blacked out windows

[darren m]

lads i,m wanting to black out my rear windows , stop nosey bu**ers etc looking in especially when shooting gear or dogs are on board.

 

its a LWB trooper and i use it as normal family car as well so want something that looks neat and tidy and you can see out of .

 

whats available ??

 

thanks

[J@mes]

Don't think it would cost much to get the rear windows tinted properly, below £150 I would have thought! neatest job you are going to get too IMO!

[humperdingle]

I've been looking into this myself... Search on Youtube, there are loads of instructional videos on there for applying it.

 

I'm thinking i'll probably go and get it done professionally, though. The chances of the finish looking 2nd grade if I do it are very high

 

Halfords sell the tint material in various degrees of darkness.

[Beardo]

good guide...

http://www.carbasics.co.uk/how_to_fit_window_tints.htm

[weejase]

Just do It yourself I bought a roll of the film from the interweb and done my rear jimny window myself:good:

 

I would advise you to use a hairdryer or heatgun for around the edges or you will get crease marks.

 

jase.

[leadbreakfast]

my brother ownes a window tinting company in nottinghamshire he will do ya windows cheap

[mr smith]

My brother just got his zafira rear windows(rear seating and boot)done for £150.

[Gully]

I just bought the film off ebay last week from a company called Luxicor. Its the cutting that is the difficult bit. These people sell them pre cut. The film went on great but there were two bits missing. I called them today about it. The missing bit is one half of the rear sliding windows on my defender 110. I argued for a while with the bloke who refused to believe the back windows were standard. Gave up in the end before I hurt something. He's sending me some plain film to do the missing windows. Good stuff, probably just a Land Rover thing.

[sapper063]

i believe it has to let 75% of light in or its an offence

[ozzy518]

i believe it has to let 75% of light in or its an offence

 

For a legal window tint in the UK the specifications are:

a) Motor Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985

The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%.

c) The front side windows between the A and B pillars must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them.

[leadbreakfast]

For a legal window tint in the UK the specifications are:

a) Motor Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985

The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%.

c) The front side windows between the A and B pillars must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them.

 

 

yep you can have the back windows as black as you like

[MITCHF]

I did my last 2 rear windows on my Disco, for the same reason.

Went to my local Vinyl Signs shop, £15 to cover them both in Black vinyl

 

Can't see naff all through it , but it's for a little added security and keeping the sun off my dogs , so it does the job.

Looks good too.

[darren m]

For diy whats the best way to do it , the windows i,m thinking of dont open .

do i just make a stencil of the inside , cut to shape and stick on

and

how does the film adhere to the glass , is there a glue etc .

 

thanks

[humperdingle]

For diy whats the best way to do it , the windows i,m thinking of dont open .

do i just make a stencil of the inside , cut to shape and stick on

and

how does the film adhere to the glass , is there a glue etc .

 

thanks

Just search for "Window tinting" on Youtube. Loads of videos showing you how.

[Delbert]

Wonder if this stuff will do the business as you windows will already have the standard works tint

Lidl special buy

My missus Scooby has the full monty rear tints you could be doing Madonna in the back and nobody

could tell but it does make it a biatch to reverse in the dark.( even the door mirror have tints