The brands that they've mentioned are Llumar, Madico and Ray Ban. Some of the posts in the archives say that Llumar and Madico are top notch brands. I wasn't able to find anything on Ray Ban. I was quoted $200 CDN for regular film and $250 CDN for Ray Ban by Lebeau (the largest chain of local automotive glass shops), and around $225 by the others using Llumar & Madico.<br>What would you recommend? <br>Anyone else agree with BruceW that metallic tints look horrible on silver? I will most likely be keeping my A4 for another 5 years so I am inclined to go with metallic.<p>

Have a friend who just finished going to school for window tinting. Based on what his instructor told him, Lumar tints are by far the best quality tints available on the market.<p>Chris K<br>98.5 1.8TQTS Tap Stage II

I do not know a bunch about different types of tint but I have heard that Lumar makes the majority of tint out there. My understanding is when a company advertises 3M, it means the adhesive they use to bond the tint is made by 3M, but the tint is still usually Lumar.<br>As far as the silver metallic on a silver A4, I think it looks great. One of the car salesman in dallas has a silver A4 with the silver metallic tint, and his car looks fantastic. If I had a silver car, that's the route I would go.

Looks great....too soon to see how it will hold up over the long haul.<p>Andy Hedin

This tint has metalic content... doesnt seem to affect radio reception or decrease my V1 range. It looks very dark and not shinny (like luminar film). The dark non-reflective tint contrast the silver paint very well. Looks great IMHO.

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... the heat here in DC has been a killer. <p>I expect the tinting to help somewhat. Will post my thoughts/observations next week if you are interested.

NT<br>

I have noticed that 3M tint film has slowly <br>diminished from the local tint shops. Most <br>shops are going with Madico, Llumar, or <br>SunGard film. Maybe 3M film has higher<br>cost compared to the other film manufacturers?<p>My guess is that they are all good film<br>and do a good job filtering out the UV's<br>and protecting the interior of the car -<br>plus lifetime warranty from the installation <br>dealers.<p>/Seb

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