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Timbaland
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29th May 08 at 19:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Any tint on the b pillars forward is illegal. Thats not to say you will get points, They have to be really quite dark to get 3 points.

Mines are fairly dark on the MINI but are only worth a £30 fine or a defect notice.
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29th May 08 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine are tinted 30% out of the factory as standard and are legal.
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quote:
Originally posted by danielleG
mine are tinted 30% out of the factory as standard and are legal.


NO tints are legal on the front atall!

You may think they are legal in respect that you cant get points but are still endorsable with a fine.
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29th May 08 at 19:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so why would they have a 30% bracket if there illegal
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man, this turned into not really a 'quicky' huh

i guess mine are factory tinted, so probably cant add to that?

i might actually go into a police station and ask them
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29th May 08 at 19:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can guarantee that her tints are not 30% standard from factory.

Standard tints range from 3% to 7%.
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when i got stopped (for something else) they checked everything, including getting their little gadget out to check tints, and he said that 30% was ok, anything more was illegal.
i dont have stick on crap/film, the glass is actually tinted.
at least i didnt get a fine for them

[Edited on 29-05-2008 by danielleG]
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Mines are 33% and were measured by the 'tint master' hand held device.

Any less than 70% light getting in and you get 3 points.

There is no way mine are only 3% darker than yours
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29th May 08 at 19:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have you seen my car though

[Edited on 29-05-2008 by danielleG]
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29th May 08 at 19:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only the pics im going by in the garage right enough.
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29th May 08 at 19:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
*goes and has a look* nope long gone now.
anyway can somebody find out for a definate what is legal? i'm quite interested if the copper was right
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NONE are legal, Im telling you the 100% truth.

Up to a certain % you can only get a fine/defect notice, Then after that your onto points for driving an un-roadworthy veichle.
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If danielles were illegal then why did the copper say anymore and they would be illegal when he did a light reading?

[Edited on 29-05-2008 by corsa_tomtom]
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yeah he checked them, realised they werent film, used the checker device thingy and fined me for something else instead...ticket never said anything about tinted windows.
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Dont know about that copper, But all tints from the B pillar forward are illegal. I can guarentee it.

Fire up a picture, Cos not even X5's/Range Rovers come with windows that dark at the front as standard.
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How can you guarantee it?
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because i know for a FACT that any tint on the front is illegal.

Depending on how dark they are depends if its points or a fine, Even if its just a £30 fine , Its still illegal.
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How do you know it is FACT? If it was fact then Danielle would have got a fine?
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ok here's a fact that you can not argue about really.

had 50% tints on my corsa. took it to vosa after it had been repaired and was made to strip them off as they violated some act/law.

not allowed any tints in front of the b pillar due to factory glass already having a slight tint to it (it's not clear glass, has a small tint to help with reflection and other stuff).

got asked about them by a copper once, and pulled a few times for other things, no one else said anything about them so it's possible to get away with them quite easily - hence why celebs mostly always have them on.

[Edited on 29-05-2008 by Ben G]
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
How do you know it is FACT? If it was fact then Danielle would have got a fine?


Cos its on posters in every tint place you go in.

Not really, Mines are eligible for a £0 fine yet iv been stopped and checked and told to go on my way.

Same way that someone on here got stopped doing 96mph, Got a lecture then told to get out his sight.

Just cos its illegal doesnt mean they will go down the route they should with it.

Never the less, Its still illegal regardless of the outcome.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
got asked about them by a copper once, and pulled a few times for other things, no one else said anything about them so it's possible to get away with them quite easily - hence why celebs mostly always have them on.

[Edited on 29-05-2008 by Ben G]


Thats what im trying to say mate, You might still get away with it but the are against the law.
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29th May 08 at 20:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very true .

not every copper is an arsehole,
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
very true .

not every copper is an arsehole,


After i read that i thought you may have taken it as if i made it out that your wrong but glad you didnt.

Exactly, Not all are arseholes but it takes one bad one and a set of tints and then your onto plums.
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But surely he would have at least told her that they were illegal?

I'm not trying to say you are wrong but reading up on the VOSA website would suggest you were allowed a light tint (70% bla bla). So if thats the case, then what is illegal about it? As it would pass an MOT?
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the copper tried getting me for anything he could, in the end he got me for size of lettering on the number plate, he got a ruler out and measured it

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