We picked up a 2019 AllTrack. Great Falls Green with VW's black "v-tex" leatherette.
Car will not be garaged almost ever. For all films listed below I'm leaning toward 35-40% range and have listed TSER accordingly.
Heat reduction is important with the black leatherette interior, but so is clarity and not having weird coloration.
I am not planning to do the windshield at this time.
I can get the following films for around $325-400 out the door here in the Bay Area:
Llumar ATR: TSER 41-44
SolarGard Ultra Performance: TSER 40-53
SolarGard Charcoal: TSER 50-53
SunTek CXP: TSER 50-53
Now, I've seen SunTek trashed on this board, but have had it on 3 cars (also VWs) for 9 combined years with only one issue. The passenger window on a car that had SunTek Carbon (not CXP) began to get a lot of wavy distortion after 4.5 years, but no issues I've seen reported here (scratching/de-lamination) on any car. I also trust the installer very very much as he has done three of my cars and 4-5 of my friends cars, all with SunTek. He's a very good guy with a very clean shop and has re-done two windows for me free of charge without first setting that expectation when our cars have been broken into twice in the last 7 years. He's been tinting for over 20 years, but he only does SunTek.
For $525 out the door:
SolarGard Vortex IR: TSER 53
Llumar CTX: TSER 47-48
For $675 out the door:
3m Crystalline: TSER 60 (40%)
Huper Optik: TSER 53 (40%) and TSER 60 (30%, though I'm not sure I want to go that dark)
For $700 out the door
Pinnacle F1: TSER 53-55
Pretty wide price range with similar TSER's across many of the films and some of the brands all owned by the same parent company, Eastman. Just confused as to what direction I should really go. As you can see I've been a SunTek guy for a few years but, I'm thinking it's time for a change.
Thanks!