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I think Mr egg is talking balls. I had my front windows tinted to light smoke on the greenun and they passed the light checks,so if they were 75% VLT beforehand that means the tint stoppped no light if they were 75% after? Also,look at standard side window glass,looks pretty damn clear to me,its no way 30% tinted.some cars come with a anti glare glass that appears bluey green.thatll stop a tiny bit of light. Factory tinted windows arent illegal as they hardly tint the front sides

Key word being "Normally" Scoop
Meaning Not everyone single one.

It makes economical sense to turn the gas off.
I'm assuming its more heat to create Clear?

As i understand it,
It is the Manufactures of the Car Say ford to check that the vehicle is road worthy and legal
coming off the production line.
As it should conform to a Approved Check by VOSA.

There have been instances with the Light Meter
where a car from the Manufactures Has been Ilegal. Failing the Light Meter.

If this is so then its the fault of First the Retailer would has sold you an Un Road worthy car. (Not Legal).

Who would then take it up with the Maunufacture.

I cant remember off hand when this was part of the checking process. (The year it became relevant)?

So its fair to say that, an older car could have possibly had Ilegal tinted glass fitted.
And fail.

Its less lighly that a moden car would fail these checks now.

I think eggsjan was just highlighting that more often than not people forget when ordering
Tint Film that there side windows may already be tinted pushing them over the limit.


That's how i understood it anyways.
And good advice to a newbie reading up.

well, i had mine done a while ago

basicall, you cant have any tint on the front windows, as the copper tested the window with no tint and it only just passed.

speaking of window tinting, whats a good company to tint my windows for me? to VOSA specification obviously

I recommend advanced autotints in wrexham, nuff sed,about 40% more expensive than xxxx xxxxxbut a million times better. (my experience anyway)

I had my 5 door scort done at adv autotints,all windows and a great interior sunstrip tint all for 250 quid,

my bro had a 3 door corsa done a month later at xxx xxx and for 150 notes he came back with film that was still soaking,full of bubbles and a fair few creases.he took it back,they done the front windows again to an acceptable standard but all windows were not flawless,like my 5 door was

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Fellas,
The law relating to the window tints are for every vehicle except bikes etc.( Cos there aint no windows on these )
The two front side windows of a vehicle be it bus, van , car , limo, whatever must have 70% of light coming through. The front screen needs to have 75%.
In essence you cannot get a film that will be legal as nearly every car i have checked has the minimum of light allowed through anyway. This is due to manufacturing costs etc, so if a garage says to you he has got a lighter tint, dont go for it just tell him to do the two rear windows and the back screen. ( This can be as black as you want as it is not an offence). If you do get the front windows tinted and get pulled over, the plod will do one of a number of things if they have the light meter.
Firstly, if the light coming in is less than 30% the offence can then become "Dangerous Parts" 3 points and £60.00.
If it is more than 30% but less than 45% the plod can give you a £30.00 fine for windows not as prescribed.
If it is more than 45% then the plod can ask you to get them removed and give you a VDRS.

The law is sometimes an ass but if you piss a plod off then you may end up with 3 points or going to court. You will not win as the meter the two Wirral biker bobbies is calibrated by VOSA and is accurate.

Be warned.

PS.
If the plod wants to he can seize the vehicle and have it examined by either VOSA or the two biker plods on Wirral. That means no car for you for a few days and by the way, You pay for the costs of storage for the time it is in the garage.

Scoops,

Have a look at the side windows of i think Fords or Vauxhall's it says VLT 75%.
It stands to reason that if you put anything on the glass it will reduce the tint to below the limit.

If people are unsure,and have had the tints done, contact the two Bobbies who are on the bikes in Wirral. They will come down and give you a definitive "yes or No". I do know it is an offence for a garage to fit or offer for sale a vehicle that is unroadworthy so in effect if the tint is illegal you do have recompense from the garage you had the tints done by.

I have heard that the two rozzers on the bikes on Wirral are going to start cracking down on tints on windows starting soon. There seems to have been a fair bit of press about it lately and theyve said anyone under the limit of 30% Visual Light the're getting 3 points for dangeous parts.!!!!!!!!!!

So if a ford front side windows are 75% and they "look" clear to me,then what are factory tinted range rover front windows then???

I cannot see that standard tinted windows on cars only let 75% of light in they are virtually clear on most cars.When i had my tints done was gonna have a light smoke on front windows an garage that did them had light meter an said i would be ok an the scoobys windows are tinted anyway

When i got pulled a while ago there was a voyager thingy pulled at the same time. The rozzas told the driver the windscreen and front windows had to be replaced as they failed the light test. The windows were very light tint and factory fitted, they all come like this so there are issues over these light meter tests.