richysport
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Registered: 15th Apr 05
Location: Flintshire, north wales
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I have just been pulled and fined for havin front window tints but the copper didn't have a gun to prove they were illegal he just guessed does any one know if he can do this
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Charlene
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Registered: 29th Sep 04
Location: Darlington
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Yea because it is illegal to have the front tinted now, only allowed the back tinted
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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so's the car running then??
how much was your fine?
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Matt G
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Registered: 17th Jan 05
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i was told that u can have 30% tint in the front side windows and 100% in the back. if u have recepts of when the tinting was done check to see when the law of not having anything in the front and show them that u got the tints done befor this law was braught into action
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Ren
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Registered: 16th Oct 04
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Most cars come with a tint anyway. My friends old J reg polo even has a tint, and its the lowest model you can buy. You cant normally see it, but on his left window its been peeled away in the middle (almost scraped off)
Maybe thats why they dont allow tints on the front now? 
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richysport
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quote:
Originally posted by langey
so's the car running then??
how much was your fine?
the car aint fixed properly it still has funny turns it wasn't the ecu but thanks anyway £30 the NOBS
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williams1.5
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i got pulled for the same offence £30 fine. bollocks he cant just guess without the proof of the light testing box.
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richysport
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quote:
Originally posted by Vinyl Matt
i was told that u can have 30% tint in the front side windows and 100% in the back. if u have recepts of when the tinting was done check to see when the law of not having anything in the front and show them that u got the tints done befor this law was braught into action
any idea when the law was brought in
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richysport
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quote:
Originally posted by richysport
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Originally posted by langey
so's the car running then??
how much was your fine?
the car aint fixed properly it still has funny turns it wasn't the ecu but thanks anyway £30 the NOBS
got your xe workin yet
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Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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the laws been in place since before christmas, think it was june iirc
or was it 1st jan
anyway no tints at all on windows forward of b pillar, for god sake
[Edited on 28-05-2005 by Greg_M]
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by richysport
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Originally posted by richysport
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Originally posted by langey
so's the car running then??
how much was your fine?
the car aint fixed properly it still has funny turns it wasn't the ecu but thanks anyway £30 the NOBS
got your xe workin yet
have i fuck lol. wont be runnin for ages. not had a car for 10weeks  all i needed to do was get a new cylinder head, maybe i should have don that 
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Danny H
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Registered: 10th Feb 05
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i got done last week. they told me if the number on the machine was less than 70, it was illeagal. came up as 18. i just got told to remove them though, no fine.
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richysport
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bet you cant wait to get it on the road
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richysport
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quote:
Originally posted by danny boi sxi
i got done last week. they told me if the number on the machine was less than 70, it was illeagal. came up as 18. i just got told to remove them though, no fine.
bet you were well pissed off
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Danny H
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Registered: 10th Feb 05
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i noticed them come all the way round the round-about and come up behind me, so i put both windows down. still pulled me though and told me to put them up.
[Edited on 28-05-2005 by danny boi sxi]
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richysport
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quote:
Originally posted by danny boi sxi
i noticed them come all the way round the round-about and come up behind me, so i put both windows down. still pulled me though and told me to put them up.
if you were a old woman bett they wouldn't of done ya.It's because we are easy pickings for them
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Danny H
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i no, they never bother family cars with tints
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