Tinting and Regency.

[P1E]

I am getting my car tinted next week and have a couple of questions.

I know that 75% fronts and 35% rears are legal, but I have heard from a couple of reliable sources that Regency will fail a car for having any tint whatsoever. This doesn't really make any sense, but then again I have heard so many stories about Regency that it doesn't really surprise me. What if I took in a copy of the legislation? Or would that just fire them up?

If I am going to be ****ed over for legal tint, I had might as well go 5% all around. Is darker tint more expensive than lighter tint?

Any advice?

[Nozila]

i have tint on my car mate. 35% sides and 32% back if i can remember correctly. There is no difference in price for percentage of tint, the difference is in the quality of tint you choose. I have endurance i think it was and it cost me $300 almost a year ago and is still at that price - my gf got same tint done as me at the same place.

[cell]

I Have Full Negro Tint On My 34 And Its All Legal... Uv Cut Glass... Rippa God Bless Nissan.

[hippy]

when u get tint done ... ask them the legal limit, they should know ... however its illegal to have ur front drivers and passengers windows tinted ... they can defect you for this ... its a fact ...

[Bl4cK32]

yup none what so ever on the front drivers and passenger doors.

[Ronin]

When i used to work for peugeot i took alot of cars through regency and they would make me take any tint off the cars if it wast from the factory. Then we would just go and get it put back on.

[jager]

yep its true been defected for having tint on the passenger and driver side window + at the same time a sticker on the front windscreen in the tint line, sent to regency for this i kicked up a fuss a the local cop station next thing ya know defect sticker off and no regency tour but the sticker and tint came off, next hour sticker back on(wasn't actually defectable) cop ona power trip next time go around the RBT

[P1E]

:confused:

Have you all been defected and/or ****ed around for having front window tinting? As long as it is 75% or higher, it's legal.

It's all here:

[b]Window Tinting:[/b]



44. (1) Glazing used in a windscreen of a motor vehicle must have a luminous transmittance of at least: 



(a) for a motor vehicle built after 1971—75%; or

(b) for another motor vehicle—70%. 



(2) Windscreen glazing of a motor vehicle must not be coated in a way that reduces its luminous transmittance.



(3) However, subrules (1) and (2) do not apply to the greater of the following areas of a windscreen:



(a) the area above the highest point of the windscreen that is swept by a windscreen wiper;

(b)the upper 10% of the windscreen.



(4) Glazing used in a window or interior partition of a motor vehicle must have a luminous transmittance of at least 70%.



(5) Glazing behind the rear of the driver's seat may be coated to achieve a luminous transmittance of not less than 35%.



(6) Glazing in a side window forward of the rear of the driver's seat may be coated to achieve a luminous transmittance of not less than 70% or, if another law of this jurisdiction allows a lesser luminous transmittance, the greater of:



(a) the lesser luminous transmittance allowed under the other law; and

(b) 35%.



(7) Glazing that has been coated to reduce its luminous transmittance must not have a reflectance of over 10%.



(8) The luminous transmittance requirements in subrules (5) and (6) apply to a vehicle instead of the corresponding requirements in the relevant ADR.



(9) In this rule:



"glazing" means material fitted to the front, sides, rear or interior of a vehicle, through which the driver can see the road, but does not include a coating added after manufacture of the material.



"luminous transmittance", for glazing, means the amount of light that can pass through the glazing as a percentage of the amount of light that would be transmitted if the glazing were absent.

[Ronin]

Dont mean shit at regency.

[P1E]

That's stupid.

Maybe I'll get 20% all over and just remove the driver/passenger tints when I get defected. What does it cost to re-tint just these two windows? Am I right in thinking that Regency don't really check the rear windows?

If Regency ping you for tinting, do they send you home or allow you to rip it off on the spot and still pass?

[Ronin]

They always made me rip it off on the spot.

[predator]

guess the rest of the country must be driving around dangerously.. except for S.A.

as pretty much everywhere i know you can tint any of the windows except the front windscreen ..

why do you have such ****ed laws? why? why?? i thought S.A. was a laid back and easy going place. Why do you have laws that are more strict than anywhere else in the country? :bs!:

[hippy]

thats a good question ... strangely there are no guidelines as to what modifications u can do to your car ... i'd like to know who to write to, to complain about this sorta stuff ...

[MADGT4]

My mate has super tint on his 33, i mean on the back streets at night, like poorly lit street's you can hardly see out em....

Also i don't think regency will let you rip it off on the spot.....

I know plenty of people that have failed from window tint, you well get the big ol fail!

Then another trip back so they get more money and the possibility of a diff instructor so you could get raped again.

[Ronin]

Also i don't think regency will let you rip it off on the spot.....

Ive taken about 100 cars through regency and everytime they made me take it off on the spot. This was a few years ago though, may be different now.

[Cubes]

You must also have the little sticker on the window stating its transparency.

Even if the window tint is legal they will make you rip it off without that sticker. (This is what regency recently told me when I went though a big list of what I can and can't do)

Mine doesn't have the sticker.

The only car I've seen have those little stickers is my old mans old 80series Landcruiser and his new Nissan Patrol.

The Landcruiser was tinted from Toyota when they bought it.

The Patrol was tinted by Nissan.

I have approx 35% all round and its perfect.

At night I can see out of it perfectly. No reflections from interior lights etc.

My previous VS commodore was also tinted, for some reason interior lights would reflect and make it difficult to see out.

That tint was lighter than what I have on the line.

I put tint not to look 'cool' but so I don't feel like the sun is ripping apart my face on the drive home from work in peak hour traffic.

[hippy]

i've been told that they still make u rip if off even if u have a sticker cause too many people have illegal tint and have a legal sticker ...

[Cubes]

Its pretty easy to spot illegal tint anyhow.

My oldies new patrol has the darkest legal tint 75% front and that almost doesn't look like it has tint.

[Nozila]

Front passanger and driver is defectable that is a fact. My installer emphasised this when i got my tint done but think about it, whats the point of getting window tint only on the back and rear quarters?. I use to wind down my front windows whenever i see the cops but now i dont care and even though ive seen them drive near me a few times, nothing has happened. Touch wood.

[P1E]

Ended up going for 35s all over, care of Auto Perfection on Main North Road.