Yeh looks looks good mate, lol everyones giving ya a right roasting bout it, dont worry bout law or insurance lol.
Styling Front Tinted windows 100HP
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Styling Front Tinted windows 100HP
i don't really see the "flaming" or "roasting" visor....information is power, you've done it and it does look good, but now you know it may carry a risk with it, the choice to continue is yours, simple.
ScoobyChris
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You're quite right, but "increasing the chance" could be said of driving 1 mph above the speed limit. It's all about risk management and my experience of light tints on the Scooby and the Panda is insignificant reduction in available vision and I would have happily done the fronts of the Panda but I didn't want the hassle of being pulled and wasting money having to scrap it.
Ironically, wearing sunglasses while driving will restrict your visibility more than light tints (and affects your forward vision too) and yet that is still legal..... for now anyway!
Chris
yes here we have another classic case , look at my car[ piccy]...& then dont like the negative feedback...now dont get me wrong , i,m not having a pop here at all, but you have to take all comments on board
facts are facts , illegal tinting of front windows will soon get you pulled by the feds & we dont want that do we...its not up to me or anyone else on here to say how cool it looks & the feds have better things to do etc......
the law is very strait forward when it comes to front windows & tinting...
apart from anything else the feds want to see who,s driving clearly through the windows by the way as said before nobody,s flaming you
as far as i can see most have given sound advice now wether you take heed of this is up to you...off subject a bit, but i do smile when ...what do you think of my car[piccy] routine, back & forth the comments go, some good, some not so good piccy sender gets all uptight about it all etc,etc it,s like a game on here thing is when you,re young negativity doesn,t go down too well...when you,re an old git like me, you can call me anything you like, but don,t call me too early in the morning oh & don,t forget to call me for breakfast as well:yum:
...now dont get me wrong , i,m not having a pop here at all, but you have to take all comments on board facts are facts , illegal tinting of front windows will soon get you pulled by the feds & we dont want that do we...its not up to me or anyone else on here to say how cool it looks & the feds have better things to do etc......
the law is very strait forward when it comes to front windows & tinting...
apart from anything else the feds want to see who,s driving clearly through the windows
by the way as said before nobody,s flaming youas far as i can see most have given sound advice
now wether you take heed of this is up to you...off subject a bit, but i do smile when ...what do you think of my car[piccy] routine, back & forth the comments go, some good, some not so good piccy sender gets all uptight about it all etc,etc it,s like a game on here thing is when you,re young negativity doesn,t go down too well...when you,re an old git like me, you can call me anything you like, but don,t call me too early in the morning oh & don,t forget to call me for breakfast as well:yum:
The visibility angle. If it was as bad as people are making out, you wouldn't be able to see out the back or side windows on an HP, would you?
Sorry Visorfett, wasn't intending my post to come across as a flaming - I was simply posting up the current legislation that IIRC the previous poster to be couldn't remember off the top of their head.Wasnt looking to get flamed here!
I am sure there is millions of cars on the roads with much more dangerous defects, like tyres, lights and poor wipers!
But I take your point, just hope that the police have better things to do.
I personally don't any problems with tinted windows. I ran 20% tint all round on three cars I had back in 2002 ish and never really saw the problem to be honest. The only problem I ever had was reversing out into an unlit road at night, when I had to put my windows down to see adequately.
I also think that there are far worse 'mods' that people do to their car that cause far more problems than professionally applied tints. When I see cars with tons of crap hanging from the rear view mirror, dogs jumping around all over the backseats and kids unrestrained in the back (my pet hate).
In the end I didn't tint anymore cars because the legislation changed and I couldn't be bothered to get pulled and given a seven day notice to remove them. I have friends who've had this problem and I for one just can't be bothered with it.
So, in brief, I think tints looks great and would put them on my car tomorrow if the legislation 'allowed'. I guess all I'm saying is be prepared to get tugged and asked to remove them.
Ben
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Lets hope and pray you don't kill anyone
Lets hope and pray you don't kill anyone
what if you're a fatalist and an aethiest? can't do either.......
Oh and it will have to come off for to pass MoT.
Must say how I laughed at face on the blonde in the flash BMW when the guys at the MoT centre started ripping the film off her front windows...
Because its done doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.
Skydiving is dangerous, yet people do it.
It becomes a problem if an accident is caused by something dangerous, that's my point.
I like the tinted front windows, but I do think they can be dangerous and if an accident is caused by poor visibility due to them then they are dangerous and defective due to poor visibility IMO.
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Visorfett
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Lets hope and pray you don't kill anyone
Bit harsh!
Dont worry I dont take any offence, and I am happy everyone has a different opinion. The world would be a boring place etc etc etc...
Good argument for when I am in court.Ironically, wearing sunglasses while driving will restrict your visibility more than light tints (and affects your forward vision too) and yet that is still legal..... for now anyway!
Chris
Anyway, next mod is the Panda on the aerial thing, so that will fly off and smash someones windscreen, temporarily blinding them and making them crash into a bus full of kids, which then veers off the side of a cliff and they all die.
errr sorry wrong thread...Dont worry I dont take any offence, and I am happy everyone has a different opinion. The world would be a boring place etc etc etc...
thanks for all the opinions.
But you only wear sunglasses when its bright. You don't wear sunglasses at night do you?
Anyway, next mod is the Panda on the aerial thing, so that will fly off and smash someones windscreen, temporarily blinding them and making them crash into a bus full of kids, which then veers off the side of a cliff and they all die.
LMFAO!
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cant find the picture of the woman in the hijab and sunglasses sat in a tinted 4x4
It looks good but as your well aware its illegal it is an Endorseable offense of 3 points £60 fine iirc should the copper be in a bad mood or if in a better mood you will have the hastle of removing it and going to an MOT station to have it inspected..
and if you have an RTC and your insurance haven't been informed (they wont cover you for illegal mods anyway) they have the right to refuse/void/ cancel your policy which could mean they wont pay out in the event of an accident Having a policy canceled by a company stays on your record as such you will pay through the arris to any company who will give you ANY insurance be it motor/ home/contents/ pet insurance
ScoobyChris
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No, but people do wear sunglasses when they're driving through tunnels, under bridges, on roads with overhanging trees, etc where it isn't bright and there's a big contrast which their eyes need time to adjust to. Driving with sunglasses on really inhibits the eye's adjustment and you might as well be driving with your eyes closed imho....
Chris
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I'm not experienced of tints on the front doors, but at night I can see perfectly well out of the back window?
ScoobyChris
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Decent sunglasses are great for driving. I have a pair of Oakley polarised sunglasses and they're great. Cut down most of the glare and give you a good increase in contrast. The problem is that if you tint the front windows the windscreen is still untinted so you'll be getting even less light into your eyes so your pupils will dilate and everything through the front screen will be brighter and more glarey and that's not good.
listen this has nothing to do with sunglasses what coulor your car is what you ate for dinner ect ect ect blah blah....like it or not its what the feds dictate pure & simple here...i don,t make the rules & sure as hell don,t like some of the rules... now i may have a curry next week on a blue plate, do you know what i am saying
pure & simple here...i don,t make the rules & sure as hell don,t like some of the rules... now i may have a curry next week on a blue plate, do you know what i am saying
