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Offline u01atc8

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« on: April 27, 2009, 02:08:15 am »
So.. im going to get my windows tinted.  As i got a quote of £180 for all around.. Actually is that a good price?

I tried to take a good pic of my car to photoshop it.. but i have sweet FA camera skills. LOL!
So i found a pic on here i think of the same Golf! Minus the red calipers.. but it gave me an idea for the wheels too lol!

So if i used your car to "tint" then i thank you sir!

So here we go! (pics Below)

Half Medium Tint and Half Light smoke...


All Round light smoke tint


All Round Medium Tint


Which you think i should get? Bare in mind my car is identical to this!
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Re: Windows
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 04:15:34 am »
Depends on how often you want to be stopped by plod...I'd go for a light smoke, but will this pass the light test?

£180 is a good price for all round I would have thought.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 11:41:28 am »
all round medium id say, im sure u can still get a darker tint which is road legal (ie allows the required amount of light to pass through). I
got my X5 done years ago and found the lighter tint look daft on the car and ended up getting it redone, which cost even more as i had to get the tint removed  :grin:


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Re: Windows
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 03:37:17 pm »
Yeah see i was thinking medium. medium is ok for the back tints.. but the front is a bit iffy!

It looks so much better though.. but its one of those rock and a hard place situations.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2009, 04:44:32 pm »
do one shade all around it looks better
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Re: Windows
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2009, 04:45:48 pm »
What smoke level is that Mat? And She is Nice! So anyone any ideas of what wheels i could stick on her?
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Re: Windows
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2009, 04:47:38 pm »
the front are just one level bad so are just naughty  :ashamed: but they look  :evilgrin:
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Re: Windows
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2009, 04:51:47 pm »
180 is good price but make sure they take trim off that surrounds windows, otherwise you get 'white lines', I never noticed the white lines on mine until a member on here pointed them out - now I think my tints are sh*te, but etto

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Re: Windows
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2009, 04:52:32 pm »
Quote from: MAT ED30 on April 27, 2009, 04:47:38 pm
the front are just one level bad so are just naughty  :ashamed: but they look  :evilgrin:

have you been stopped? what would you say if you did get stopped, this is the reason i havnt done mine yet. i did my girlfriends clio and she got pulled over on the way to work and the plod made her rip it off on the side of the road.!!  :grin: :grin: abit drastic but i had a giggle!  :rolleye:
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Re: Windows
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2009, 04:55:42 pm »
never been pulled  :smiley: hope i dont too
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Re: Windows
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2009, 05:00:39 pm »
i had light smoke all round on my golf for about 2 years before i was pulled 3 times in a week.. just before i sold my car lol
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Re: Windows
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2009, 05:48:41 pm »
just be careful with tinting, all new cars come with them already slightly tinted..
i think, and its a think, your front windows have to let 65% light through...
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Re: Windows
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2009, 05:50:23 pm »
im sure its in the region of 70%
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Re: Windows
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2009, 05:52:58 pm »
yeah, it must be 75% then, i rember it being some funny figure.lol
i had the section 69 law at homr when it all came into force.. plus i used to get stopped loads for my tints on my mr2..  :ashamed: so, theclub i was with went on a 'police and boy racer meet' ... oh the joys and arguments that was.lol
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Re: Windows
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2009, 06:27:36 pm »
Quote from: bennylenny88 on April 27, 2009, 05:50:23 pm
im sure its in the region of 70%

yeh i think 30% reduction is the limit, i went with 45% on the x5 and was fine was never stopped, for the tints anyway :evilgrin:

IIRC it also depends on the year of manufacture ie newer cars have stricter limits on B pillar forward

defo go same level all round
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