Tempered Glass

Tempered glass is around four times stronger than annealed glass and is the default for non-windscreen automotive panels. When it fractures, it breaks into pebble-like pieces instead of long shards — safer in a collision but offering no impact retention.

For tint installation, tempered side glass is easier than laminated windscreen because there is no PVB layer to influence adhesion or heat-shrink. The film bonds directly to a single hard surface.

Some Singapore drivers add security film over tempered side glass to retain shards in case of break-in — see our architectural-film page for security film products.