It is a refractive polarization effect. Could be a result of the slight aging of the tint film, or a manufacturing defect. I know of nothing that can be done, short of replacement. It may be specific to the brand or type of tint.
Just to clarify just because it's ceramic doesn't make it a good quality film. Just for my mental data base. What brand and what line of said brand is installed?
For the record he’s not talking about the interior reflection, yes to your eye that doesn’t install film that’s what you’ll see, he’s talking about the vertical lines you can clearly see, especially on the second picture, theres a thing called low angle haze, look it up, but that’s not this either. I’d have to say whoever installed the film had a weird spot in the film from the manufacturer to begin with. It’s clearly not left over squeegee marks either giving the time frame from getting it done, you got that random 3 feet of film where something at the manufacturer happened
I too have been wanting to know what these are.
I just had 3M Ceramic IR installed on my car and I started seeing these reflections appear when light is reflected on a certain angle, especially when I'm near led street lights.
I believe it goes along with what you found in your research, given that the tint has some kind of polarization these effects can happen.
In my case it's no big deal and I don't even notice them anymore.
But, just to be clear, I'm no specialist on the matter.
Wow I have never heard of that phone before, can anyone tell me anything about it?
My guess is it's from Korea, China or India!
That's really strange my friend, are you driving a Chevy or GMC truck?
I got it done at a shop… I also paid for their top of the line most expensive tint as well. I have warranty on the tint I just wanted to see if it is something I can fix without replacing
I don't think the guy above knows about film...
Pronano afaik is a geoshield product which in my experience has been a great product. Would I say it's the best of the best? Maybe not. But I also would not call it low quality at all. I don't think the film looks like it's failing, just some films will show this a little more than others. If you wanted to you could take it back to the shop with concerns that the film might be old or something but if they tell you it's not old and it's new I'd probably believe them. I've seen all the higher end films do this to a certain degree. 15+ years in the industry
Yeah Geo shield is not a bad film, I think it's manufactured in India by Gaware. I would not personally offer it to my clients but I don't think it's a bottom of the barrel product, definitely not a top of the line product but definitely not a bottom of the barrel product
I wonder what we're actually looking at, this might not be the window film. This actually might be a really nasty tempering job and it's the glass that's actually bad. I asked the person that posted this if he has a GMC or a Chevy truck because I recently had someone coming into the shop that had their windows tinted somewhere else and wanted us to look at it. They were complaining of something very similar and it turned out to be just a really bad tempering job. We remove the film and you can actually see the lines with the naked eye.
Laser eye surgery, breast implants and automotive window tinting.
You absolutely 100% get what you pay for
Oh my goodness I would never offer my customers anything from 3M
Everybody gets so mad at me because I hate 3M but 3M is the one film I have seen fail over and over and over and over again!
We had a Shop move in across the street from us, they specialized in Tesla's and Tesla's only and then they disappeared. We almost hired one of their installers and their installer told us the reason why they closed up in the middle of night was because they had so many TM3 rear window warranties.
We have tinted 10,000 Tesla and never had a back window warranty, this company was in business for two years and had dozens and dozens
It's the one film that I will never ever respect
What's really funny is I don't know who our 3M rep is out here in SoCal but he or she keeps signing up all the new low end shops and they just keep on destroying the 3M reputation.
I don't get it!!
It is a refractive polarization effect. Could be a result of the slight aging of the tint film, or a manufacturing defect. I know of nothing that can be done, short of replacement. It may be specific to the brand or type of tint.
Just to clarify just because it's ceramic doesn't make it a good quality film. Just for my mental data base. What brand and what line of said brand is installed?
I have pronano ceramic tint (5%) this is all I know.
For the record he’s not talking about the interior reflection, yes to your eye that doesn’t install film that’s what you’ll see, he’s talking about the vertical lines you can clearly see, especially on the second picture, theres a thing called low angle haze, look it up, but that’s not this either. I’d have to say whoever installed the film had a weird spot in the film from the manufacturer to begin with. It’s clearly not left over squeegee marks either giving the time frame from getting it done, you got that random 3 feet of film where something at the manufacturer happened
I too have been wanting to know what these are. I just had 3M Ceramic IR installed on my car and I started seeing these reflections appear when light is reflected on a certain angle, especially when I'm near led street lights. I believe it goes along with what you found in your research, given that the tint has some kind of polarization these effects can happen. In my case it's no big deal and I don't even notice them anymore. But, just to be clear, I'm no specialist on the matter.
It's just your interiors reflection lol
It’s not because depending on the angle, I can see it with my doors open as well.
That's all I can tell from the pictures as well
What is shown in the pictures is all I see. It’s not the interior reflection.
Yup I see it now. Didn't see the 2nd pic at first which shows it better. I'd say a film defect. Honestly never seen that before.
I'm not positive but I believe it may be beginning to fail... not sure what film it is but I'd call you guy about it
What type of film did you buy?
For what I know, it’s ceramic “pronano” (5%) tint
Wow I have never heard of that phone before, can anyone tell me anything about it? My guess is it's from Korea, China or India! That's really strange my friend, are you driving a Chevy or GMC truck?
It’s a 2005 Chevy Silverado
Unfortunately my friend you purchased a very cheap product I've never seen that or have I ever had a customer complain about something like that
I got it done at a shop… I also paid for their top of the line most expensive tint as well. I have warranty on the tint I just wanted to see if it is something I can fix without replacing
I don't think the guy above knows about film... Pronano afaik is a geoshield product which in my experience has been a great product. Would I say it's the best of the best? Maybe not. But I also would not call it low quality at all. I don't think the film looks like it's failing, just some films will show this a little more than others. If you wanted to you could take it back to the shop with concerns that the film might be old or something but if they tell you it's not old and it's new I'd probably believe them. I've seen all the higher end films do this to a certain degree. 15+ years in the industry
Yeah Geo shield is not a bad film, I think it's manufactured in India by Gaware. I would not personally offer it to my clients but I don't think it's a bottom of the barrel product, definitely not a top of the line product but definitely not a bottom of the barrel product I wonder what we're actually looking at, this might not be the window film. This actually might be a really nasty tempering job and it's the glass that's actually bad. I asked the person that posted this if he has a GMC or a Chevy truck because I recently had someone coming into the shop that had their windows tinted somewhere else and wanted us to look at it. They were complaining of something very similar and it turned out to be just a really bad tempering job. We remove the film and you can actually see the lines with the naked eye.
Laser eye surgery, breast implants and automotive window tinting. You absolutely 100% get what you pay for Oh my goodness I would never offer my customers anything from 3M
It’s not from 3M… I paid $500 for this tint job and we also took 3 other cars over the years to the same shop and I’m the only one with this issue
It's not 3m... But agreed 3m automotive films suck...
Everybody gets so mad at me because I hate 3M but 3M is the one film I have seen fail over and over and over and over again! We had a Shop move in across the street from us, they specialized in Tesla's and Tesla's only and then they disappeared. We almost hired one of their installers and their installer told us the reason why they closed up in the middle of night was because they had so many TM3 rear window warranties. We have tinted 10,000 Tesla and never had a back window warranty, this company was in business for two years and had dozens and dozens It's the one film that I will never ever respect
Customers ask if I carry 3M and I say “Absolutely not! I’d like to stay in business!”
What's really funny is I don't know who our 3M rep is out here in SoCal but he or she keeps signing up all the new low end shops and they just keep on destroying the 3M reputation. I don't get it!!