Cost of Tinting Windows?

david29dpo

Are all this people suddenly famous?

Rolandtheroadie

tony6403 wrote: »

My concerns have been more about when pulling out on acute road junctions where you have to look over your shoulder through a tinted window, particularly in dull/rainy/dark conditions at this time of year.

What would a van driver do in the same situation? They wouldnt even have a tinted window to look through.

Yolina

notanewuser wrote: »

In a 1 series?! Ridiculous!!!

I've got a reversing camera and tinted windows (or privacy glass as they like to call it) as standard in the Yaris hybrid :rotfl: I can see fine out of the rear window anyway. Parking sensors were optional and obviously I didn't bother with that.

Happychappy

rdwarr wrote: »

Why buy a car if the rear seat passengers are ashamed to be seen in it? No need for tints on my Maestro :money:

Ugly person glass is a godsend where I live, it saves the community from the frightening sights going by, I am surprised ugly person glass cannot be supplied on prescription

Gloomendoom

janninew wrote: »

Its ok I don't need to see, the car has a little screen on the dash and parking sensors that beep when you are reversing!!

On the dash is a pretty daft place to have the reversing sensor display. My wife's car is like that. My car has the display over the rear window where it can be seen while looking rearwards, as is the norm while reversing.

Gloomendoom

scotsman4th wrote: »

What would a van driver do in the same situation? They wouldnt even have a tinted window to look through.

In that situation no side window is a PITA. It usually means positioning the vehicle as perpendicular to the road you are joining as is possible. That, or relying on a passenger.

janninew

God there are some horribly, rude people who post on this board. Just had a very rude PM calling me all sorts! I've reported it, but can't understand what would make somebody send an insulting PM over a thread on window tinting which is a perfectly legal thing to do, and in my case with a very good reason. Don't think I'll be coming on this board again for advice!

notanewuser

Gloomendoom wrote: »

On the dash is a pretty daft place to have the reversing sensor display. My wife's car is like that. My car has the display over the rear window where it can be seen while looking rearwards, as is the norm while reversing.

Even more daft when the back of the car is about 4ft from the end of your nose (when head turned around).

My 4x4 has a rear view camera - had no choice but to have it. In 3 years I've not used it once.

sunshinetours

tony6403 wrote: »

My concerns have been more about when pulling out on acute road junctions where you have to look over your shoulder through a tinted window, particularly in dull/rainy/dark conditions at this time of year.

They should make some sort of opening device for windows, it could catch on.....

artbaron

The previous owner had already fitted after-market tints on the side windows when I bought my car in 2008 and nobody's said a word to me about them. I wouldn't pay to have them tinted myself but I've kept them as I find them beneficial. They reduce headlamp glare at night when emerging from junctions and do the same for sunlight on early winter mornings. They also keep the temperature down a bit in the summer. They're not the 95% tints of course but they are beyond factory. What's clearly obvious to anybody who's taken the trouble to do a bit of investigation is that there is no danger whatsoever to having light tints beyond factory. The only reason the tint threshold is so high is to allow police officers to see who's driving the car, nothing to do with safety.