Had my Fabia Tinted yesterday by "The Tinter" from Leicester

[Josh_PoloGTi]

I'm very impressed!

I went for a darker rear screen (35%) and fairly light sides (50%).

Before anyone harks up about tints before the B Pillar being illegal. I know, so you don't have to tell me! (so many do-gooders on this forum! lol)

Anyway, here are my photos from yesterday:


This is why I love AND hate living out in the Peak District!


My rear screen - 35% Tint


The art of cutting the tint to shape...


...and sticking it in place!


Pre-Shrinking Gary's rear screen tint after cutting to fit (this is done on the outside, before being stuck to the inside of the window).


Gary's rear screen finished!


Gary's dirty, but tinted car!











I'll take some pics in the daylight today!

Let me know what you think!

[Joel_vRS]

nice i think if you dont go OTT with the tints plod leave you alone....i love the snow pic and the ones with the silver DUB...

Joel

[redbaron]

nice tints...

ref the legal issue... tints are great! stuff the police.. you can now use your phone unhindered!

[fab16v]

I haven't had any problems with the plod yet and mine have been tinted for a year now. I do only have 3 tinted windows at the present moment though after having one smashed last month. Gonna replace the front tints with tinted Supaglass.

Those tints look good on the silver Josh and as usual you have got some great pics.

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Thanks Graeme!

And Ffelan... I really should get a handsfree lmao

[DaveH]

Looking good Josh, I think I may know another Peak District regular who'll want some of them! I'll have to pop back later for a proper look though, I'm not in broadband land at the mo!

[helpmedisappear]

Looking good

The pic in the snow is absolutely gorgeous...brilliant

[devonutopia]

Josh? What % tints are on the front. And is the windscreen done as well? Or is that a trick of the light making it look black too? I'm thinking of getting my fronts done to match as well as possible the rear ones.

BTW - off topic a little bit - You've removed the Skoda emblem off the boot? How? Was that a major fill and touch up job? And I see there's silver door handle covers too! nice one! (from I "think" the first person to try those covers on a silver car)

[Lummox]

Originally Posted by Josh_PoloGTi

I went for a darker rear screen (35%) and fairly light sides (50%).

I think that explains it Jason


And he took the Skoda badge off the back which leaves two holes, these are covered up by a small vRS badge.

[Neo_VR]

Originally Posted by devonutopia

BTW - off topic a little bit - You've removed the Skoda emblem off the boot? How? Was that a major fill and touch up job? And I see there's silver door handle covers too! nice one! (from I "think" the first person to try those covers on a silver car)

Jason... the VRS badge covers the holes from the skoda badge

[RobClubley]

Looks great

I have to ask - how much did it cost?

[Josh_PoloGTi]

They are doing a special offer at the moment (until mid-Jan iirc)...

£125!!!

Thanks for all the kind comments!

I'm off outside to wipe the snow off so I can take some daytime pictures...

BRB!

[DGW]

Originally Posted by Josh_PoloGTi

Before anyone harks up about tints before the B Pillar being illegal. I know, so you don't have to tell me! (so many do-gooders on this forum! lol)

Tints before the B pillar are not illegal, Joss, since most if not all Skodas come with tinted glass as standard - but perhaps you meant that yours are now. Whichever, you should notify your insurers of the mod.

And this is a copy of the leaflet you will be given if pulled...

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/publicat...nformation.pdf

[devonutopia]

Originally Posted by Ross Clarke

I think that explains it Jason


And he took the Skoda badge off the back which leaves two holes, these are covered up by a small vRS badge.

to Ross. I thought was just on the back sides... *pardon the expression. 50% refers to the amount of light that comes through isn't it... Right. I think I already have something stupid on the back like 20% tint as from the outside you've not got a chance in hell of seeing anything on the back seat / in the boot. Just a question of getting something lighter, but still matches the heavy tint on the back...

Thanks for the badge prompt... I kind of suddenly realised that after looking at the piccie for a couple of minutes. I initally thought the badge was higher up.

[devonutopia]

Originally Posted by Josh_PoloGTi

They are doing a special offer at the moment (until mid-Jan iirc)...

£125!!!

Jesus H Christ! That IS good, excuse my blaspheming... I was quoted over £100 just to put lighter tints on the front two windows ALONE! Hmmm, wonder if a trip to the relations in Leics is on the cards then.

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Washed it at zero degrees centigrade...

Looks great.

Then it started to hale. HARD!

I'll wait until it's stopped before taking my camera outdoors!

[Josh_PoloGTi]

DGW, I meant aftermarket tints.

The factory tints are 72%. This is "legal". Anything below that is "illegal".

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Oh, and I told my insurers about this mod in mid-november, when I got my new insurance policy.

[walkie]

Looking god, be nice to see some daylight photo's

I am off out and about today to get some quotes on tints

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Walkie

If you can get to Leicester, then £125 for a tip-top job is going to be hard to beat!