Scrappydoo2003

Just had a phone call off my mate who has the windows of his ST24 tinted with the same film as mine, he was pulled by the police and Vehicle Inspectorate in Caerphilly this morning and told his tints on the front were illegal and they had to be removed today otherwise his vehicle would be taken off the road and he could be fined upto £2000... What gets me is the number of Police cars i've been alongside since I've had them done and nothing's ever been said, now all of a sudden they've decided to enforce it...

Guess what i'll be doing this morning..

And it looked so nice too..

olliecampbell

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Yeah i heard they were having a crack down, im not sure what the new light percentage is.

Wol

simb 2

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Sometime's I think the police are an absolute waste of space!!

simb

MrClyfar

Hi there.

I think it's a real shame that enforcment on tinted windows is with us, I mean - what next? - are they going to fine you for wearing sunglasses whilst driving in the future?!

There is too much emphasis made to spoil things for other people due to a small number of incidents caused by a minority. I'd guess that the number of insurance claims made by people involved in a bump, where tinted windows were REALLY the reason of the incident, is small. I could be being harsh here, since I have no figures to quote - but I've never heard of any incidents where tints were at fault.

I was amused by the quote - '...they had to be removed today otherwise his vehicle would be taken off the road...'. Oh no worries officer, I'll just skip going to work because I have to get my car windows sorted. Yeah right, get real. The least they could do is give a person time to sort it out, regardless of how tinted the windows are. I know that 30 days is often quoted by others who have been stopped.

A friend of mine got stopped, he was told to remove the tints within 30 days. He also got a £30 fine. What a cheek.

Sorry for the bad mood of this message, it's stories like this that make me a bit miffed. I just wanted to get it off my chest.

Ahhh, feeling better now - back to my lunchtime sarnies. Mmmmm, sarnies.

later.
Jas.

simb 2

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Its the same as the speed camera's...a financial exercise.

simb

GarethE

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Scrappy - what tint are you using? I've got a light tint on mine (surposedly) and although it looks black from some angles, you can see into the car without too much trouble. I expect it looks darker cos its on a black car.

I've no idea what % it is, it was done by Keith Price when I picked the car up !

wrxmania

Same up here in Scotland - they are going all out - has my light smoke removed!!!



Brian.

Scrappydoo2003

I'm not sure what the tint is called GerethE... it doesn't look to dark to me, but then I'm not a copper..
McClyfar.. I'm only going on what he said, I've spoken to others today and I've been quoted between 7 to 30 days.. I've left them on for now, we'll see how we go.

MARK MORRIS

karen looked into getting her windows tinted on her bm 535, had them checked and they are just over the legal limit as standard !
mark

New To Scoob

Afraid its happening everywhere the now, my Mrs got pulled and fined for the ones on my 03STi.
The required limit is 70% VLT, now this is pretty neat condsidering most manufacturers tint from the factory is in the 25%-30% range.

John.

L55 REP

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its not so much the police its the VI on this one guys and there directed from the goverment,,

i get hassle off them all the time running my psv <coach> there much worse the the police

i was talking to a copper when i was at one check point and the magority of them said the hate working him them < dont qoute me on that mind lol>

Leg@cy

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are they not just 'dirty' LOL

GarethE

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So where have you been then !!!!

As soon as I saw you'd posted on this thread I knew it'd be a dig at me, lol

Yes, they are dirty, but until Subaru put washers on the side windows they'll have to stay that way

Still the car will be in for a 40,000 service soon and perhaps those nice peeps at Keith Price will wash the car again for me (or else )

wide

Jeff dont take them off ,when you overtake me next I wont see you laughing

Leg@cy

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Good Afternoon Gareth, How are you??

No 'dig' intended (as you know)!!!! all in jest!!

Been on hols down to Devon..... first family hol (with my son)!!

How's tricks!?!?!?!?!?!

Phil

GarethE

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Holidays..tch, its alright for some

Hope you had a good time, looks like you have had the best of the weather. Things fine here, in work at the mo, car still dirty, have to put more petrol in on the way home - nothings changed while you've been away

DAVE-W

Same happened to me when I had the Warrior truck....rears are tinted as standard which is fine, but I had thr front side windows done to match. Took it for it's first service at LHT Swansea and I actually had to sign a disclaimer before they would let me drive it off the forecourt.

In all fairness though....they did offer to remove it free of charge!! yeah right!

I was quite happy to take my chances until I was pulled over and the new owner was of the same opinion!!

Dave

Chip

Dave,
Are you back in the scooby fold then?

Chip.

DAVE-W

Chip....no m8....I toyed with the idea for a while but decided against it.

Warrior had to go.... it was a really nice novelty for a while but it was just toooooo slow!

Eventually bought an E46 BMW 328ci se coupe, black, tan leather, eighteen inch wheels, harmon kardon stereo upgrade and so on.... not fast like a scooby, but fast nonetheless!

Dave