Improve Your Safety on the Road

We live in a country where crime is rife and rising and it is highly advised that you protect yourself as best you can when out driving your car. Smash-and-grab attacks occur much more frequently than many people realise. Sometimes, such an incident is merely the first step of something worse, like a hijacking. Simply tinting your car’s windows might impair their view but will not prevent a criminal from smashing your window and gaining access to the interior of your car. Therefore, it is important to ensure that you also reinforce your windows at the same time with a defence mechanism that offers a physical barrier against such attacks.

Modern cars are fitted with laminated windscreens, but side windows are usually not laminated and therefore disintegrate into a thousand tiny pieces when struck hard enough. Basic window tinting might make it difficult to see into the car, which is useful but offers no physical protection. We have a sensible solution for reinforcing your car windows against smash-and-grab attempts in the form of SunTek’s premium window films.

SunTek Anti-Smash-and-Grab Window Films

When a car’s side windows are shattered, they break into many little harmless granules instead of large, dangerous shards. This is a result of decades of development to avoid lethal cuts during vehicle accidents and other impacts. The downside, as mentioned before, is that this means the window disintegrates completely, allowing access to the interior. This is where SunTek’s premium anti-smash-and-grab window-tinting films provide valuable window reinforcement. These films are available in clear, 35%, and 50% tint options and provides a measure of lamination to your side windows.

The SunTek anti-smash-and-grab window film adds a protective film to the window. This film is available in 100- and 150-micron thickness variants. When a window is hit with an object while fitted with this film, the film provides a structural base for the shattered pieces to keep the window in one piece like your windscreen, instead of just collapsing. Therefore, this safety film makes it far more difficult for any objects to penetrate the vehicle and requires a criminal to break through the film as well, buying you valuable time. As a result, you have time to react to the situation and ensure your safety by quickly driving away from the scene.

Sadly, smash-and-grab attacks are a common occurrence on South African roads. Have your SunTek premium window film installed by Electronic Fitment Centre today and give yourself an advantage when you find yourself in such a situation. Please contact us with any enquiries surrounding this product.