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Window Tinting - Lexusboy - 17-07-2017
Ya we are not scared of getting nicked are we Dan :lol:.
Window Tinting - Dan_Turism0 - 17-07-2017
exactly
, *touch wood* I haven't actually been stopped once for my front tints, although whilst at a car show just before xmas my car was parked next to my friends civic with lighter tints than mine on the front and he got asked to go to the police station to get a light reading done on them imediately lol and the police didn't say a word about mine
Window Tinting - Lexusboy - 17-07-2017
Wozza,
When you want to get them done mate i take you to Terrys and we will get you a really good price.
Window Tinting - widnes_is200 - 18-07-2017
looking good, sets the car off real well:thumbup1:
Window Tinting - russelllinn - 18-07-2017
Tints look good mate, set the car off nicley :thumbup1:
Generally you'll be okay with 50% + on the front as the legal limit is 70% so always a bit of leway, from B pillar back can be as dark as you like
Window Tinting - steviewevie - 18-07-2017
russelllinn Generally you'll be okay with 50% + on the front as the legal limit is 70% so always a bit of leway, from B pillar back can be as dark as you like
Sorry, that's not right.
70% is how much light the windows have to let in, not how much they can be tinted. So 50% is way over the legal limit, and bear in mind that windows will have a slight factory tint anyway to start with, so a 50% tint applied on top will result in windows that are perhaps 60% or so tinted.
See here for the official VOSA document.
Window Tinting - Lexusboy - 18-07-2017
We will have to see if i get a tug and then i can start to worry, but i going to enjoy them until that time....:thumbup1:
Window Tinting - russelllinn - 18-07-2017
steviewevie Sorry, that's not right.
70% is how much light the windows have to let in, not how much they can be tinted. So 50% is way over the legal limit, and bear in mind that windows will have a slight factory tint anyway to start with, so a 50% tint applied on top will result in windows that are perhaps 60% or so tinted.
Depends how you read it, what I implied is that a reading from a 'tintman' of 50% plus with the police would on the whole be acceptable as the legal limit is for 70% of light to pass through the windows!! There is 'on the whole' a percentage leway before prosecution so below 50% to 30% would be a Fixed Penalty then below that prohibition and summons.
Window Tinting - steviewevie - 19-07-2017
russelllinn Depends how you read it, what I implied is that a reading from a 'tintman' of 50% plus with the police would on the whole be acceptable as the legal limit is for 70% of light to pass through the windows!! There is 'on the whole' a percentage leway before prosecution so below 50% to 30% would be a Fixed Penalty then below that prohibition and summons.ok, sorry for misunderstanding what you were saying then. But if you get a "50% tint", then doesn't that mean it cuts out approx 50% of the light ? I've never had my windows tinted so don't know how they spec it exactly. Are you saying it means they've given you a tint which is less than 50%, i.e. lets 50% plus light through ?
As I said though, there will be a light factory tint to add onto that too.
I would have thought that what would be more of an issue than Fixed Penalty etc would be the police potentially making you take off the tint there and then, which has been known to happen.
Window Tinting - Lexusboy - 19-07-2017
Steve to get the tints off you normally would need a heat gun.
So i guessing your get the seven day notice