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Re: Windows
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2009, 11:51:58 pm »
Quote from: x5pea 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%

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


Not quite...

Front side windows on all cars must allow 70% of light to pass through them. That figure also applies to the windscreens of cars first used before April 1985; any car first used from then onwards has to let 75% of light through the windscreen.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2009, 07:03:07 am »
Quote from: u01atc8 on April 27, 2009, 02:08:15 am
So if i used your car to "tint" then i thank you sir!
I recognise that car. And the background. That's MY car!

Nice to know people are saving them  :grin:

Anyway, I'd go for all round tints at the maximum level. If it's 25%, then 25% all round.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2009, 07:04:24 am »
ah :happy2:, i knew I remembered something about dates
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Re: Windows
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2009, 12:09:51 pm »
Quote from: stealthwolf on April 28, 2009, 07:03:07 am
Quote from: u01atc8 on April 27, 2009, 02:08:15 am
So if i used your car to "tint" then i thank you sir!
I recognise that car. And the background. That's MY car!

Nice to know people are saving them  :grin:

Anyway, I'd go for all round tints at the maximum level. If it's 25%, then 25% all round.

Thanks Stealth Wolf... She is identicle to mine.. LOL!
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Re: Windows
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2009, 05:41:51 pm »
Stealth Wolf.. Would i be right in thinking that you have a scratch accross you drivers door? Looks like it from the pic. Do you still have her btw.. or have you sold her on? If so.. i think i bought her.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2009, 06:39:29 pm »
Quote from: u01atc8 on April 28, 2009, 05:41:51 pm
Stealth Wolf.. Would i be right in thinking that you have a scratch accross you drivers door? Looks like it from the pic. Do you still have her btw.. or have you sold her on? If so.. i think i bought her.

w00t?!?!?
I had to look a second time. No there's no scratch on the driver's door! That's all reflections that you see on the pic! There's a minor scratch over the rear wheel arch, which I've filled in with paint but need to polish down and clearcoat but you shouldn't be able to see it in the pics it is so small.

BTW mine's an edition 30 with Monza II shadow alloys on (though I've temporarily removed them).
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Re: Windows
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2009, 07:15:20 pm »
I'd be careful when choosing how dark you go with the tint. If you go too dark and you have an accident, the insurance company could void your insurance and then the plod would have a field day!!! :scared:
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Re: Windows
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2009, 07:20:59 pm »
Quote from: Hurdy on April 28, 2009, 07:15:20 pm
I'd be careful when choosing how dark you go with the tint. If you go too dark and you have an accident, the insurance company could void your insurance and then the plod would have a field day!!! :scared:
Surely if he went to the legal limit and let his insurance know, he'd be okay?
I'd accept going darker isn't something he should do.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2009, 07:40:58 pm »
i think i have decided on the light smoke.. it a 35% tint all around... So not too dark.. just slightly darker than the GT Tdi Tint from factory.
Thats the legal limit for the front.. so may as well keep it going throughout.
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Re: Windows
« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2009, 08:00:16 pm »
Quote from: stealthwolf on April 28, 2009, 07:20:59 pm
Quote from: Hurdy on April 28, 2009, 07:15:20 pm
I'd be careful when choosing how dark you go with the tint. If you go too dark and you have an accident, the insurance company could void your insurance and then the plod would have a field day!!! :scared:
Surely if he went to the legal limit and let his insurance know, he'd be okay?
I'd accept going darker isn't something he should do.

Possibly, but I for one wouldn't risk it.

LOL, this is the third post today I've done which talks about mods I was considering and then didn't go ahead with!! I'm either going all sensible or getting old :signLOL:
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Re: Windows
« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2009, 08:05:23 pm »
HAHA HURDY..

i have saved some cash to do some mods.. and then i find more i want to do.. So im stuck! Im definetly getting the windows and wheels. But the wheels have ended up costing more than i thought. So i dont know if i should fork anout 500 - 1k+ for gti body kit, recaro interior, angel eye hid projectors and engine remap. ) See my predicament?
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Re: Windows
« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2009, 08:16:24 pm »
You want to see it from my perspective. I worked out the other day I've spent £13k on my car in aftermarket mods and could still easily spend the same again :ashamed: :evilgrin: :jumping:
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Re: Windows
« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2009, 08:33:51 pm »
What the Fook!!  :rolleye:
i thought you got rid of your car for a GTi? Did i just make that up.. as im sure i read your thread..?
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Re: Windows
« Reply #28 on: April 28, 2009, 08:57:49 pm »
Quote from: u01atc8 on April 28, 2009, 08:33:51 pm
What the Fook!!  :rolleye:
i thought you got rid of your car for a GTi? Did i just make that up.. as im sure i read your thread..?

Mine is an Edition 30 - I've had it just over 2 years! :happy2:
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Re: Windows
« Reply #29 on: April 28, 2009, 08:58:58 pm »
So what was you project? Old car? You upgrade to the ED30?
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