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Standard Ceramic is our lower-priced ceramic tier. Nano Ceramic is the premium, higher-performance tier with a higher price. We offer only these two automotive tint tiers; ask for film-specific specifications and warranty details with your quote.
Sunlight Is Three Things at Once
The solar energy reaching your car divides into roughly three bands. Ultraviolet is about 3% of the energy and causes nearly all the fading and skin damage. Visible light is roughly 44% and is what you see through. Near-infrared is about 53% and is what you feel as heat.
A film that only darkens glass is attacking the visible band — the smallest useful lever. A film engineered to reject infrared is attacking the majority of the energy, which is why the perceived difference is so large.
What the Ceramic Particles Do
Nano-ceramic film suspends particles measured in nanometers throughout the polyester layers. These particles are selected for a specific optical property: they absorb and scatter near-infrared wavelengths while allowing visible wavelengths to pass with minimal interference.
Ceramic particles manage infrared energy without a metallic layer. Compare the published specifications for the chosen film and shade.
- Inorganic particles cannot break down under UV exposure
- Sub-wavelength particle size means no haze and no distortion
- Non-conductive, so radio signals pass through untouched
- Performance is independent of how dark the film appears
How to Verify a Real Ceramic Film
Ask for the published spec sheet by product name, not a generic brochure. A genuine ceramic film will list IR rejection and TSER at each VLT level, and the IR figure will be well above 80% on premium lines. If a shop cannot produce that document, the film is probably not what the sign says.
Standard Ceramic is our lower-priced ceramic tier. Nano Ceramic is the premium, higher-performance tier with a higher price. We offer only these two automotive tint tiers; ask for film-specific specifications and warranty details with your quote.