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Changing the look
Matte, a different colour, window tint, chrome. What can be undone and what cannot.
Changing the look
A Matte Look Without Respraying
You notice a matte car in a car park before you even read the badge on the boot lid. Light does not bounce off it, it just slides across, and suddenly the edges look different. Then you find out what a matte respray costs, that it cannot be undone, and that it gets written into the car's papers. This article is about the other route: matte film turns a glossy paint job into satin, and it can be taken back off.
3 min read
Changing the look
A New Colour You Can Undo
You picked the colour at a desk in the showroom, from a small swatch card, and at the time it made sense. Now you see it every morning in the car park and it doesn't please you anymore. A full respray is an expensive way out: it takes weeks, it leaves a trace in the car's history, and the next owner will ask about it. But the colour of your car doesn't have to be a decision for life.
3 min read
Changing the look
Protection for Matte Paint That Keeps It Matte
You have a car in matte or satin paint, and every time protection comes up you hit the same wall: what holds for glossy paint doesn't hold for you. Polishing is out, because polishing takes the matte away. And an ordinary ceramic coating — the one almost anyon
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Changing the look
Chrome on your car you'd rather not have: what to do about it
Shiny trim around the windows, the grille and lettering don't suit the car, or they've turned white and stay grey even after washing. You can leave the chrome as it is, try polishing it, or cover it with film. We describe when each of these routes fits, and what film on chrome can and can't do.
5 min read
Changing the look
Heat and glare through your windows in summer
On summer afternoons, a room or office with south-facing windows heats up, the monitor becomes unreadable, and in the evening the neighbours across the street can see straight into your living room. What blinds, shutters and tint film for glass can do about it, and where each option stops.
4 min read
Changing the look
Milky Spots Under Window Tint: Is That Normal?
A few days after tinting, milky patches show up under the film and look like something went wrong. We explain where the water comes from and how long it takes to clear on its own, and how to tell it apart from an air bubble that won't.
3 min read
Changing the look
Window Tinting and the Law: What Passes Inspection
Dark windows, a weaker view into the mirrors at dusk — and at the roadworthiness inspection the technician holds a meter to the glass and the film comes off. The difference between a film that passes and one you'll have to strip is a few percentage points. We'll explain what limits apply and what decides whether the film stays legal at inspection.
3 min read
Changing the look
Cheap or Ceramic Window Tint? The Difference in Summer
An hour in a car park and the steering wheel is too hot to hold, the seat burns through your trousers, and older film has turned the window purple-brown. Two films of the same shade behave differently in the sun depending on what is inside them. We explain how dyed, metallic and ceramic differ.
4 min read
Changing the look
Matte Paint: How to Protect It, Not Lose the Look
Matte is a property of the surface's microscopic structure, not the paint colour, and ordinary ceramic protection can fill it in. We explain why that happens and what kind of protection keeps the matte look instead.
3 min read