Straight answers to the questions we get asked in the workshop every week — written by the people who do the work.
Ring three shops in Abu Dhabi and you will get three very different numbers for what sounds like the same job. Here is what actually sits behind the price, so you can compare like with like.
Done well, ambient lighting looks like it left the factory that way. Done badly, it rattles, drains, and leaves you with a headliner that never sits right again.
They solve the same complaint and they are not the same product. One is upholstery, the other is a cover — and the right answer depends on how long you are keeping the car.
Both are good films. They are not the same film, and in an Abu Dhabi August the difference is something you feel rather than read about.
Sun, fine dust and hard water are hard on paint here. A coating helps with all three — as long as you know what you are buying and how to look after it.
Most cars from the last fifteen years can take a modern screen. The question is whether you keep everything that made the original one work.
