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Tesla recently changed source for the IR/UV coatings that goes into the rear window. It's possible that this is what's causing your rear window to look different. As far as I know nothing has changed about 3M Crystalline.

I thought I might throw a window tinter's perspective into this. LLumar makes excellent window films. They're arguably the world's leading manufacturer, in fact. As far as CTX vs. Pinnacle vs. Stratos, CTX and Pinnacle are very comparable performance wise, but Pinnacle (and Statos) come with a...

Conversely, it's also why you can break your windshield by pouring cold water on it on a hot summer day. But I want to stress, I've never actually seen window tint cause a car window to break, and I've been tinting windows for almost 13 years. I've seen it happen on glass in a building, but...

On non-tinted windows that's generally true. When you apply window tint, it can cause the inner layer of glass to heat too quickly or too dramatically. Have you ever seen someone try to defrost their windshield by pouring hot water on it? Same idea.

High IR rejecting films can cause the glass to absorb some of the heat that is being rejected by the film. Normally this isn't a problem because most cars use tempered glass which isn't affected by heat absorption. But the roof and back windows on Teslas use laminated glass, which is two layers...

The film you are looking for is 3M Crystalline. But, because the film will be installed on the inside surface, the effect will be obscured by the shaded portion of the glass on the top half of the window, so you'll really only get the effect on the bottom half of the glass.