Thread: The more you know... window tinting

Originally Posted by prelude

Hey Guys,

Apart from the prohibitively expensive shipping I was also looking into applying a window foil to reduce mainly reduce UV ingress since the sun can be quite ferocious outside of my wet and cloudy little neck of the woods. You can have tints but also foils that are basically translucent but with some filter for UV only (that is outside our visual range anyway). Turn out, in OZ it is illegal to have any foil on the front wind shield?

I should think that down under a UV blocker is a good thing but is only legal when applied from factory, in all states, I read. That's a bummer

Now I COULD play the dumb tourist card, but I guess that's just another added risk in getting in eh?

Cheers,
-P

Any tint on the windscreen in the viewing area is illegal here. We used to allow "band tinted", i.e. a band of tint in the visor area. Dunno if that's still ok. We also have restrictions on the amount of tint on front seat windows.

This may help.

The viewing area is defined as within the arc of the wipers.
I don't know how trucks with those rediculess drop visors get away with it.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

The viewing area is defined as within the arc of the wipers.
I don't know how trucks with those rediculess drop visors get away with it.

Same way you get away with stuff like that I guess..

But if you mean these, yeah, dunno.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

The viewing area is defined as within the arc of the wipers.
I don't know how trucks with those rediculess drop visors get away with it.

Multitasking was never my strong point and that was the secondary task.

Now that's a visor...

What about those stone guards then? (do those even work?)

Ah well, the point is simple. Even in our wet country 55% is the rule whereas in oz it's 35% and any tinting/protection must be factory applied. I guess it is what it is. I'll apply the front windshield at our departure

Cheers,
-P

Yes the stone guards work, mainly on rocks big enough to smash the screen, not so much on small gravel that is more likely to chip the glass.
A major difference is that the guards are mesh that can be seen through. It doesn't take long to not even notice them.

Anyone for tennis? Or a bit of goat? But yes, you soon learn not to notice the screen.

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