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Window tinting?

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  • #32
    bemak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭bemak


    here ya go supergurrier!

    6034073


  • #33
    rameire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭rameire


    How do you know a twat has an Iphone,
    answer,
    they wave it from the driving seat while driving down the motorway, while posing for the driver of another car to take the picture of them waiving said Iphone.
    bemak wrote: »

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/2k90yzobm4fmq01/Photo%2027-10-2012%2013%2051%2044.jpg

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



  • #34
    bemak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭bemak


    rameire wrote: »
    How do you know a twat has an Iphone,
    answer,
    they wave it from the driving seat while driving down the motorway, while posing for the driver of another car to take the picture of them waiving said Iphone.

    twats dont have iphones....


  • #35
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    bemak wrote: »
    here ya go supergurrier!

    6034073

    what what ?


  • #36
    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    I used these guys recently http://www.fanatixtuning.ie/. Half the price of anywhere else....polish lad Peter . Top man, perfect job.


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  • #37
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    awec wrote: »
    1. It looks absolutely ridiculous. It makes a car look cheap and tacky. This applies to rear window tinting too but at least that's not illegal.

    Completely disagree. My car is a dark coloured estate and looks pretty good with the rear tinted. And a lot of estates now have the rear tinted as a factory fitted option/standard depending on the model.


  • #38
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,507 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    +1 for Pro parts...
    Got my 520D done recently to match the bmw factory specs and it's very well done. I actually can't even tell there's a sheet of film on the glass; it's that well done.
    got my rears done medium tint and front ones done with the NCT legal tint.


  • #39
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    they made me take the tint off the 2 front windows a year or so ago. The nct test centers finally got in the light meters to test the tint. But they refused to tell me the readings.

    I have to admit that i find night driving much worse without the tint. before, i could see details of cars etc in my mirrors. but without the tint i just constantly get blinded by cars, trucks etc behind me.

    However, i do like been able to see drivers faces when they are at junctions etc. It's easier to tell what someone is going to do if you can see their face.

    You are allowed to have tinted front windows, but they can only block up to a specific percentage of the light passing through. and window tints do come in relevent shades. But you also have to allow for the fact that a lot of car companies already have a slight tint, a few percent, but enough to put you over the limit.
    heres the relevent details from the RSA:

    "If the NCT vehicle inspector deems that the windscreen or front side windows are excessively tinted the level of light transmission of the window will be tested. The glass in the windscreen and front side windows will be required to have a light transmission level of not less than 65% in order to pass the NCT test. Tinting of these windows must not be greater than 35%.Unfortunately the National Car Testing Regulations do not allow for any exemptions in this regard."


  • #40
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,923 ✭✭✭Wossack


    bemak wrote: »
    I'd understand the safety issue. This tint I'm on about is extremely light from the inside. Much lighter than wearing sunglasses.

    I'll upload a pic to show

    handy thing about sunglasses though, is you can take them off when driving at night


  • #41
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Wossack wrote: »
    handy thing about sunglasses though, is you can take them off when driving at night

    But they are not banned for daytime driving yet front tinted windows are, hypocrites!!


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  • #42
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »
    But they are not banned for daytime driving yet front tinted windows are, hypocrites!!


    Except your tints are still there at night :confused::confused::confused:


  • #43
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Except your tints are still there at night :confused::confused::confused:

    Are sunglasses banned while driving at night?


  • #44
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »
    Are sunglasses banned while driving at night?

    I don't know TBH. But everyone would take them off at night....

    Maybe could be done for driving without due care and attention?


  • #45
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,923 ✭✭✭Wossack


    gurramok wrote: »
    Are sunglasses banned while driving at night?

    falls under driving without due care I'd imagine


  • #46
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    I don't know TBH. But everyone would take them off at night....

    Maybe could be done for driving without due care and attention?
    Wossack wrote: »
    falls under driving without due care I'd imagine

    Hopefully as i've seen a few tools wearing them at night, part of the 'look at me, i'm cool look'!


  • #47
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »
    Hopefully as i've seen a few tools wearing them at night, part of the 'look at me, i'm cool look'!


    Do you think that dark tints are less dangerious at night?


  • #48
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Do you think that dark tints are less dangerious at night?

    I've had tints(from memory it was 68% light transmission) on the front side windows before, didn't affect my driving daytime or night.


  • #49
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »
    I've had tints(from memory it was 68% light transmission) on the front side windows before, didn't affect my driving daytime or night.

    Well I have never driven with tints at night but I imagine that they are just as bad as sunglasses.


  • #50
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Well I have never driven with tints at night but I imagine that they are just as bad as sunglasses.

    That depends on the level of the tinting, not all tints are the same! :)


  • #51
    jamescd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭jamescd


    My dad has all the windows on his Rav 4 tinted for like 7 years now. He hasn't had to remove it for NCT or been pulled over by the gards :confused:

    I've driven it a couple of times and there's no problem seeing through it, even at night tbh


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  • #52
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »
    That depends on the level of the tinting, not all tints are the same! :)

    OK fair enough, Not all sunglasses are the same either (not saying it's ok to wair them at night)

    If your tints are NCT acceptable then they are probably safe for night use.( would make my own judgment on it though...)


  • #53
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    OK fair enough, Not all sunglasses are the same either (not saying it's ok to wair them at night)

    If your tints are NCT acceptable then they are probably safe for night use.( would make my own judgment on it though...)

    I took them off for the NCT mainly from reading here that the light level would not pass the test. Think we need NCT testing for sunglasses also ;)


  • #54
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »

    I took them off for the NCT mainly from reading here that the light level would not pass the test. Think we need NCT testing for sunglasses also ;)

    Well I can see where you are coming from but I would be worried about things like if there is some moron on a bike at night wairing all black with no reflectors or lights, with tints you don't have a hope of seeing them. That's where I'm coming from.


  • #55
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Well I can see where you are coming from but I would be worried about things like if there is some moron on a bike at night wairing all black with no reflectors or lights, with tints you don't have a hope of seeing them. That's where I'm coming from.

    A cyclist? A cyclist with no front lights coming at you from the side, you would not see him tinted windows or not.


  • #56
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    gurramok wrote: »

    A cyclist? A cyclist with no front lights coming at you from the side, you would not see him tinted windows or not.

    Coming up inside you in slow moving traffic.
    Without tints you have a better chance of seeing them I would think.


  • #57
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Coming up inside you in slow moving traffic.
    Without tints you have a better chance of seeing them I would think.

    Looking at the side mirror made no difference(in mine), of course it might not be in cars with darker tints which is what the NCT should be about rather than generalising that all tints are bad.


  • #58
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,507 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    gurramok wrote: »
    Hopefully as i've seen a few tools wearing them at night, part of the 'look at me, i'm cool look'!

    could be Polaroids?
    I've a set of Polaroid prescription sunglasses and they're rated for night time driving. No glare whatsoever from oncoming car lights which I find fantastic.
    I'd normally wear my normal glasses though for country driving and the polaroids for suburb driving.


  • #59
    bemak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭bemak


    Going to get them done today. Pro parts seems like they do great work. Got a quote for 70 for front 2. Fanatix quoted me 50. Has anyone ever dealt with them?

    And just about night driving with tints. If anything the difference in visibility between the windscreen without tint and the side window with tint is negligibe at night time.


  • #60
    bemak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭bemak


    When to fanatix in the end cos it suited. Top notch work. Would definitely recommend!


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