Driving Test - 3 Tinted Back Windows

dustin2

I have a driving test coming up in the next week. the car i have has the 3 rear windows tinted ? i was told today that i may not be alowed sit the test cause of this, Does anybody know if this is true ?

Midnight_EG

Can you see out of them...?

massy086

what car is it

dustin2

Its a 00 saloon honda civic . it has a limo tint. it can be seen out of but not in to.

Atlantic Dawn

It will be an instant fail from most testers, you could get lucky and have someone who doesn't really give a $hit but it's unlikely. Max I would risk is what it came from the factory with.

Also how do you have 3 back windows tinted? Is the rear windscreen tinted also?

VinnyTGM

Your fully legal to have your car like that.
My advice would be to print off the section regarding tints and whip it out if the tester starts moaning.

Vertakill

I'm not labelling you or trying to offend you but my suggestion would be to remove anything that makes you look like you could be a boyracer.... especially if it's something like a full tint that'll fail the NCT. The instructor won't even sit into the car if that's the case and you'll have to wait for another test months away.

Call me paranoid, but when I did my driving test, I did it in a 99 Mitsu Colt and I had it spotlessly clean inside and out and there was nothing modified.

When the instructor got in, the first thing he said after he got a whiff of the stuff I used to clean the interior was, "Wow, haven't you kept this car clean!".
I think straight away he had a little bit of respect for me that he probably didn't before because I didn't treat the car like sh1t.
I think that and having good manners/being polite goes a long way.

If he's getting into a youngfella's Civic with tinted windows and a collection of Lidl's finest floor mats (those pretend metal brightly coloured ones) with a stink of smoke and all sorts of other crap lying about the car... he's going to be in a negative mood before you even turn the key in the ignition.

Yes, I know, complete generalisation of my own age group here... but we need all the help we can get when we're doing our driving tests!

Not saying you have any of that, but just pointing out that every little helps.

VinnyTGM wrote: »

Your fully legal to have your car like that.
My advice would be to print off the section regarding tints and whip it out if the tester starts moaning.

That's not always true. Not all tints are legal. There has to be enough light going through, otherwise it's a fail.
And as Atlantic Dawn questioned, if it's the back windscreen it's 100% a fail.

VinnyTGM

Having your rear windows tinted is fully legal and NCT approved.

Besides when they sit into your car they won't see the rear windows anyway.

Have it clean, inside and out.

When I was doing my test, I had nice alloys (not boyracerish) on the Golf and Gti lights at the back, and the tester said to me "there nice alloys" as we approached the car.
Then when we got in she said its nice to see young people taking an interest in driving.

There not all pricks.

Vertakill

VinnyTGM wrote: »

Have it clean, inside and out.

When I was doing my test, I had nice alloys (not boyracerish) on the Golf and Gti lights at the back, and the tester said to me "there nice alloys" as we approached the car.
Then when we got in she said its nice to see young people taking an interest in driving.

There not all pricks.

Completely agree. If you have an image of 'I don't give a fck about my car' then the chances are, you're probably more careless on the road with it.
So it's always good to give yourself as many advantages as you can going into the test, even if it's a subconscious one.

VinnyTGM wrote: »

Having your rear windows tinted is fully legal and NCT approved.

Besides when they sit into your car they won't see the rear windows anyway.

Pretty sure (someone in the know can correct me if I'm wrong) that having your rear windscreen is a straight fail due to the danger of night driving or something.

VinnyTGM

Vertakill wrote: »

That's not always true. Not all tints are legal. There has to be enough light going through, otherwise it's a fail.
And as Atlantic Dawn questioned, if it's the back windscreen it's 100% a fail.

I thought the rear side windows and the rear window could be as dark as you wanted.

From the NCT manual :
Quote:
"If an inspector deems that the windscreen or front side windows are excessively tinted, the level of light transmission
of the window should be tested using light meter capable of measuring the amount of light transmitted through the
windscreen and the side windows along side the driver to an accuracy of ± 3% and suitable for reliable use in an
inspection centre environment."

It says nothing about the rear windows, so if it passes the NCT, it is road worthy end off, just because the tester doesn't like it they can't refuse a test.

Vertakill

VinnyTGM wrote: »

I thought the rear side windows and the rear window could be as dark as you wanted.

From the NCT manual :
Quote:
"If an inspector deems that the windscreen or front side windows are excessively tinted, the level of light transmission
of the window should be tested using light meter capable of measuring the amount of light transmitted through the
windscreen and the side windows along side the driver to an accuracy of ± 3% and suitable for reliable use in an
inspection centre environment."

It says nothing about the rear windows, so if it passes the NCT, it is road worthy end off, just because the tester doesn't like it they can't refuse a test.

Hmm, yea it doesn't mention the rear window there, unless it's also deemed a windscreen (which I doubt).

You could be right VinnyTGM !

VinnyTGM

Vertakill wrote: »

You could be right VinnyTGM !

I'm always right :cool:, joking, joking....

Seriously though it only mentions the front side windows and 'a' windscreen, so I take it their referring to the front windscreen.

Besides I think they refer to the rear window as just a window.

sophie1234

yup you can any tint on the back 3 windows of your car my friend had a car with all tinted windows in limo tint (obv not the windcreen) but he was pulled over and given a warning to remove the drivers and passenger windows as it was to dark but the rear and back windscreen were fine! he then got a lighter tint in the front and it was fine! he even passed his test in it! ) they may be negitive about full tinted window but if your poilite and a good driver they will forget about it!!

djimi

I would not do my test in anything that would negatively influence the tester, be it legal or illegal. If the tester thinks you might be a boyracer then they are not going to test you favorably, and be less likely to give you the benefit of the doubt. Just because its not breaking any laws does not mean that it still wont go against you. Use a driving school car or borrow your parents car or something for the hour would be my advice.

dustin2

Thanx for all the advise Think i mite be easy'r if i use the instructers car. Mite be beter

antodeco

Seems as if people were getting mixed up with what the OP said. If its a driving test or NCT, once the front windows arent tinted, you will be fine.

dustin2

antodeco wrote: »

Seems as if people were getting mixed up with what the OP said. If its a driving test or NCT, once the front windows arent tinted, you will be fine.

Its a driving Test :eek:

Gumbo

dustin2 wrote: »

Its a driving Test :eek:

either way he is allowed the rear door windows to be tinted and also the rear window to be tinted.

i passed my test first time in a 1998 civic with rear tints.
just the same as if a guy with a golf commercial was sitting the test.

challengemaster

Vertakill wrote: »

Pretty sure (someone in the know can correct me if I'm wrong) that having your rear windscreen is a straight fail due to the danger of night driving or something.

If it's not a fail for the NCT (which it's not) then I don't see how it can be seen unsafe for the driving test. You can tint the rear 3 windows as much as you like