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I recently took my stagea over the pits to get it mod permitted.

Amongst some other things they picked on my window tint, its the darkest legal tint on the front 2 windows which wasn't a problem. But all the back windows have dark as tint which is considered "illegal".

Now what i thaught were the rule is that the back windows you can have as dark as you want? Its only the two front windows that must be legal?

They said no it has to be of legal darkness all round, they said if its in the glass its OK but not of its tint? How is that fair?

Does anyone know whats the go on this? My old 180 passed complience with darker tint on the back then this has.

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I believe you can have the back as dark as you want if its a registered business Vehicle. Why else would vans be allowed to have no back windows. I think you can go darker on the back think its 15% and 35% on the sides not sure though.

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SN1P3R had 15% all round, took it off the front windows and passed. Just who you get really.

My mate's dad drives a limo Statesman (not stretched though) and he needs to remove the tint every year to go over the pits so it's a bit confusing.

Maybe the laws have changed recently?

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This might be useful.

http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/mediafiles/lic_ci-103a.pdf

http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/mediafiles/lic_ib-119a.pdf (<<Read this)

Hope that helps.

If you are going darker than legal you may as well do it all round, it will look better. :)

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Now what i thaught were the rule is that the back windows you can have as dark as you want? Its only the two front windows that must be legal?

They said no it has to be of legal darkness all round, they said if its in the glass its OK but not of its tint? How is that fair?

Had 34 coupe and 32 coupe pass with dark 1/4 n rear , made to remove tint of the 34 as it was dark and 32 had no front tint .

Where it turns to shit is new cars now have " privacy glass " which is pretty dark on rears , i gave up trying to work out how they pass shit n fail others

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This might be useful.

http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/mediafiles/lic_ci-103a.pdf

http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/mediafiles/lic_ib-119a.pdf (<<Read this)

Hope that helps.

If you are going darker than legal you may as well do it all round, it will look better. :/

Thanks that pretty much answers it.

Has to come off :)

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Thanks that pretty much answers it.

Has to come off ;)

Just make sure you remove the tint from back window with steamer so you have a much greater chance of saving your rear demisters.

When removing tint from rear window there is always a chance you will loose your rear demister bars.

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Just make sure you remove the tint from back window with steamer so you have a much greater chance of saving your rear demisters.

When removing tint from rear window there is always a chance you will loose your rear demister bars.

true that. i attempted to take tint off myself on my old commo but too much effort, took it too a window place in maddington near bunnings. paid them couple hundred bucks to take it off and re-tint and they just scratched the crap out of my window! i was like wtf! if i wanted that i'd have done it myself. needless to say, it had no demisters anymore. :wave:

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There is a rather ambiguous line in there..

Yes i just re-read it all today now ive finished night shift and seems that the whole document is something that depends on how you want to interpret it?

it may or may not be legal just depends on the guys mood and whether he thinks you are a hoon or not probly.

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Yes i just re-read it all today now ive finished night shift and seems that the whole document is something that depends on how you want to interpret it?

it may or may not be legal just depends on the guys mood and whether he thinks you are a hoon or not probly.

Yep for sure.

So the best thing to do is go to someone else :D

My brothers window tint is 5%. got told to take it off. :banana:

So he went to a different guy, big smiles it was all good ;)

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