Aftermarket tints

[mafri]

mafri - your tints look a very similar shade to the factory options, nice choice! 

Thanks - that's what I wanted, although mine seem a little less 'green'. I saw my car beside an Ed30 with factory tints before I picked it up on 1 Sep - and kicked myself for not choosing the factory option. I'm really happy with the results, sets the car off nicely.   

[TagnuT]

Congrats on your new arrival Phil

[Phil mcavity]

cheers tagnut  , heres to another sleepness night!  looking at mafri's pics, cus its such a light tint, would it be illegal still to do the fronts??

[TheReflex]

Nice pics Mafri, really sets your GTi off.  Out of interest, is that a light smoke tint you went for?

[mafri]

Nice pics Mafri, really sets your GTi off.  Out of interest, is that a light smoke tint you went for?

Thanks for the comments. Yes, I think it was light smoke. The guy at the tinting place called it the 'light' tint, it came out of a Sun-Gard box.

[TagnuT]

Nice pics Mafri, really sets your GTi off.  Out of interest, is that a light smoke tint you went for?

Thanks for the comments. Yes, I think it was light smoke. The guy at the tinting place called it the 'light' tint, it came out of a Sun-Gard box.

Looks spot on. How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking and who did it pls?

[mafri]

cheers tagnut  , heres to another sleepness night!  looking at mafri's pics, cus its such a light tint, would it be illegal still to do the fronts??

Phil

I've wondered that since it was done. It certainly wouldn't make it any more dangerous in terms of visibility, but there's a video on the South Coast Tints site that explains the law - basically no more than a 30% tint (70% of light getting through) is allowed. I think it's an extra £90ish for sctints to measure the amount of light passing through the front windows and match with an appropriate film to get as near to 35% as poss. The guy i dealt with (bloke from the video, I presume he's the owner) showed me his (mk4) golf that had light tints on the back and a 'clear' film on the front - which still tints by about 7%, in addition to the standard tint.

Basically, I'd ask them what they can do. They gave me a discount card for the fronts to be done, so all is not lost if you don't get it done tomorrow.

Hope it goes well tomorrow - and congrats on your new baby!

[mafri]

Looks spot on. How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking and who did it pls?

Cheers. It cost me £178.60 (including online quote discount) from www.sctints.co.uk, who are based in Southampton. Their site is a really good source of info, and has lots of videos to explain legalities, how they do it etc.

[TagnuT]

Sorry, it was a baby girl, (jodi) weighing in at 9lb 1.5oz!!!, mother and baby are doing great cheers for asking.

I do agree looking at the pic below, cus the ammount of black already on the car ie side skirts, door pillar, a shade of black would look good, i dont wanna totally go black, i think a medium shade will be good 

That is one big little baby

My two:- First 9lb 5oz Second 11lb 9.5oz  and the second was 10- days early......

[Hurdy]

Sorry, it was a baby girl, (jodi) weighing in at 9lb 1.5oz!!!, mother and baby are doing great cheers for asking.

I do agree looking at the pic below, cus the ammount of black already on the car ie side skirts, door pillar, a shade of black would look good, i dont wanna totally go black, i think a medium shade will be good 

That is one big little baby

My two:- First 9lb 5oz Second 11lb 9.5oz  and the second was 10- days early......

Bloomin 'eck