blocking of UV rays and solar heat. But that needs to be done without interfering with signals from your vehicle’s keyless entry system, its tire pressure monitors, on-board GPS and AM radio.
“Many traditional high-performance matalized and ceramic automotive window films can interfere with signals from typical electronic devices truck owners depend on,” warns Ginney Kubler, with CPFilms, the company that has come to market with a brand new automotive window tint product. “LLumar Axcess Signal-Enabling Window Film provides excellent UV and solar heat protection without blocking those signals.”
CPFilm’s innovative technology used to make LLumar Axcess window tint is said to reduce glare up to 90-percent while blocking out 55-percent of the solar heat. For us this means far greater protection for those inside the cab and less use of the A/C system in the dead of summer.
Jerel Williams, owner of Tint Works, in Long Beach, Mississippi, is a professional window-tint installer. He says the typical full-size pickup or SUV installation of LLumar Axcess costs around $225. Prices may vary a little depending on where you live.
Another point to consider is the tint’s legality. For example, here in Mississippi the front side windows have to allow at least 28-percent light transmission. Other states may have higher or lower standards.
A quality window tint not only provides that custom look, but it also makes it more difficult to scope out what’s in the vehicle, greatly reduces the penetrating heat of the sun, and knocks down the glare when looking from the inside out. Best of all, it does so without interfering with the radio, tire pressure monitors, or GPS systems mounted on the dash. –Bruce W. Smith
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