Tinting rears and hatch

Hey All,

Is there a legal limit to the tint on the rear windows and hatch, I know you are not allowed to tint the windscreen and that the front windows have to be pretty light.

I would like to almost black out the rear and hatch

don't think there's a limit....dark as you like mate.

Just what I wanted to hear

i have had it like it for over 14months,

although, i want to remove mine, as you cant see sod all at night.

plus its removing all the heating element

How much roughly is it to have this done?

Yep I've got my rear window and little side windows tinted and at night its very difficult to see whats behind you. I've often mistaken a taxi for a police car

I mistake all cars for police cars at night!!

Helps keep my speed down if I think every car behind me is a police car I suppose lol

as far as price goes it depends on the company that does it, maybe £130-ish?

You could do it yourself if you're pretty handy at that kind of stuff

this is on the cards for this year for mine

Meant to do it long long ago actually, but its a 'when i get round to it' job

Ahh ok, maybe I wont go really dark black then.

I removing the rear seats and just wanted a tint to cover it from the outside

I am positive there is a limit on light getting through. Class one might be able to say something on the matter.

Mine was like this when I got it, and to be honest, I hate it. It's the not knowing whats behind you that gets to me!

I am positive there is a limit on light getting through. Class one might be able to say something on the matter.

Not on the rears. There used to be a limit for the fronts of 70% iirc, but now they have changed it to no tints in the fronts at all.

Ok, here goes

Rear screen and rear quaters. No limit

Fronts have to allow 70% of light through. That however does not mean you can put a light smoke (30%) on as stock windows are tinted around 20% already

£25 a window, with lifetime garentee through me

 

£25 a window, with lifetime garentee through me

I take it thats fitted

 

£25 a window, with lifetime garentee through me

so you saying the small rear quaters are the same price as the back window !

Still ....good price!

so you saying the small rear quaters are the same price as the back window !

 

Still ....good price!

Nearly the same amount of effort involved. Plus 25 nuggets is a nice easy number I could put it up if you like?

Wez - Fitted, what are you talking about? You have to do it yourself

(thats a joke if anyone hasn't woke up yet)

Nearly the same amount of effort involved. Plus 25 nuggets is a nice easy number I could put it up if you like?

 

 

Wez - Fitted, what are you talking about? You have to do it yourself

 

 

 

 

 

 

(thats a joke if anyone hasn't woke up yet)

Ha ha ... well you could coz I haven't said I want it yet (well i do but ...) lol

There is a law change and MOT change imminent, so you well be forced to remove any heavy tints shortly. My wife got told yesterday that her Jeep may not pass an MOT next year with dark side and rear window tints. That pleased me, I don't like the thing at the best of times, although it's been useful pulling trees down in the wood recently, and I like it even less when it looks like an inpoverished drug mules car.

The actual problem that people gloss over is that clear glass (at average car window thickness) allows 86% light transmission, all manufacturers add tint of some kind for cooling and UV protection etc. which brings it down to between 70% and 80%, if you add ANY film you risk going below the 70% limit. This means you have modified your car to make it unroadworthy and therefore invalidates your insurance!!!!

You can have ANY film behind the drivers seat. If you really want you could replace your windows with inch think steel.

So you can have a totally opaque rear screen and be solely reliant on the door mirrors for rear vision, like in a box van?

Yep. Like you say vans do it so why should the law be different for them?

The MG van they brought out was basically a Rover 25 body with metal sheets in the rear windows and the seats ripped out.