just got pulled by the old bill in reading because i have light tints on the front:O

he tells me the legal limit is 70% so he puts his meter on my front windows and it came back as 27.1 across 3 points whooooppppssssss

so he then says i will look at my chart and see what we are going to do with you lol

and it says

0%to 24% go to court

25% to 30% and below 3points £60 fine

31 to 65% £30 fine

lucky for me the copper was actually very nice and once i explained i only had it done on sunday etc etc he only gave me a £30 fine and told me when i get home to take them off which i have now cant be botherd with the hassle..

the guy infront of me had an evo and he came back with 25% and it was an old boy copper dealing with him and they gave him 3 points and £60 fine and 3 points for illegal number plates lol and to top off he was on the phone lol not his day atall..

this was at prospect park in reading

Did the person that sold you the tints inform you of the legal implications and the percentage of light that would be let through after the tints had been applied?

i think im meant to say no now:P

my point being - I think that the law about window tints is fairly common knowledge so I have to ask the question - were you honestly completely unaware that dark tints were illegal? If not - why did you bother doing them?

It sounds like you got off very lightly and should count yourself a lucky man - sounds like you got on his good side

Nice waste of cash haha

Nice waste of cash haha

great comment you muppet :thumbdwn:

its only money :P

my point being - I think that the law about window tints is fairly common knowledge so I have to ask the question - were you honestly completely unaware that dark tints were illegal? If not - why did you bother doing them?

It sounds like you got off very lightly and should count yourself a lucky man - sounds like you got on his good side

lol i did know thats why i went for a very light tint.. you take your chances dont you just so happens thames valley plod where having a big checkpoint in reading and i got done simple no need for me to get annoyed about it as i knew one day i would get caught but after a week lol they could have waited until after the show lol

and yes the copper was really nice. talk to them properly and with respect and they tend to be nice

great comment you muppet :thumbdwn:

its only money :P

Muppet? Take a look at yourself and what you had done.....

You must have a endless supply then lol. Donate?

Muppet? Take a look at yourself and what you had done.....

You must have a endless supply then lol. Donate?

i have taken alook at myself w*anker maybe but not a muppet:O

yes i have penty thankyou.... donation sorry not to non freedom members:thumbup:

i have taken alook at myself w*anker maybe but not a muppet:O

yes i have penty thankyou.... donation sorry not to non freedom members:thumbup:

im a freedom member! and i "require" tints.

my paypal is [email protected]

cheers

HAHAHAHA, loosen up

Next thing you'll be posting "I forgot to tax my car, whooooops"

im a freedom member! and i "require" tints.

my paypal is [email protected]

cheers

Only do the rears

Just as well they caught you so early, I'd have hated for you to pull out in front of someone on a bike that you hadn't seen.....

Just as well they caught you so early, I'd have hated for you to pull out in front of someone on a bike that you hadn't seen.....

what are you talking about the tints on the front where very light and you could see through them very easily!!!!!!!!!!! does that mean you cant wear sunglasses to???:confused:

keep silly posts to yourself mate please

HAHAHAHA, loosen up

Next thing you'll be posting "I forgot to tax my car, whooooops"

i knew i had to do something lol :P

im a freedom member! and i "require" tints.

my paypal is [email protected]

cheers

money sent the amount i paid £0 has been added to your account :P

what are you talking about the tints on the front where very light and you could see through them very easily!!!!!!!!!!! does that mean you cant wear sunglasses to???:confused:

keep silly posts to yourself mate please

I don't wear my sunglasses unless it's sunny.

Did you plan on winding your windows down when the sun went behind a cloud, or below the horizon?

I guess the law is there for a reason, but I can't quite think why????

I'm with Westallc here, I had my windows tinted probably about 5 years ago, a light tint on the fronts. At that time, they were legal and I had a certificate from the tinters to demonstrate (keep it in the glove box). I never wear sun glasses and the car is no longer driven after dark (in fact its hardly even driven at all). To date I have never been pulled for these, although I have been pulled for an undersized front number plate (which interestingly could be read by a mobile speed camera!).

I expect the tints are now illegal, but I'm not removing them voluntarily. Light transmission is perfectly good, even on overcast days and at night by street light (not that that is an issue anymore) and I defy anyone of perfectly good sight (corrected in my case with non-tinted glasses) to have poorer resolution of objects with the window open or closed.

Bad luck on only having them on for a week, and didn't you need a replacement rear screen the other week too (or was that another poster)?

aaah sod it

some you win , some you loose :jedi:

you tried it, that what counts

and you woulda got away with it too, if wernt for those pesky pigs lol

im sure we all fracture a law at times

it seems the laws dont know what may or may not be cool :P

glad you got the lesser of the evils mate :nutkick:

yep that was me:mad: rear window smashed after 2 days of tints.....it hasnt gone well:O

did you have that secure-film

that stuff is great, someone did my window on my mk2 golf, and that stuff saved my lully custom leather retrim from a good fudging by all the glass

I don't wear my sunglasses unless it's sunny.

Did you plan on winding your windows down when the sun went behind a cloud, or below the horizon?

I guess the law is there for a reason, but I can't quite think why????

the law is an **** with no structure it changes dependant on who you are :P

and no i dont wind the windows down i have electric dont you know lol:P

did you have that secure-film

that stuff is great, someone did my window on my mk2 golf, and that stuff saved my lully custom leather retrim from a good fudging by all the glass

when the rear window went the film kept it in one piece and still connected to the car or the kids would have been covered in glass not good...

really glad it was tinted

Fair dos, we'll agree to disagree:thumbup:, but it does sound like a fairly dark tint!

Glad the film (tinted or not) stopped the glass falling in too, I think all car glass should be laminated like the front screens.

what are you talking about the tints on the front where very light and you could see through them very easily!!!!!!!!!!!

Legal limit 70% and you sat yours were at 27% hardly a very light tint to be stopping 40% more light than the law allows.

keep silly posts to yourself mate please

Touche