Vic Roads/cops: !black Window Tint Must Read!

[R34NRG]

vic roads and on the odd occasion have light measurement detectors, i have seen em yet but iv heard bout it alot.

serious? wow thats a first ive head of it, fair enough...........

but thats vic roads? wat about the po po?

[frx026]

Its not up to the poilce to prove on the spot that it is 100% illegal, they dont have to.

They only to have to a "reasonable beleif" that the modification is not safe to issue a defect.

it is then up to the owner to proove the modification ( inc tint) is legal.

Commonly people who have tinted windows do get the darkest legal tint but it is on top of the factory tint or glaze and this makes the light transferance illegal.

if you want to check it your self, Repco sell a light transferance metre which is used to measure the amount of light that comes througha tinted window or glass based surface.

[cln]

if the cops think its to dark its to dark. nothin you can do about it

[Coupe-This]

Its not up to the poilce to prove on the spot that it is 100% illegal, they dont have to.

They only to have to a "reasonable beleif" that the modification is not safe to issue a defect.

it is then up to the owner to proove the modification ( inc tint) is legal.

Commonly people who have tinted windows do get the darkest legal tint but it is on top of the factory tint or glaze and this makes the light transferance illegal.

if you want to check it your self, Repco sell a light transferance metre which is used to measure the amount of light that comes througha tinted window or glass based surface.

spot on, cops can deem something unsafe whether its legal or not ... if they beleive its unsafe, canary u for it, its your responsibility to get a rwc which should prove your car is legal, or indeed have to fix up a few things on the car itself.

i have heard that you can tint the qtr windows and rear windows darker and get away with it ... as long as the front two windows are 35% or greater ... but once again, depends on the descretion of the officer.

my old skyline was HELL dark ... my vlt was well below legal on every window, 5 - 7% i beleive ... difficult at night if there was no light around hehe ... looks great though...

[SS8_Gohan]

anyone know about about this darker but legal tint??

my rear quarters say 'UV Cut glass' so i don't know if the glass itself is dark, or if there is a tint on it??

[Candy]

anyone know about about this darker but legal tint??

my rear quarters say 'UV Cut glass' so i don't know if the glass itself is dark, or if there is a tint on it??

That glass is darkened from factory (ie it's not tint) and is street legal (ADR approved).

As for the regulations in Vic, not hard to find...

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rdonlyre...E621/0/VSI2.pdf

[fiend.]

Just for those who asked how to remove tint yourselves, you need:

- Hairdryer with extension cable to reach wall socket

- Razor blade (standard emo issue, come in little packets of 10)

Simply use the hairdryer to heat up the film from the inside of the car, then use razor blade to scrape away. Very easy, most of it peels off no problems, doing each window should take less than 10 mins.

Have fun!

[R31Nismoid]

anyone know about about this darker but legal tint??

my rear quarters say 'UV Cut glass' so i don't know if the glass itself is dark, or if there is a tint on it??

darker but legal tint?

Didnt you read the first page?

[R33silverS2]

5% tint all round FTW

You know it! only way to go!

Edited August 3, 2007 by R33silverS2

[Kaz200]

Some insurance companies also check the percentage when the assessor comes out, usually first thing they check if they're interested in it.. and if it's too dark, and therefore unRW, they can argue that your car was unRW and they won't pay out a claim.

Depends on the company though, some companies will do anything to get out of paying a claim.

[evade]

hire car drivers, limos, etc i've seen have stupidly dark tint...i cant see any of them changing it haha

but then again they're less of a target i guess.