[:: Jon ::]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wooly (original)

I remember your car from last years calendar, and to be fair it was excessively dark which is maybe why you had to have them removed straight away.

I'd love to know what calendar as my car has never been in one,

my cooper which was an 02 plate which falls before the change in LAW but still the law applies to it was only a 25% tint the lightest avilable, so unless you know what your talking about how can you say it was exceeively dark

My Cooper S which I now own was the same, But due to the colour which gave off a slight imprssion of being darker as the contrast of colour they looked darker than actually were..

[SoggyCornFlakes]

Guys - I'd suggest you listen to Jon as he is correct. You may get away with it if you're lucky, but if you have an accident you'll find your inurance is invalidated and you will then face much more than 3 points and a ticking off.

My local dealer used to do a lot of tints but is unable to do so now due to the law, trust me, they'd throw away good sales revenue unless they had to!!

[Tonyrec]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jonmorgan (original)

I wouldnt bother having them done on the front drivers or pass windows as you will be pulled and tested.. and any tint on the front is illegal.. and it is ILLEGAL to supply / fit them to these windows unless its a show car.

as seen here.. you get a few choices..
1. Remove them at the scene
2. Have them removed then you need to produce an MOT cert at the police station
3. points and a fine plus have them removed

depends on how the officer feels.

You forgot about producing a new MOT Cert regardless of whether or not the car is a few days old.
If 'they' put a PG9 on it then the only way to get it removed is by having an MOT and taking the Cert to the local Police Station where you will be given a Form PG10 for its removal.

In short, its not worth being illegal.

[:: Jon ::]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonyrec (original)

You forgot about producing a new MOT Cert regardless of whether or not the car is a few days old.
If 'they' put a PG9 on it then the only way to get it removed is by having an MOT and taking the Cert to the local Police Station where you will be given a Form PG10 for its removal.

In short, its not worth being illegal.

that I did

[Wooly]

Actually that makes sense about invalidating your insurance i never thought about that

Thats enough to not do it now
The dft dont exactly do much to explicitly lay down the law in black and white though, if i get a conflicting reply from them they will have a lot to answer for


But can i still have the back sides as dark as i want?

[:: Jon ::]

the back and rear sides can be any strength you like..

the companies doing it dont care so much, they wanted to charge me to take mine off even tho he insisted when i rung that in his words... "oh yes the laws have changed but it doesnt matter, they still look good" so i removed it myself..

[Paul]

Some links:

Google for "Section 32 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations"..

Pentagon UK: The latest changes to window tinting legislation in the UK. Car window and security glass law
UK Window Tinting Law : Tints Away, Shefiield, South Yorkshire
Over Revs are a leading mobile window tinting firm in the UK

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2003

Basically if you get it done, you'd be breaking the law, as would the supplier, and your insurance would be voided.

[SoggyCornFlakes]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wooly (original)

Actually that makes sense about invalidating your insurance i never thought about that

Thats enough to not do it now
The dft dont exactly do much to explicitly lay down the law in black and white though, if i get a conflicting reply from them they will have a lot to answer for


But can i still have the back sides as dark as i want?

That's very sensible And you should let the supplier know he's illegal too, just in case he's not aware

[ONED]

OK, so we know it's illegal on the front !...but for those of us who want to have the rears done,.....anyone know the closest match to factory tints?...I know there's "limo" Smoked, lightly smoked etc.......

Want factory look !

[popey]

What puts me off is the gray/sliver line you get with aftermarket tints around the edge of the window. I dont have a pic but im sure you know what i mean.