2026 Mazda CX-50 — 20% Fronts, 50% Rears, 70% Windshield Ceramic — Rancho Bernardo

A Zircon Sand 2026 Mazda CX-50 in for a full ceramic package at the owner's home in Rancho Bernardo: 20% ceramic on the two front doors, 50% ceramic on the rear door glass to close-match the fronts, a full 70% HiTek Ceramic IR windshield, and 50% ceramic on the moonroof. Matching the rear doors to the fronts is the detail most installs get wrong — the CX-50's rear glass sits behind factory-look privacy glass, so we metered it and dialed in a 50% ceramic layer that lands within a shade of the 20% fronts, giving the whole side profile one even, deliberate look instead of a two-tone mismatch. The 70% Ceramic IR windshield is where the CX-50's big glass really pays off: it takes the full San Diego sun across the dash and steering wheel, and 70% ceramic cuts a huge share of that infrared heat while staying well within California's visible-light rules for windshields. Every ceramic layer blocks 99% of UV and rejects up to 88% of infrared heat, and the film is 100% non-metallic, so there's zero interference with the CX-50's key fob, Bluetooth, radar, or radio. An honest note for California drivers: CVC §26708 requires front side windows to allow at least 70% of visible light, so a 20% front-door shade is darker than the street-legal limit — we install it at the owner's request with that trade-off clearly explained, and we meter every panel before and after so the numbers are on record. Mobile install completed on-site in Rancho Bernardo, every piece hand-cut and heat-shrunk to the glass, backed by a lifetime warranty against bubbling, peeling, cracking, and fading.