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[BigUKG]

I was talking to my big brother yesterday about the black Mk4, saying I was considering getting the windows tinted, apparently you cant even tint the drivers side window now or you just get pulled over and they rip it off there and then

Wonkers.

[M1K3Y_B]

I haven't heard that mate

As far as i know, the front windows can be tinted but no more than light smoke

[pillby]

no you are only legally allowed to tint the rear three windows and not the front ones. The law may be that there is a certain level of tinting allowed for the front but tbh the fuzz aren't gonna use much discretion because it'll be too hard to tell how much is too much tinting.

Pillby

[- Danny Boy -]

no you are only legally allowed to tint the rear three windows and not the front ones. The law may be that there is a certain level of tinting allowed for the front but tbh the fuzz aren't gonna use much discretion because it'll be too hard to tell how much is too much tinting.

Pillby

Thats why the police have light meters to test tints.

Technically, the law says your not allowed to tint the fronts, but you can get away with having tints if they are not too dark, and let at least 70% light through.

I've had light smoke tinted windows on my car for ages now, and driven all over the country with them - mostly at night, and police have never said a thing about it. Even when going down motorways when there are no lights apart from the odd ones every now and then, which makes it even harder to see through the tint, police havent done anything. So you can get away with it, as long as its not stupidly dark!

[bas saph]

I had mirror tints for 3 years till some one put my windows through. never had any probs.
that was 4-7 years ago. test the tint make sure its legal 80% light to be safe and sorted.

Or roll your windows down when you see or know their about.

Or as a friend of mine did took the door cards of and removed the glass when copper told him to take them of or get fined and points I do beleive.

[JamieFRST]

You can have the front windows tinted but it must let 70% light through.

I had tinted windows in my 206 and got stopped, once the film was removed had it re-tested by vosa at the traffic police control and the standard glass only passed by 2%, so it would have to be so light it not worth tinting.

The police can't remove it, they will just order you to do it on spot, or issue you with a thing to say you car isn't fit for the road.

[BigUKG]

http://www.carkeys.co.uk/features/everything_else/2276.asp

Thanks for the replies, just found this which says 70% light through on all front side (what Danny said) and 75% for windscreens on cars used before 1985 which hardly applies anymore.

The windows on the mk4 are already tinted slightly green as standard but unlikely they stop much light getting through?

Reckon I'd be safe enough with 75% all round

[MENACE]

ive got light smoke on my front windows and limo black on the back i have been pulled over and they checked them with the machine and it passed.cannot understand why people want dark front windows anyway it only makes it harder to see at night

[dontpannic]

Alex - Kent police are hot on this - I wouldn't touch the front glass at all - the mk4 and mk5 have the green tinted glass, and anything more it will fail the light test, best bet is just to not touch the front windows at all, wouldn't be worth the risk.

[M1K3Y_B]

Alex - Kent police are hot on this - I wouldn't touch the front glass at all - the mk4 and mk5 have the green tinted glass, and anything more it will fail the light test, best bet is just to not touch the front windows at all, wouldn't be worth the risk.

And if your not going to touch the front then don't bother doing any of the windows, as it looks crap with just the rears done

[BigUKG]

Alex - Kent police are hot on this - I wouldn't touch the front glass at all - the mk4 and mk5 have the green tinted glass, and anything more it will fail the light test, best bet is just to not touch the front windows at all, wouldn't be worth the risk.

And if your not going to touch the front then don't bother doing any of the windows, as it looks crap with just the rears done

Agreed!!

Maybe I'll put that down as a bad idea then... Kent Police are hot on everything Nick mate!! Saw they did a joint operation with "The Interceptors" from Essex Police on the tele, the amount of people they got that day!!

[M1K3Y_B]

Alex - Kent police are hot on this - I wouldn't touch the front glass at all - the mk4 and mk5 have the green tinted glass, and anything more it will fail the light test, best bet is just to not touch the front windows at all, wouldn't be worth the risk.

And if your not going to touch the front then don't bother doing any of the windows, as it looks crap with just the rears done

Agreed!!

Good man

[BigUKG]

Goes without saying mate, if I wanted a van I'd go and buy one

[Ratspeed]

Never really been a fan of tinted windows.I had em briefly on my first car but at night it was terrible! Plus i reckon it looks gash and cheap on anything other than new rangerovers, chryslers ect....

[BigUKG]

It would look a bit cheap and a bit gash on the black mk4 if I could only do the rears! Might just about get away with it if I could do all of them, but its on to worrying about how I'm gonna get hold of;

front n/s wing
pair of wishbones
alloy with decent tyre

[Ratspeed]

The wing and arms from your local motor factors mate.

[Hilton HS2]

my sister and her husband had a range rover with tinted windows and got pulled.

Even though the tints came out the factory like that they had to be changed because laws had changed since it was manufactured.

[BigUKG]

mk4/5 arms seem so expensive, people want silly money for them new! Will have to be done though.
Fck getting second hand ones.

[dontpannic]

mk4/5 arms seem so expensive, people want silly money for them new! Will have to be done though.
Fck getting second hand ones.

£29 local motor factors. Cheap as chips.

[Ratspeed]

£29 local motor factors. Cheap as chips.

I pay £1 for a bag of chips

[dontpannic]

I had a feeling you'd say something like that

[Philie*RST]

i got my windows priced the other day my fronts are already letting through 70% so i wouldnt chance it

although his work car and a few other window tinters i see have tints all round

i was quoted £150 for the rears 5 windows in all on a vectra sri s