Best Car Tinting Melbourne
The Best Car Tinting in Melbourne: How to Choose
The best car tint for you depends on what you want from it: privacy, a cooler cabin, less glare or all three. The film technology decides heat rejection, the shade decides how it looks, and Victorian law decides how dark the front windows can go. The installer decides whether it bubbles in a year. This guide covers each part.
Liquid R fits 3M and Defcon Films Australia window film in Mitcham, from $495. Call 1800 985 880 or text 0483 930 888.
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PPF on the panels that get hit, ceramic coating over the rest, window tint if you want it, bundled at a sharper price for a brand new car. See the packages.
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Paint Protection Film: self-healing film for the panels stone chips hit first.
Colour Transformation: a full colour change in Spectra Colour PPF, no vinyl, no respray.
Ceramic Coating: Gtechniq ceramic and graphene coatings for gloss that rinses clean.
Detailing: paint correction, interior deep cleans and PPF refresh.
Dyed or Ceramic Film
Dyed film darkens the glass and blocks UV at a lower price. Ceramic film also rejects infrared heat, so the cabin stays cooler at the same shade. If heat is the reason you want tint, ceramic is the better film. See ceramic window tinting. Background reading: what you need to know about window tinting.
The Films We Fit
3M Color Stable from $495, 3M Ceramic IR from $595, 3M Crystalline from $750 and Defcon CoolVue from $695. CoolVue rejects 98 percent of infrared and Ceramic IR 85 percent, and every film blocks 99 percent of UV.
Darker Is Not Cooler
A dark budget film can let more heat through than a light ceramic one. Since the front side glass is capped by law anyway, the real choice is film technology within the legal shade. Our ceramic tint guide explains the heat side.
Legal Shades in Victoria
Front side windows must pass at least 35 percent of visible light. Rear side windows and the rear screen can go darker on most passenger cars. The best installers fit legal shades by default. Our guide to tint laws in Victoria has the detail. Illegal tint is a common reason a car fails a roadworthy.
Warranty That Lasts
3M automotive films are warranted against purpling, bubbling, peeling and delamination for as long as you own the car. Ask any installer whose name is on the warranty and how long it runs. Ask us about it in person, directions are on our contact page.
Fitting Quality
Film should be plotter cut to your glass and fitted indoors, with no trimming on the car. A few days of curing haze is normal. Bubbles, gaps at the edges and dust specks after the first week are not. More about our workshop.
Accredited Installer
3M does not sell its automotive films to just any workshop. Accreditation means trained installers, genuine film stock and a warranty 3M itself stands behind, which also counts at resale. Details of the 3M range are on our car tinting price list and ceramic window tinting pages.
Same Day for Most Cars
A standard car is normally tinted and back with you the same day. Full prices are on our car tinting price list. Tint is also part of Pack 3 and Pack 4 of our new car protection packages.
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Straight answers before you book. Anything else, call 1800 985 880.
For heat, a ceramic film such as 3M Ceramic IR or Defcon CoolVue. For privacy and UV at a lower price, a dye-stable film such as 3M Color Stable. Both should be metal free and warranted in writing.
The darkest legal shade for front side windows is 35 percent visible light transmission. Rear windows can be darker on most passenger cars.
For dark cars, cars parked outside and long drives, yes. It rejects far more heat than dyed film at the same shade.
At Liquid R, 3M Color Stable starts at $495, Ceramic IR at $595, Crystalline at $750 and CoolVue from $695.