The standard glass is closer to 80% I beleive, but security film efects the light transmition as it's not completely transparent. But it's only 95%VLT so you're fine with it.
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The standard glass is closer to 80% I beleive, but security film efects the light transmition as it's not completely transparent. But it's only 95%VLT so you're fine with it.
Yeah, I'm aware of the illegality of front tinting
I was commenting on the sides and rears, should have been more specific.
Rob's already explained this to me
Oh - I was under the impression that even though the legislation is cloudy, it's still saying 70% visibility for sides?
It's not cloudy at all. It's been made blatantly clear in the past few years. They have even amended it to make sure all forms of tinting - smoked glass, tint film, spray and anything else - is included and made illegal.
As Icecavern has already, quite rightly, said.. the standard windows are around 80%, the lightest film you can get is more than 10% so even the lightest, clearest shade of tint makes your windows illegal. Therefore, anything you apply is illegal. It's really as clear-cut as that these days.
And this ruling applies to any windows in front of the headrests - so front side windows, windscreen and any other windows in front of the headrests.
buff2ruff
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Our cops do things differently down here Brum
It's all about age and modifications - we have a serious problem with uninsured young drivers, including many without licenses - the police openly ignore tints because they're basically standard around here now.
The only time you'll get a fine for tints is if they pull you over and can find nothing else to get you for.
But as I say - different systems
i agree with you mate the poe dont give a monkey about tints as most modded cars have'em around here but if you drive like a c**t there gonna pull you! and if you talk to them like a c**t or argue they will find an excuse to fine you
unless there fund raising like they do once a month!!!
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well this was a operation in oldbury, birmingham...
the police were out on bikes, simply pulling people for tints and that is all, taking them behind homebase retail park, there was around ten cars when i was taken there
what i didnt ge is the visabilty was 28, but it was no were near blacked out as 0 would be like a black brick wall wouldnt it :/
the police were out on bikes, simply pulling people for tints and that is all, taking them behind homebase retail park, there was around ten cars when i was taken there
what i didnt ge is the visabilty was 28, but it was no were near blacked out as 0 would be like a black brick wall wouldnt it :/
Our cops do things differently down here Brum
It's all about age and modifications - we have a serious problem with uninsured young drivers, including many without licenses - the police openly ignore tints because they're basically standard around here now.
The only time you'll get a fine for tints is if they pull you over and can find nothing else to get you for.
But as I say - different systems
And therein lies the rub....
fekkers them yam yam police.. I blame the Wrens Nest mentality myself
*either that or the fact the Lions Farm is quiet nowadays
Police were doing there stop checks 2day and omg they took my front tints off, and they wernt even dark, you could see straight through!
once on the machince they said the visability was 21 28 28 so about 26% visability compared the legal standerd of 70%
i was trully shocked and once they pulled it off they hit me with a £30 fine, and i i never even had the tints done was the previous owner
basically my point is, now my car looks ruined as its dark at the back and light at the front, if i was to tint them again, and i did get stopped would it be the same thing again or worse?
as ive got quoted £60 for the front 2 windows, and £30 fine
Hey,
Can I just ask where you had this annoying encounter?
I was approached by a police officer in Kinross about 2 months ago and he starting spewing out all this rubbish about how dangerous tints are etc . . .
He then proceeded to take a reading from his little machine and I was shocked when the little screen showed 55%. Needless to say, he pointed out that these were highly illegal
. Sorry I replied He then tells me that they need to be removed but did not take any details from me.I think it all depends on how the officer feels. I was basically told that it would be in my own interest to remove them before I get stopped again, which I think was a nice gesture
Better than a fine anyday!The car has now been sold and some unlucky person will have to deal with the agro at some point
I have put legal tints on the front of my new car just to be on the safe side, and personally, I think that they look better
Ooops! Did not mean the front windscreen
Are we not referring to the driver and front passenger windows? I thought these were allowed, but had to be below a certain limit (28% or so?).
Cheers,
Cupraloon
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Outragous... Isn't it when you can get pulled by the fed's and your window tint ripped off by some hamfisted wooden top
And yet there are so many people driving around with unsafe heaps of sh**e on the roads in the U.K it's criminal.
I expect they just being a bit bloody minded if the truth were known, not good for you, but the trouble is your known now, so if they catch you again, it'll be double the penalty, also however galling it is, you have to crawl like buggery to these people otherwise your fooked, from the outset and I hate crawling to the fed's, it goes against the biker in me.....
I couldn't find "any" companies who will tint my front side windows, they'll do the rest just not the front side windows, even with a 15% tint, which i just find rediculous, you can drive around with your dark tint Oakley's on and thats ok, but if you want a bit of cool or security from prying eyes forget it matey.... not in my back yard is the view in the UK.... it sucks.
Same if your a biker, want to use a tinted visor when it's sunny, & get the wrong copper on a bad day, you've had it the law is an ass
One thing though aren't the windows in a Leon already pretty darkly tinted as standard like Sundym or who ever the're made by these days, I know mine go pretty dark when it's sunny, which isn't really that noticable from inside the car, but when your outside, it is quite difficult to look through the windows.
take it easy, out there.
And yet there are so many people driving around with unsafe heaps of sh**e on the roads in the U.K it's criminal.
I expect they just being a bit bloody minded if the truth were known, not good for you, but the trouble is your known now, so if they catch you again, it'll be double the penalty, also however galling it is, you have to crawl like buggery to these people otherwise your fooked, from the outset and I hate crawling to the fed's, it goes against the biker in me.....
I couldn't find "any" companies who will tint my front side windows, they'll do the rest just not the front side windows, even with a 15% tint, which i just find rediculous, you can drive around with your dark tint Oakley's on and thats ok, but if you want a bit of cool or security from prying eyes forget it matey.... not in my back yard is the view in the UK.... it sucks.
Same if your a biker, want to use a tinted visor when it's sunny, & get the wrong copper on a bad day, you've had it the law is an ass
One thing though aren't the windows in a Leon already pretty darkly tinted as standard like Sundym or who ever the're made by these days, I know mine go pretty dark when it's sunny, which isn't really that noticable from inside the car, but when your outside, it is quite difficult to look through the windows.
take it easy, out there.
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Ooops! Did not mean the front windscreen
Are we not referring to the driver and front passenger windows? I thought these were allowed, but had to be below a certain limit (28% or so?).
Cheers,
We are and no, you're not allowed to tint them. Anything forward of the B-pillar cannot be tinted beyond 70%, standard tinted glass is about 80% and as 90% tints don't exist that means no tint film at all can be applied to the front windows.
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jay cupra r
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Ever get the feeling you're banging your head against a brick wall Rob?
Yep ... frustrating innit!
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