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are sun strips illegal ive got one which is pain black and u can see through it but got told have to remove it but some cars hav them on there windows as standard

a friend of mine onlythe 0.6 thru !

sun strips can be ilegal as they obstruck your vision i was told to take mine off on sunday because it let 0.0% of light through so it had to be taken off and also had to take my front side window tints off as they only let 33% of light through and you must let 75% of light through <img border="0" alt="[does this help]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions041.gif" />

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Sun-Strips ARE NOT ILLEGAL <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions049.gif" />

Any object or windscreen damage that comes into the "Swept Area" of the windscreen is possibly illegal, I will attempt to explain. <img border="0" alt="[are u mad]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions050.gif" />

What is the swept area of the windscreen ??

The sweap area is the area of the windscreen that your windscreen wipers cover when swithed on.

Summary of Sun-Strip Laws

If when switched on you front windscreen wipers go into the area of your Sun-Strip then your sun-strip is illegal. Simple.......

Tip of the Trade....

Fit smaller windscreen wipers so they dont go into the area of your sun-strip when switched on.... (There are laws regarding the size of your windscreen wipers also.....)

Hope this clears this issue up ?????

I DEFO DONT AGREE WITH THE LAW BECAUSE ITS AN EXCUSE NOT A SAFETY MEASURE 2 PERSECUTE US YOUNG KIDS WITH DONE UP CARS AS PER USUAL. IF I FONED UP THE <img border="0" alt="[police]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions032.gif" /> AND SAID SOMEONE WAS TRYIN 2 BREAK INTO MY CAR OR HOUSE THEY WOULD USE THEIR FAVORITE EXCUSE HAVE A GUESS "WE HAVENT GOT ENOUGH RESOURCES" BUT THEY RUB THEIR HANDS TOGETHER WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD MOTORISTS I DONT WANT 2 OFFEND ANYONE BUT THEY R A ****IN WASTE OF SPACE THEY WANT A KICK UP THE ****. BET PEOPLE WITH TINTED WINDOWS HAVENT EVEN HAD NE ACCIDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i've found that theres advantages and disadvantages of having tinted windows.

i've found it difficult to see out of my rear window when there is poor light outside, which can sometimes cause problems with parking.

an advantage is that when Divvys' drive with their foglights behind you it doesnt dazzle you as much

i can see where the law is coming from as at night it does reduce visibility a bit but i think they're just looking for more ways as to sting motorists for more money :rolleyes:

Adam, I bet its hard for you to reverse in the dark because of your rear lights! One of the reasons why reverse lights are white is so that you have some idea of where youre going. Even without tints, its still pretty difficult to reverse at night time though

although the window tints look great on any car i still have problems reversing and i have white lights but the tint at the back is to dark, on the other hand as adam pointed out that when you get someone behind you with there fog lights on it does take that glare away

they can never make it illegal 2 have all the rear windows done cause of vans some dont even have rear windows.

lol ! i din't think of that ! hahahaha ! that'll teach em ! unless they ban the vehichles which don't nhave rear windows ! that wud be nasty !

well they can never ban because wat about lorries!! THE <img border="0" alt="[police]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions032.gif" /> MAKE ME

Although I can't vouch for this one, I was once told that if you say your window motor's f'ed and you can't get it down you're OK - afterall, if they can't test you then they can't ticket you - right?

Anywaits, if you're still gonna tint the front windows then bear in mind that they've normally got SOME level of tint on them from the manufacturer (mine are around 10% in a 406 I think). If you go and stick a tint on that blocks 25% of light (as the law allows you to) then altogether you're blocking 35% and you're gonna find yourself getting ticketed before long...

They could say the car is unroad worthy and impound the car. And at the end of the day all he has to do is reach in and try the window, or you could be preventing an officer carrying out his duties. If found to be over they can if they wish enforce a Notice, or Impound the vehicle and issue 3 points and a £60 fine.
Is it worth it trying to be clever for 30 seconds?

Not worth getting shirty, the law has changed and you will at some point have to change with it.

Hope this helps

webmasters right sad 2 say it but ull never outsmart the law!!!!

Doesn't help me mate - I ain't got tints.

Was just passing on stuff I'd been told in the past

Steve