SUNTEK CARBON FILM FADES

I installed this film on my van and after 2 years is fading ! what about all the custumers that i sold as a non fading film?this does not look good,anyone else seen this?eventho the manufacturer will warranty this we loose trust...

been using carbon for a couple of years, amungst other films and have had no problems. NO NOT APPLY INFINITY FILMS TO ANY VEHICLES YOU HAVE TO SHRINK SMALL-BIG FINGERS! GHOST MARKS FROM HELL

something looks strange here...

where are you located?

Nothing strange, Sir..
But won't write it here....

could just have been a bad roll? every line of every brand has a bad run every once in a while, but usually they catch it at the factory.

Doesent state where hes from, no years expierience, then slags off a very god film??? Smells fishy to me??

[quote name='shadowline' date='Mar 16 2009, 10:06 AM' post='674221']
Doesent state where hes from, no years expierience, then slags off a very god film??? Smells fishy to me??
[/q I have been tinting for the last 20 years using suntek carbon since it was released. From southern california where is sunny 90% of the time.I know you might think is the best but i think im not alone .it shrinks good but i do not like to be lied to...

Seems to me like there are more mixed messages about Carbon film than any other film mentioned.

People either love it and think it's the best film in the world, or they complain about it scratching, fading, turning purple, curling, etc.

Carbon technology is hazier.

this does seem like its the case. Personally, I'm indifferent on it, other than that I don't use it because I don't feel its worth the price compared to comparable films, and that it scratches easier than some other films I use.

There is another post by Fast Tint Man and he has listed his shop in Loma Linda, CA and they are a reputable shop. I cant make any statements on the film issue, I dont think its my place to get into that.

''nuf said....... you could fill in the manny of choice at the start of the second line...

i just had a stang come back.i used suntek carbon.he had fading around the top edge of the window where it meets the rubber gasket.i just stripped it and retinted it.who goes thru all the hasell of calling the distributor and trying to get a refund on the film?just redo the one or two windows that come back a year.

hey jt you sure doctor hack i mean eddy the hack tinter didnt switch your carbon with his eds %&$# film

now thats histerical! llunar,eds,slp. call it what you want

hows it going bro all good my way good to see ya here posting havent seen ya in a bit

i've had no issues or come-backs with suntek's carbon here. but our climate is pretty forgiving compared to many.

I've been using Carbon since it came out and only had a few isolated cases. Must've been a bad roll or something. Very nice film and a great upsell of the Suntek High Performance.

I had the same problem on my car. It was on there for a little less then 2 years. It is a very nice film to work with but longevity (< 2 years?) is an issue that cannot be overlooked. This was about 2-3 years ago.

If one or two that come back a year is all you get, then that's not bad. It's when something goes horribly wrong and you start getting one or two a week that will change your mind in a hurry. Hopefully that won't happen though.

someone is making shiat up I Love the carbon and will take my chances.

Dont you guys understand? one or two cars coming back is just the start of a storm .

not necessarily....there are such things as bad rolls.

ok ...I just thought I should post this I do not think it was a bad roll.

I'm glad you did post this.. I hold judgement out on the film..but personally I'm shockeed at how many tinters jumped on a relatively new film without any longevity history. Being "user friendly " and "looks good" is only a percentage of what really matters if your an established business and hope to have rtepeat customers.

I hope this is an isolated incident and therefore gives tinters more choices if wanting to change brands..with that said, I hope others report if the film is giving long term grief to save others aggrivation when choosing brands..fait enough to say

i think Tintaitor did a thread with pics of this a while ago , i searched but could not find ...

Although I could clearly notice fading on my personal car, I never had a repeat customer complain about it. When us tinters see new tint everyday and know how it should look, we can often tell that it has faded a bit. Not so much with the average consumer. Like many others looking to try another film, we would have little to no personal experience with its longevity. We have to either just hope that it will last a reasonable amount of time or rely on other users experiences with a film. My experience was about 2-3 ago and the film may have changed since then.

well every car has a curved back glass that requires shrinking. some more than others. dry shrink with lower heat takes longer but gets it done right.

seeing as how you have no location, no age, no experience, no info at all in your profile, your opinion on a particular film, especially one that is as established in the market as Carbon means absolutely nothing to me. Not only that, but I would hardly consider having 2 cars come back "the start of a storm" Now 3 years ago, when there was 5 or 6 true grey issues that came back in the span of two weeks, now THAT was the start of a storm. Once they changed the film, True Grey was actually a nice film at the end. I still have the last of my inventory and still use it to this day. I'm down to like 4 more rolls now, and no issues in the last few years.


This is very true. When using a ceramic or full metal, you HAVE to dry shrink it, even the sides that need to be shrunk. Every time I wet shrink it, even just two little fingers, theres too much heat and it will ghost.

So what do you have to say to the others that have had the same experience? How about the film rep that testifies to the OP having a reputable shop? If two cars came back that only means that those were the people that chose to go the warranty route. There are others that will take it as you providing a bad product and they will call it a loss and not go back to your shop.....ever. If the film on a car has gone bad, some people would rather not have bad film replaced with the same exact film. It happens, we've all had plenty of customers because of it.


I've been tinting for 11 years and my dad for 20 years before I even started. I never heard about Sun Tek until I logged on to tintdude. I got the sample and thats as far as it will ever go with me.

Scotty, Fast Tint Man is a reputable shop in Yorba Linda, CA I've done business with him before and consider him a good friend. He is also featured on our Computer Cut website.

I guess your right. My appologies, I guess for once I took the same approach that a lot of people take on here, when I'm all about not doing that.

I'm in the same boat as you, I tried samples of all their auto films, and really didn't like any of them. The standard shrinks like buttah, but I would never carry a 3 year film. These days theres just no point, especially for the price they want for it.

For a 20 year old self employed- full time /architecture student- full time you manage to do more tintin' and postin' than is healthy for a guy your age. You ever thought of booz and chicks?

lets just say mon-thurs when im in school i spend more hours looking at a computer screen than sleeping haha. Trust me, architecture students actually embody the saying work hard play hard. Thurs-Sat night is one constant boozefest/workfest for me. Usually, i substitute red bull for sleep

I think the great state of Michigan has produced more college tint dude tinters than any other state..

Myself, Will (Want2modmygt) and Scotty... must be so cold up there we have nothin better to do than post on TD

248 representing !

No worries mang, mostly rhetorical. I didnt get a chance to try the Standard or HP so I only speak about the carbon but like you I wouldnt carry a 3 year film either. I didnt try the HP because I had heard about some issues here on TD before I asked for a sample.



I sure didnt have that kind of work ethic @ 20. I was out getting screwed blued and tattooed Maybe thats why I'm a tinter and not an architect?

man I hate working mobile in the winter. even with my propane jet heater i take with me to the jobs its still cold as hell in a lot of the places. plus, being a college tinter what other job can you make what most kids make a week in one car??

you dont really have a choice being an architecture student. most of our big projects, especially the semester final take hundreds of hours over a month or two period, so you don't have much time for sleep, usually only on the weekends. I on the other hand choose to work on the weekends, because I love tinting

here's the pic....Carbon after something like 9 months.....yeah, I was shocked too.....we immediately dropped SunTek after this car came back, this was about 3 years ago......I believe Carbon is just dyed in the laminate and scratchcoat (that's what I've heard)

windows stripped from a Mustang....left old, right a swatch of fresh, notice the dots are same color

what film are you gonna use now??

Now where did that "Daaaaaayyymmm!" picture go...?

No problems with SunTek Carbon here and thats all I use. So hah...

this topic was started by that same guy that started that "NEW FILM" (solteck garbage) topic. i wouldnt believe a word he says.

Carbon curls , fades and sucks .... I did two doors on a suv that had tiger stripes all the way through after fresh install ..... GOOD LUCK w come backs s tek over sells themselves in az!! Thats why they moved to a smaller location its coming back on them slowly but surely....

The only thing worse that film that curls after it's been peeled is the film company insisting that their film does not curl.