Tinting !
Submitted: Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 00:37
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LAZYLUX16
Sorry if asked before getting Dementia.I like the modern 4wd but downside is angle of windscreen ,get sunburnt arms and legs and the dash could fry an egg .What is legal tinting to put on windscreen
In old days used to put like Holden ,Ford etc stickers up the top.My friend has put tinting about 6 inches wide and tells me you can not notice it. I have not seen it as he lives some one else.On his other car Dmax he fully tinted the window from new ..
Reply By: Member - Roachie - Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 06:25
Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 06:25
You cannot legally "tint" a windscreen or either of the front windows (ie: driver or passenger's).
However, you can add a sticker (eg: Exploroz sell one) that goes across the top of the windscreen and is approx 100mm high. It follows, therefore, that you could also add a similar size piece of tint across the top of the screen in lieu of such a sticker.
A lot of modern windscreens already have the tint built-in to the top.
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Reply By: TomH - Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 08:31
Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 08:31
The strip across the top may not enter the area swept by the wipers and you can tint the front door windows but not beyond a certain % of light transferance.
Rules are here
http://www.wfaanz.org.au/autoau.htm
QLD Windscreen rule
The windscreen must not be coated in a manner that reduces its luminance transmittance. This prohibition does not apply to the greater of the following two areas;
• the area above the highest point swept by the windscreen wipers; or
• the upper 10% of the windscreen.
Other states are similar
Anyone who fully tints a windscreen needs to think what will happen at night.
Would be like wearing sunglasses in the dark.
Some cars have a factory type of tint built in but is mainly to keep UV out.
As you dont drive constantly in a direction that would cause a problem seems there is a bit of overthinking here.
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Follow Up By: LAZYLUX16 - Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 09:16
Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 09:16
TomH yeh hard enough already with factory side window tinting at night.I did hear about the wiper thing but wasnt sure.Lot of driving is direct North.Never had problem in my old Landcruiser having flat windscreens.My mates Yaris gives ya sunburnt head ..cheers thanks
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Reply By: Hoyks - Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 13:45
Friday, Apr 29, 2016 at 13:45
You won't be getting from the sun coming through the windscreen as laminated glass blocks around 98% of UVA and all of UVB.
If they didn't then the plastic laminate between the glass layers would break down and go cloudy/yellow rendering the windscreen a
hazard.
Some light reading.
But, when I worked as a tinter we would occasionally do a new windscreen (usually for the bosses car) with 70%VLT film before installation. The stuff was about as tinted as gladwrap, but still cut away around 20% of the heat. The down side was that it wasn't strictly roadworthy (or at all) and it could get scratched easily.
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Follow Up By: The Bantam - Saturday, Apr 30, 2016 at 15:41
Saturday, Apr 30, 2016 at 15:41
The notion that glass boks UV is correct in theory, but in practice you most certainly can and will get burnt thru a windscreen.
Even if the claimed 98% UV block ie 2% transmission that equates to a sun protection factor of around 6 (SPF6)
While glass of all types does block some UV ...... curtains fade, plastic deterorates and skin burns thru glass.
I have in the past and somtimes still do, drive for a living.
I always wear long sleves, long trousers some sort of hat and sunglasses when driving during the day.
If I am driving all day especially if there is an easterly component to the drive, I wear a face specific sunscreen on my face and the back of my hands.
A lot of pepole are getting mild sunburn when they drive, they just don't realise it.
cheers
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