hi all
i'm after some advice for a friend of mine , he has a holden hsv , which he say's come from the fractory with front window tins on it.if he got stoped by the police and they were to dark would he have to get them removed ????
would be greatful if any one could shed some LIGHT on this one !!!!!

 

Nothing allowed past the B Pillar

 

I would like to know this as some of the range rovers we have in come with tints aswell, not black though just a light-mild tint.
Wouldnt mind it on my cossie and the missis S1 really.

 

Legally you are allowed the back and sides as dark as you like, but NOTHING is allowed past the B pillar except for a sun strip 4".

I have tints all round on my Range Rover

 

Did they change the law then as it always used to be a requirement to have 75% light transference through the front windows and 85% through the windscreen.

I want tinted glass on our A4 as I reckon it'll look cool

 

It may have come from the factory but A Holden factory, they have different rules in Oz

 

i got dark tint on my van and my girlfriend and dark on her car never been stoped but it is a pain at night

my mate said they can pick it up on a mot both late cars so ok at the mo

 

My mates screen on his Golf is too dark and thats standard fit. Sickening really, but he's been told by the police he must change it, but there is the safety issue with some front tints you can't see a thing. We put ours on due to my sons problem with too much sunlight as he used to pull the blinds off.


http://www.totalcartint.co.uk/legal.htm info on the legal side

 

the cops put a meter or light detector in front n its got to b about 75% in front side windows, ive got total black n for us who havent had a pull by the cops we will soon ...

 

here you go mate here is an advice notice sent to all mot stations about window tints

 

Fellas,
From memory, you have to allow 75%light through the windscreen and 70 % through the front side's.

Basically, if it looks tinted then the chances are its illegal.

We use an approved/calibrated light meter to test and take three readings diagonaly across each window we test.

As to what happens to you then dependa on lots of factors.

 

sorry forgot to add that the window glass is tinted not a film used to tint the glass, would this make a diference ???
the owner told me you can't by clear glass for the car ???
so what would he have to do , get glass made for the car ??

 

the law has changed no window tint past the a pillar AT ALL ,, they are cracking down big time to, it all started a while back when someone got shot by a bloke in a car and because he had window tints witnesses couldnt give a accurate description of him

 

u ARE allowed lightly tinted windows in the front AS long as their NOT limo black and ALLOW 70% through!

IF stopped by old bill they can act ie : you CANT move the car until the windows are removed or the film taken off.

ps and they can still give u an on the spot fine

 

you are wrong they arent allowed at all,, i live in the land of chavs and window tints and i know people who have been made to peel them off there and then

 

i have limo black on all the rear windows and a mild tint on the front windows excluding the windscreen and i have never been pulled over and that was 6 months ago. loads of cops have seen me. the law is plastic really. bit like neons, i have a corsa by da way while my fords off the road, i was passed tonight by 3 fuzz cars in ddifferent speed zones and none of them pulled me over with red leds all the way round

 

Range Rover with Tints, Back are Rear are Dark, and the front side windows are light tint.







Vectra had full dark tints all round, Including the front screen

 

Fookin hell Tiff!!!!!



The Mercedes has limo tints all round and the tint is between the layers of bullet proof glass so Im fooked if they want it removed

 

What??????

 

but what if i had my windows down would they still be able to do anything like make me put them up so they can test them?

 

Tints over here are a lot heavier and legally allowed to be due to the more intense sun. My Subaru has the darkest legal here which is a film but that is too dark really at night when I reverse down my driveway so I have to put the window down.

Is it a legitimate import or a gray import? If it was legitimate, I would have thought the required design rules for the UK would have been adhered to.

They are very strict here about design rules on cars.

 

BTW Tiff - Very nice Range Rover, my favourite colour. Used to work cleaning them so drove some awesome ones including several Overfinch ones. Would like one one day

Why couldnt they design a better tow bar though that doesnt look like a donkey schlong

 

If the car has been imported then surely it must have been SVA'd and it would have been pulled up on the test???

If it is one that has been sold over her by GM then it would have had to go through and pass type approval....

 

Thoyght you were allowed 30% on side and back but nothing on front...

 

I take lots of cars,people carriers etc for Sva tests m8 and it's NOT against the law to have a lightly tinted film/window on the front passenger windows.

ps if u look @ Tiff's RangeRover from different angles the front WILL look darker if NOT the same as the rear ARE BUT the Vectra if pulled they WOULD/COULD act in a way of fine or tell him to remove it from the fronts etc

 

sorry i might have not typed it correctly from what i can gather the window glass is actualy tinted, it is not a film put on the glass
so what does he do if it is to dark ,but new clear glass , which he say's you can not get !!!!
hope this is clearer sorry for any confusion