When it comes to automotive window tint, the benefits go far beyond just making your vehicle look amazing. Window tint helps with vehicle security, UV protection, glare reduction and heat rejection. Many window films are explicitly designed to keep your car or truck cooler. Let’s examine the benefits of window tinting beyond making your vehicle look amazing.
Window Tint Offers Excellent UV Protection
Most people know that with prolonged exposure, UVA and UVB rays from the sun can potentially harm our skin. If you spend any significant amount of time in your vehicle, you are bombarded with UV energy. Window tint, depending on the manufacturer and type you choose, blocks anywhere from 95 to 99% of UV energy from the sun. That rejection is the equivalent to applying sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 1000.
Glare Reduction Makes Driving Safer
Lights in your side and rearview mirrors, bright sunshine or even street lights can all cause glare. Whenever a light source shining in your eye detracts from your ability to focus on the road ahead of you, that’s unwanted glare. Having your windows tinted reduces the amount of light entering the vehicle from the sides and rear. Reducing glare isn’t just more comfortable, it lets you see farther and drive more safely.
Window Tint Adds Security and Safety
Window tinting is a great way to protect the contents of your vehicle. Tint works in two ways. If you happen to leave a valuable object in your vehicle, dark tint makes it much harder to see that object as someone walks by. Since most smash-and-grab thefts are based on opportunity, rather than planned, keeping items like laptops, purses and store purchases hidden is a huge benefit.
The adhesive built into a high-quality window tint bonds strongly to the glass. In the event someone tries to break a window, the glass pieces will remain stuck together. This can make it much harder to get into the vehicle if someone is trying to steal something.
Heat Rejection Adds Comfort
Many window films are designed to reject infrared (IR) energy from the sun to help prevent the interior of your vehicle from turning into an oven. Depending on the brand and series of films, IR rejection varies by film construction (dyed or ceramic) and by darkness through a series. In most cases, darker films reject more heat, but only for the same construction group. There are ceramic films that allow 70% of visible light through while blocking more than 58% of infrared rays. If you are interested in keeping the interior of your vehicle more comfortable and easing the load on your cooling system, ask us about our heat-rejecting window film options.
Expert Installation Ensures Great Looks and Performance
Have you ever parked beside a car at a shopping plaza that has window tint that’s turned purple or has a rear window that’s full of air bubbles? In most cases, these are signs that the vehicle owner has chosen a low-quality film. Our team uses premium films that are backed by warranties against fading, turning purple, peeling or bubbling. We take the time to properly prepare your vehicle for the installation. Glass is cleaned in a multistep process to ensure that nothing will be trapped between the film to cause bubbles. We take care to make sure water and slip solution don’t get into the door lock and power window controls. In short, we are careful with your car, just the way you’d expect us to be.
Visit DrivenSS to Experience the Benefits of Window Tint
If you’re considering upgrading your vehicle with window tint, drop by Driven Sound and Security in Marquette and speak with one of our automotive enhancement experts. We can show you the films that we have available and help you pick a shade that will look great while delivering the features and performance you want. For more information, give us a call or send an e-mail using our contact page.
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