New and Used Car Talk Reviews Hot Cars Comparison Automotive Community

The Largest Car Forum in the Philippines

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 23
  1. Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Posts
    185
    #1
    good day people!

    how do we know if our 3M tint is genuine or fake? i heard both fake and genuine have the 3M markings, so how do we distinguish the real?

    are the one's from the casa like toyota and honda sure to be genuine?

  2. Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Posts
    641
    #2
    Quote Originally Posted by supercar10 View Post
    good day people!
    how do we know if our 3M tint is genuine or fake? i heard both fake and genuine have the 3M markings, so how do we distinguish the real?
    are the one's from the casa like toyota and honda sure to be genuine?
    it's really hard to distinguish nowadays how to tell a fake from the real thing. the 3M markings are now perfected by the goons who sell these fake ones. Better get them from reputable stores who carry these brands.

    more likely than not, the CASAs sell the real thing. i don't think they'll risk the reputation of the car company just to make extra dough on phony tints..

  3. Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    3,122
    #3
    Both have dot matrix print ata, but yung printing ng orig na 3M ay medyo malaki and medyo transparent and if you try to scratch it with your fingernails di matatangal, yung fake...yung print nya ay medyo maliit and darker ang kulay ng print and pag iniscratch mo sya with your fingernails ay nabubura sya.

  4. Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    1,339
    #4
    ang orig yung dot matrix ang print na around 1cm x 1cm sabi ng friend ko na may shop sa banawe. ang fake naman yung malaki na parang outline ang pagka print...

    toyota balintawak may fake na 3m dati (parang outline yung print) wayback 2001 nakabitan ang revo ng cousin ko... wala pa 1year nag kulay talong agad...

  5. Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    3
    #5
    ask lang ako mga sir, kung ilang years ba ang maximum life span ng 3m tint? how about other brands like platinum and etc? and is it true na mas mataas ang life span ng 3m? tnx

  6. Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    5
    #6
    Quote Originally Posted by vinrem View Post
    Both have dot matrix print ata, but yung printing ng orig na 3M ay medyo malaki and medyo transparent and if you try to scratch it with your fingernails di matatangal, yung fake...yung print nya ay medyo maliit and darker ang kulay ng print and pag iniscratch mo sya with your fingernails ay nabubura sya.
    So we need to scratch pala muna,, to determine if genuine... thanks ts

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    Quote Originally Posted by vinrem View Post
    Both have dot matrix print ata, but yung printing ng orig na 3M ay medyo malaki and medyo transparent and if you try to scratch it with your fingernails di matatangal, yung fake...yung print nya ay medyo maliit and darker ang kulay ng print and pag iniscratch mo sya with your fingernails ay nabubura sya.
    So we need to scratch pala muna,, to determine if genuine... thanks ts

  7. Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Posts
    2,767
    #7
    Para iwas fake, magpa-install ng 3M tint sa authorized dealer ng 3M Philippines.

    3M automotive window film dealer for Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
    Find a Dealer - Automotive
    Last edited by red_one; September 25th, 2015 at 08:49 PM.

  8. Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Posts
    2,537
    #8
    Quote Originally Posted by badbadtz.carlo View Post
    it's really hard to distinguish nowadays how to tell a fake from the real thing. the 3M markings are now perfected by the goons who sell these fake ones. Better get them from reputable stores who carry these brands.

    more likely than not, the CASAs sell the real thing. i don't think they'll risk the reputation of the car company just to make extra dough on phony tints..
    anong reputation ng CASA??? the reputation of "casa" have long ago been damaged and gone... kaya nga sa labas kayo ng casa nag papagawa after hearing all the casa horor stories around and after the factory warranty... i am too am a victim (toyota bicutan to be exact)

    extra dough??? fuel treatment on bnew cars haha...

    anyways back to the topic, you may contact 3M philippines if you suspect to recieve a fake item, they will investigate and prosecute the seller who sold you fake tints...

  9. Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Posts
    52,517
    #9
    you can probably ask 3M for a list of official outlets near you..

  10. Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    688
    #10
    Installed BC20 sa windshield para pumantay sa sides na BC20 din installed couple of months ago, then sinubukan ko iscratch yung logo with finger nails, buti n lang hindi natanggal. hahahaha. Genuine na nga siguro yun

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Tags for this Thread

3M tint, fake or genuine?