Serving Newbury Park
Two hours a day,
the sun wins.
It is not the whole drive. It is the westbound run home with the sun sitting low in the windshield, and it is the moment you open a door on a car that has been parked in an open lot since eight in the morning. There is no marine layer out here to take the edge off either one. XPEL ceramic window tint answers both: it rejects the infrared that heats the cabin, blocks the UV that ages the interior, and cuts the glare without turning your view into a tunnel. We’re fifteen minutes east on the 101.
Heat, Not Just Shade
Dark film blocks the view.
Ceramic film blocks the heat.
Most people buy tint by how dark it looks and then wonder why the car is still hot. Shade and heat are not the same thing. A dyed film goes dark, lets the infrared through, and turns purple after a couple of valley summers. XPEL ceramic film is engineered to reject the heat and the UV instead, which is the difference you actually feel on a car that lives in this light.
The drive home, straight into it
Heading west on the 101 late in the day, the sun drops into the windshield and stays there all the way to the Grade. Ceramic side film and an optional near-clear windshield film take the sting out of that light while your view stays crisp and California-legal.
A cabin that stops cooking
It is the infrared, not the brightness, that turns a parked car into an oven. Ceramic film rejects the heat before it comes through the glass, so a car left out at the office or the trailhead is livable when you get back to it, and the AC is not working against the windows for the first ten minutes of every drive.
UV that ages the car, and you
Hard, dry inland light cracks a dashboard, fades leather, and works on the arm you rest against the door on every commute. Ceramic film blocks the ultraviolet that does it, protecting the interior you will be sitting in for years and the resale that goes with it.
Ceramic, not dyed, and not metallic
Dyed film goes purple and bubbles after a couple of valley summers. Metallic film interferes with signal. XPEL ceramic film does neither: it holds its color, keeps your phone and navigation clean, and does its work on heat and UV rather than by simply going dark.
The Services
Everything your car needs,
under one roof.
Tint is the cheapest thing you can do to a car that immediately changes how it feels to own. It is one of six disciplines, all done in-house by the same master-level installers, and the same sun that gets through your glass is working on your paint.
Paint Protection Film
Invisible protection that lasts: Shield your paint from rock chips, scratches, and road debris. XPEL-certified since 2017.
View 02Color Protection Film
Protection meets style. Change your color and protect your paint in one step with color PPF.
View 03Vinyl Wrap
Full color change, custom designs, or commercial branding. Transform your vehicle without touching the factory paint.
View 04Window Tint
Block UV rays, reduce heat, and add privacy. Premium ceramic tint that won’t fade or bubble.
View 05Ceramic Coating
A mirror-like shine that repels dirt, water, and contaminants. Long-lasting protection with less maintenance.
View 06Wheels & Powder Coating
Premium aftermarket wheels and professional powder coating, expertly installed. Upgrade your stance and finish in one visit.
ViewThe Standard
Why drivers from Newbury Park choose us.
Tint is quoted by the hour almost everywhere, which tells you how most shops treat it. We treat it as glass work: the right film for how you actually drive, a legal shade you will not have to argue about, and an edge that still looks right in three years. Same standard since 2014.
Master-level installers only
No trainee learns tint on your glass. Every window is cut and laid by a master-level installer, because a lifted corner or a speck under the film is the one thing you will notice every time the light hits it.
A climate-controlled, dust-free studio
Tint cures clean or it doesn’t cure right. Ours is a sealed, climate-controlled studio rather than an open bay, so the dust blowing across the valley never ends up as a bubble between your film and your glass.
A 4.9 Google rating, in public
46+ reviews you can read verbatim before you book. We’d rather be vetted than ask you to take our word for it.
From Newbury Park
Fifteen minutes east.
Home before the sun drops.
East on the 101 through Thousand Oaks to Westlake Village, roughly fifteen minutes to the studio on Via Colinas. Drop the car in the morning and most tint work is done in a few hours, so you are back on the 101 the same day, driving west into the same sun and noticing, for the first time, that it is not bothering you.
Hours
Mon – Fri, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Phone
(805) 300-4940The West End Of The Valley
Also serving
Newbury Park.
Ceramic Coating in Newbury Park
XPEL Fusion for the paint the same sun is working on while the tint protects the cabin.
ViewClear Bra / PPF in Newbury Park
XPEL film that takes the 101 rock chips off the nose, so the commute stops costing you paint.
ViewVehicle Wraps in Newbury Park
A color change over the factory paint, fully reversible, installed by the same team.
ViewStart Here
Tell us how you drive.
We’ll tell you what to fit.
The car, the windows you want done, whether the commute runs west in the afternoon, and whether it parks outside all day. We come back the same day, usually within the hour, with a written quote, a shade recommendation, and straight guidance on what is legal in California.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Driving west in the afternoon the sun is right in my eyes. Can tint help with that?
It is the reason a lot of people out here call. A low sun coming straight down the freeway is the hardest light a driver deals with, and side glass is only half of it. Ceramic tint on the sides, and a near-clear film across the windshield, take the edge off the light without darkening what you actually need to see.
The car sits in an open lot all day. How much does tint really change that?
A parked car turns into an oven because sunlight passes through the glass and its heat has nowhere to go. Ceramic film rejects a large share of the infrared before it ever gets in, so the cabin you come back to is a car rather than a furnace, and the AC is not fighting the glass the whole way home.
Does darker mean cooler?
No, and that is the most expensive misunderstanding in tint. A cheap dark film blocks visible light and lets the heat straight through. Ceramic film works on infrared and UV, so it can be far cooler at a shade you can still comfortably see out of after dark. Tell us how you drive and we will recommend the shade honestly.
My last tint has gone purple and started bubbling at the edges.
That is dyed film, doing exactly what dyed film does after a couple of hard, dry summers. The dye breaks down, the color drifts, the adhesive gives up. Ceramic film is not dyed, so it does not have that failure mode. Old film has to come off before new film goes on, so send us photos and we will tell you what the glass needs first.
Will the tint interfere with my phone signal or the car’s own tech?
Not with ceramic. Metallic films can interfere with signal because there is literally metal in the film. Ceramic film carries none, so navigation, keyless entry, tolling, and cell service all behave the same as they did before we touched the car.
How dark can I legally go in California, and what does it cost?
California is specific about the front side windows and the windshield, and we will not put you in a car that fails an inspection to make a sale. Tell us the vehicle and the windows you want done, and you will get straight legal guidance and a written quote back the same day, usually within the hour, at no charge.
Owner reviews
What owners say.
4.9 · 46 Google reviews
Had an APR wing installed on my S63 AMG coupe. They did an amazing job: clean, precise, exactly what I wanted.
Pash
Mercedes-AMG S63
Fantastic product and service. Front windshield protection film looks flawless. Highly recommend.
Dustin S.
Windshield protection film
The attention to detail, the customer service, the communication, and the quality: all five-star. Could not recommend them more highly.
Owen T.
Tesla Model 3, olive green wrap
Take the heat out of the drive home.
Fifteen minutes east on the 101 from Newbury Park. XPEL ceramic window tint, cut and laid in-house. Mon – Fri, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM.
XPEL Authorized · Est. 2014 · 4.9 on Google · 10,000+ cars