window tinting and the LAW . . .

[ashbuster]

lol
and yeah i see what you mean about the even finish,
any tips on putting the film on its a real pain in the arse
i carnt get it on without creases

[danny-boi]

i dont bother with tints i think they look stupied really. just makes it harder to see at night

[azzasaxo]

i would just do them all

[makkie_d]

n e 1 no the laws on rear light tints?? i pretty much garantee mine r illegal but just in my defence lmfao.

[_-john-_]

Originally Posted by makkie_d

n e 1 no the laws on rear light tints?? i pretty much garantee mine r illegal but just in my defence lmfao.

Read the initial post Back windows can be completely blacked out, it's the drivers/passengers side windows and the windscreen that you need to leave alone (not worth doing the 25% or so IMO)

[DannnyBoi]

Thanks for this

[makkie_d]

no i read that im not 1 of the penises that jump in go "whats goin on?" lol i said rear light tints???

[AXracing]

The altering of any rear light that obscures, reduces or changes the colour of light emitted in any way shape or form is prohibited for road use. So in short tinting rear lights is illegal for road vehicles. Same goes for rear reflectors it is illegal to tint them.

[makkie_d]

wwwwoooops, never mind. if it wernt my rear lights it would only be summin else. after all it`s not like they`ve got n e thing better to do is it lmfao.

[sexy-silver-saxo]

pigs pulled me over and made me ripp my tints off there and then

[thewandererreturns]

Originally Posted by makkie_d

n e 1 no the laws on rear light tints?? i pretty much garantee mine r illegal but just in my defence lmfao.

You can smoke/tint the lights providing you can see them in daylight what you CAN'T do is smoke/tint the reflector.

Or do what some noob did on police interceptors, use stockings.

[AXracing]

Originally Posted by thewandererreturns

You can smoke/tint the lights providing you can see them in daylight what you CAN'T do is smoke/tint the reflector.

Strictly speaking this is not true. Anything that obscures, changes the colour or reduces the light output and the police have the right to pull you. The same apply to lights as it does reflectors.

[jonesyno1]

Originally Posted by Josh-VTR

Believe so.

yea that happened to me before and got a 80 quid fine

[James-Saxo]

Very helpful, thanks!!!

[EvoSax]

anyone could say me... how can i check my transparency ... when i got my saxo ... all windows, excluding windscreen are tinted but light tint ... (tfu tfu) i never been pulled by old bill ... , but i want to check... double check that my windows are fine i dont want to pay any kind of fine ...

[robster247]

i had a bit of an accident with my rear widow (it smashed ) lol and i was thinking about replacing it with an alloy sheet then spraying it matt black or adonised black wud this be legal hah ??

[pjw]

I just got stopped in the Audi by VOSA and my tints on the front let through 47%. It was part of a road safety week at work. They got VOSA in and the rozzers and harassed anyone with a modded car (its lowered 60mm on white 19"s), he struggled to find anything wrong.

He told me the legal limit is 45% and let me on my way, so id go with that. At least you know its up to date.

Legally anyway with a VOSA check you can palm them off to a more 'suitable date and time' to your liking. They have no powers whatsoever - its the coppers who do. They can force an inspection on your car if they deem it to be dangerous.

[AXracing]

That is worrying as the law is side windows in front of the B pillar must let 70% of light pass and 75% for front screen. I don't know where they pulled 45% from as that is a extremely dark tint.

[linksmiter]

Fack the P.O.L.I.C.E

[Davyy]

Cheers for that