tinted windows on mk 5 gti

[lionel]

hi guys

new to this forum.  really need help.  My gti windscreen was replaced yesterday looks like it is a totally different one, not as dark and no shading across the top.  windscreen company are basically saying that i am dreaming, the gti does not have tinting and no shading across the top.  beginning to doubt myself now.

any advice

thanks

lionel

[maxamus]

mine does not have the shading and my glass is a green tint (just like all the windows)

[lionel]

well all my other windows have a blue tint according to vw but this new one just doesn't look right.

lionel

[182_blue]

is there any writing on the glass anywhere ?

[lionel]

hi there

the only writing on the glass is the w/s number i would think

lionel

[maxamus]

take the car into dealers for them to check the screen and the tint. If it isnt like it should be then get them to write it on some headed paper and take that to your windscreen installer.

[lionel]

maxamus

thats a great plan.  silly me didn't even think of that

cheers

lionel

[orca]

The GTI changed from blue tinted glass to green tinted glass.  Can't remember the year of change.  You should insist that you get the same colour windscreen.

[winrya]

Standard golfs have green tints all round, the gti's and r32's have blue tints up until the latest update MY08 i think.  They now all have the green tints

Here's a pic which shows the blue tint on mine fairly clearly??



and without the awful pink gti clusters

[lionel]

so am i in trouble regarding getting a blue tinted w/s so?  Is the green one all that is available?  My car will look all out of sync if there are two different tints?  What is really annoying me is that the window suppliers are trying to tell me that the non tinted version that they have installed is the only one available and that there is no such thing as a tinted window for the gti??  I also have no shading on the top which i definately did have prior to this.  makes me sick