FACTS for tinting windows?

21st March 2009, 23:04

hi there its quite confussing can some one tell me what the spec is for tinting the windows so that it is road legal?

i hear the back can be as dark as you like but what are the light reductions on the sides of the car?

Thanks

21st March 2009, 23:07

You CAN have tints on the rear quarters and back window.
You CANNOT have any tints on the front windows and windscreen

21st March 2009, 23:07

quick google search turns up trumps, take a look

http://www.4youngdrivers.co.uk/modif...nting-laws.htm

21st March 2009, 23:15

as said no front window tints at all.

21st March 2009, 23:18

u Have to HAVE at least 40% visibility on back side windows, i kinda killed the rule and gave myself 10% casue i went for stone cold limo black tints...

21st March 2009, 23:20

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Originally Posted by Devoner

u Have to HAVE at least 40% visibility on back side windows

no you dont mate

21st March 2009, 23:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devoner

u Have to HAVE at least 40% visibility on back side windows, i kinda killed the rule and gave myself 10% casue i went for stone cold limo black tints...

you dont even have to have windows there mate. What do vans do eh?

21st March 2009, 23:21

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Window Tints
As of January 1st 2004, new legislation was brought in that prohibits window tinting.

The Law:

You are not allowed to tint your windscreen or front windows AT ALL. Anything forward of the B pillar (middle of the car) MUST NOT be tinted in anyway. You are however still allowed to perform any level of tinting on your back windows.

this is the law in black and white...

21st March 2009, 23:22

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Originally Posted by PETE-VTR

no you dont mate

well acording to my local police you do, but obivously police no nothing about the law......

21st March 2009, 23:23

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Originally Posted by shippo_234

you dont even have to have windows there mate. What do vans do eh?

vans have no back side windows anyways, its differnt and they are no meant to go over 60 if u have no back side windows read the high way code!

21st March 2009, 23:25

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Originally Posted by Devoner

vans have no back side windows anyways, its differnt and they are no meant to go over 60 if u have no back side windows read the high way code!

Am onabout how vnas dont have rear side windows like corsa vans.

Its like saying, your not aloud to tint foglights, or remove them. When some cars dont even have foglights from the factory.

21st March 2009, 23:29

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Originally Posted by Devoner

well acording to my local police you do, but obivously police no nothing about the law......

dont be a plank mate, read above^^^^^^ thats the LAW on tints.

if what your saying is true then why do limos have pitch black tints????????

21st March 2009, 23:30

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Originally Posted by shippo_234

Am onabout how vnas dont have rear side windows like corsa vans.

Its like saying, your not aloud to tint foglights, or remove them. When some cars dont even have foglights from the factory.

if you removing fog lights ur chaning the car ( i never knew u earnt alowed to though)...... i am sure if u cover up the holes after it is cool.

any type of vhicle that is a van is not mean to go over a certain speed regardless due to lack of vission, also if u have a van with no back windows same applys

21st March 2009, 23:34

Your all wrong you can have dark black/limo tint on rear and rear side windows you can have tints on front windows but it has to allow 70% light through, no tints on windscreen, the police will rip ur tints out if the front side windows are limo black, my car has limo on bk and light smoked on front, plus my old mans mate is a cop, even asked him......

21st March 2009, 23:35

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Originally Posted by Mattymcn

Your all wrong you can have dark black/limo tint on rear and rear side windows you can have tints on front windows but it has to allow 70% light through, no tints on windscreen, the police will rip ur tints out if the front side windows are limo black, my car has limo on bk and light smoked on front, plus my old mans mate is a cop, even asked him......

Nah mate your wrong. Check the website

21st March 2009, 23:37

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Originally Posted by Mattymcn

Your all wrong you can have dark black/limo tint on rear and rear side windows you can have tints on front windows but it has to allow 70% light through, no tints on windscreen, the police will rip ur tints out if the front side windows are limo black, my car has limo on bk and light smoked on front, plus my old mans mate is a cop, even asked him......

fair enough cant argue with that.....

21st March 2009, 23:39

Mate my corsa (first car) and my saxo have both had tints on, been pulled over and asked bout them the police don't even tho themselves bloody plebs, lol tint em up you'll be fine, I have been

21st March 2009, 23:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattymcn

Your all wrong you can have dark black/limo tint on rear and rear side windows you can have tints on front windows but it has to allow 70% light through, no tints on windscreen, the police will rip ur tints out if the front side windows are limo black, my car has limo on bk and light smoked on front, plus my old mans mate is a cop, even asked him......

well your old mans mate is WRONG, serch on google mate every website will tell you the same thing.

you can tint the back ones as much as you want but anything in front of the B pillar is ILLEGAL.

21st March 2009, 23:43

the only way your front tints will be legal is if your car is an import and even then if they want they will tell you to remove them as its UK law

simple as that

21st March 2009, 23:45

Mate I'm not goin to argue, if u don't want to tint ur windows don't, I like mine and if you want proof watch afew uk police programmes, police have a light machine which your front side windows must allow 70% light through,

21st March 2009, 23:47

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Important Notice: Car Window Tinting

Amendments to Legislation During the early part of 2004, Section 32 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations will be amended to include Window Tint Films, where such materials attached to the glass are capable of reducing the Visible Light Transmission of forward windows to below prescribed levels. These changes will be back-dated to become applicable from 1st January 2004.

This will effectively ban virtually all tinted films fitted to windows forward of the B-Post on any vehicle that is to be driven on UK roads.

plus the all the glass in your car has a tint as standard, iirc its a 14% tint.

im not too botherd anyways its not me gettin the fines. iv got tinted windows myself.....

21st March 2009, 23:52

That's what I'm sayin no point arguin if ur not gettin pulled over, don't hate what don't happen, I do like the line pescribed levels, which is 70% light

21st March 2009, 23:54

i think it is a shady area, differnt polcie have differnt laws going on and no one knows so jsut go for it and see what happens

21st March 2009, 23:54

LOL fuck me your a right keyboard warrior...

21st March 2009, 23:56

soz lol

22nd March 2009, 00:01

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Originally Posted by Devoner

soz lol

not you y0

22nd March 2009, 00:02

good good ;0

22nd March 2009, 00:04

Thanks

and ur not? Haha, anywayz keep safe Ewarrior

22nd March 2009, 08:24

~The law on tints up front changed recently iirc making it illegal to have aftermarket tints done, it is down to the individual police force/officer to enforce this tho, it's like french plates, you're either lucky or your not

22nd March 2009, 09:04

havnt read all of the thread but am sure that u can have any tint on the back 3 windows and front windows u can only have 30% tints leaving 70% light coming threw . iirc saxos did not come with a standerd factory tint on so the front windows are letting in 100%light through meening u can have a 30% tint with it still being legal . the reason you can have 30% tints is because 80% of vehicals coming into the uk now have a 14-30% tint as a factory standerd .. examples are corolla t-sports and the lexus is200 all come with factory grey tint of 19% tested on a light tester at the body shop i use to work at .. .. light smoke in helfords is 30% tint last time a friend tested it (last year) hope this helps

22nd March 2009, 11:57

ffs. the guy asked for the FACTS on tints which was correctly answered in the first reply.

whats the need for all the shit answers after giving opinions just because your mate who is friends with the dad of a guy who is shagging the mum of a cop said so?!

your wrong. get over it.

cops dont know everything. it would be impossible for one person to know every law.

/end thread

22nd March 2009, 13:24

how much roughly are you looking at to tint the back 3 windows?

22nd March 2009, 15:45

Place round my area did back 3 and front 2 for £150.

22nd March 2009, 16:10

do them urself

jus take the back side windows out, then easy peasy, rear window, is jus too hard so get a place to do tht

22nd March 2009, 17:01

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Originally Posted by jayjaylui

do them urself

jus take the back side windows out, then easy peasy, rear window, is jus too hard so get a place to do tht

yh might try it. what about the rear screen. what about air bubbles?

22nd March 2009, 17:07

dont try the rear untill you've done the sides, its so much harder

22nd March 2009, 17:42

pay to get it done, much better imo, grad them and the fronts will look like they have been done !!!

thats what we've done!!!

Devoner, you're point on not having side windows and rear ones we've a 03 berlingo it has rear windows and commercial Landrover Discos have limo black side and reas as does the Freelander2

22nd March 2009, 17:43

the side windows are simple, as u can take the whole window out and push all the bubbles out the edge, the back window, is jus sooo annoying, and trying to get bubbles out, u would be there for a month

22nd March 2009, 20:37

generally the front door windows have to let in 70% but due to most glass coming out of the factory with 10-30% tint your already at the legal limit so best not to tint at all, this is why most places say your not allowed to tint the front at all.
back quarter and rear windscreen can be tinted as much as you like

22nd March 2009, 23:11

If you're doing it, pay a professional to do it for you imo.
Most of the tint film you can buy is cheap and shit. Scratches very easily and looks gash after a few months. The professional film is much better, much thicker and doesn't scratch so easily.

24th March 2009, 00:34

Some cars these day like bmws n mercs come with tints on the front AS STANDARD but they allow 70% light through. As the new bmws n mercs av it standard then it must be legal otherwise they would not pass european and UK standards!

27th March 2009, 21:34

%70 light has to get in the windscreen and front windows, i have %5 limo tint in my back and boot, there is no rules to rear windows as you dont legally have to have them, you never seen a ford ST with the metal back windows and boot? is that a van? the little fiesta one with the viper stripes?

27th March 2009, 21:46

The film you can buy from any shop is a piece of piss to fit!. pop ur side windows out but the back window im not sure how other people done it. but i done mine in strips...
o.k you can see air bubble lines when ur close but still i think it looks ok...

its great if u have the money to pay to have them done pro but for a cheeky budget.. try it yourself.... no harm done if it goes tits up

Btw curran STFU

27th March 2009, 22:52

i love how people who claim to be right are quoting laws that have recently changed

as in: "70% light must be let through"

its now changed and NO tints are allowed, as stated in the website

also, windows are always tinted as standard slightly, if you dont agree, open your passenger window half way down, and look out, youll see that it appears darker when looking through the glass than into natural light

so in conclusion:

NO tints on front
whatever you want on back

close thread

28th March 2009, 02:29

im loving how so many people are thinking they are right and then getting owned

.....FAIL

9th April 2009, 23:18

i saw this post and it really f*cked me off!!

just look at the VOSA website, they ARE law

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/SCRIPTS/texis...Submit&pr=CORP

theres a search for people who cant just google it

and for those who cant click read, second link nice pictures there too

9th April 2009, 23:44

not to double post but no edit button to make it clear from the vosa website

windscreen let atleast 75% light through

front side (directly to left and right of driver) atleast 70% through

all others you can vinyl if you like, you dont see police cutting holes in the back of vans, if they can have no rear visibility so can everybody else, if the police tell you different, educate them

10th April 2009, 08:04

Don't forget the legal tints are total tints. So you cant just stick a 30% on your front side windows as this will take you way over the legal limit. I don't know the exact tint on the Saxo as standard I would not be surprised if its not far of the legal limit as standard.

10th April 2009, 11:24

my saxo has been tinted all round for 2 years and never got into any trouble. dont go worrying about the law. as long as the tints arent blatently over dark on the front then they wont bother. ive been pulled a few times twith dark smoked front windows and nothing has ever happened then

10th April 2009, 17:31

If all you get issued with is a ticket to remove them in a given time, Tint it how you want it till you get pulled.
Think reading this, thats its more luck than anything else!

10th April 2009, 18:28

I think the have changed it now and its points for tinted windows these days.

Edit: Just looked it up and yup its £60 fine and 3 points.

That or the ways and means act that lets them make you rip the offending tints off there and then. But there is no fine and no points.

Or if there feeling nasty they issue you with a summons and you can go to court. Maximum penalty for tinted windows looks to be 6 points and a huge fine.