I have just ordered a Vrs Blackline estate in metallic black and am dissapointed that it doesnt come with more of a tint on the windows from the b-pillars back.I'm not going to go too dark just something quite subtle.

Has anybody had their windows tinted and if so can they post up some pics please?

Cheers

Dont have mines done, but have been down to get booked in unfortunately theres no suitable spaces for a few weeks :( cant wait, mines is black as well so im just gonna get a light smoke applied

Have asked the dealers to take mine to a local company before I pick it up,was quoted £180 B pillar back,car arrived 10 days ago,waiting for dvla to send paperwork back for reg no retention

Any chance you could post up a picture once you get it done? I phoned a couple of places local to me and it ranged from £180- £240 b-pillar back. The £240 was a place in Altrincham that do Range Rovers and other expensive motors, big difference in price.

Can anyone recommend a window tinting place in the North West?

Ignore the gold bits - mine cost £140 about three and a half years ago

Blimey £180 to £240 for b pillar back, I'd want the whole car done for £180 max.

Had mine done all round for £130, that was driver & passenger front & back & rear screen, granted that's with a discount but those prices are pretty steep for b pillar backwards.

Brimma, Thanks for posting the pic, your car looks well. I think the estate in black really suits the tinted windows.

99% sure I will get it done, just need to find a good installer now.

I spent ages trying to decide what to have and where to go. In the end of say:

1) 15% VLT is spot on.

2) don't go anywhere near a 'mobile' tinted.

3) £160 to £200 is the 'right' price.

Ignore the gold bits - mine cost £140 about three and a half years ago

How the hell are we supposed to do that?!

I'm thinking of doing the same (tints, not the Taj Mahal effect), looks god on a black wagon.

Has any body done it on a race blue hatch? Would like to see it befor I comit to it.

Has any body done it on a race blue hatch? Would like to see it befor I comit to it.

Edited 29 January, 201313 yr by Kuka

Pics will follow, but my anthracite gray has Quantum film tint (a bit metallic look, not just black, kind of matches the car color in certain angles). I skipped the factory "sunset" package as per dealers advice. My neighbor has a race blue vrs with sunset package - way too light for my taste, on a sunny day it looks like he has no tint at all.

Very nice car. Has convinced me price mine up. What % tint is that?

Very nice car. Has convinced me price mine up. What % tint is that?

Cheers. they are 35% on front, 20% on all rears.

Have had all my back windows done in limo black. Looks very nice and only £100

No wonder only £100 35% on the front is illegal I believe

No wonder only £100 35% on the front is illegal I believe

Indeed. A little "food for thought" so to speak:

The Regulation states 70% of visible light must pass through the driver's side windows (75% through the windscreen) including any other substrate fitted to the glass. Many people misunderstand the regulation and presume that 70% allows a 30% tint - It doesn't! Glass does not let in 100% of light. Clear glass only allows approximately 86% of light to pass & the slight tint of standard manufactured glass varies from the 70% maximum limit up to approx 80% of light passing through, thus any film being applied to these windows will drop the light transmissions to below the regulation limit.

In other words. Add any tint past factory on the front windows and you are more likely than not breaking the law.

Edited 29 January, 201313 yr by Stoofa

I've got a blackline hatch and had the four doors done and rear window 200 quid

Wondered how long it would be for someone to pipe up with "there illegal!" I'm well aware of the fact, however its my choice what I have applied not anyone else's!

Jeeez, that's the downside to this forum, someone asks a question & you give em a response to have the law quoted to you!

Iain tb, Any chance you could post a picture of your car?

Do you know what % tint you went for?

Cheers,

Chopper555

Wondered how long it would be for someone to pipe up with "there illegal!" I'm well aware of the fact, however its my choice what I have applied not anyone else's!

Jeeez, that's the downside to this forum, someone asks a question & you give em a response to have the law quoted to you!

so that unsuspecting people who dont know the law go and get illegal tints without knowing it then get pulled and have to rip them off at the side of the road.

Surely you can understand that?

so that unsuspecting people who dont know the law go and get illegal tints without knowing it then get pulled and have to rip them off at the side of the road.

Surely you can understand that?

Not really no, someone has asked me what % tint they are & I've replied. They haven't asked if they are legal & what complies with the "law."

Don't understand why people deviate from the original question.

because its not really deviating, its the same subject. Thats how discussons work tbh

Ok

Any chance you could post up a picture once you get it done? I phoned a couple of places local to me and it ranged from £180- £240 b-pillar back. The £240 was a place in Altrincham that do Range Rovers and other expensive motors, big difference in price.

Can anyone recommend a window tinting place in the North West?

I used these a few years ago now http://www.pentagonautotints.com/