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(Message started by: KEF on Apr 13^th, 2004, 6:07am)

Title: Re Tinted Windows
Post by KEF on Apr 13^th, 2004, 6:07am

Hi to All
About the sudject of tinted windows, when I read Kenboys Notice, I thought I better ring my insurance broker up, has I had just started with a new company and had not thought about telling them that the rear half had a over tint put on by a previous owner. Well when I told them I had the rear Not the front tinted. You would of thought I told them I had run five Nuns down on a zebra crossing. They wanted to know if it was factory done, if not could I get a engineers report (what ever that is) I told them I could take it to a place that tints windows an ask for a report but they said that was no good,they wanted to know where it was done originally, when I told them that I had no way of finding that out. they told me that they could not insure me. This Was with Budget and insured with Churchill. I had only been with them 7 day's they have taken the first 2 months payments out on direct debt which I'am still trying to get some money back from. I tried a couple of insurance company's Elephant .co.uk they wouldn't insure me ever. I end up with Norwich Union. Because it 7.30 pm and I needed to go out that evening. Sorry this is so long but I thought I had better Let you Know, that if you have tint windows and your insurance company does not know, you MAY NOT BE COVERED ( they don't need a lot to stop them paying out)
Keith

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by admin on Apr 13^th, 2004, 12:13pm

http://www.pentagonglasstech.com/news_legal_update.asp

Pete c

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by DJWerkz on Apr 14^th, 2004, 4:29pm

This follows a recent thread on this very issue and I did speak to a friend of mine that runs a window tinting company to see what the 'real' implications are.
He said,...'funny you should ask, I just met with the local vehicle inspectorate who have given me the contract to remove window tints on all vehicles brought in to the UK by US military personnel'.
It seems that the Government are already enforcing this new law so it is highly recommended that any who have tinted windows declare this to their insurers immediately and be prepared to change their tints if it does not conform to the new standards.

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by Boblavens on Jun 20^th, 2005, 7:05pm

That will be interesting as I spoke to a mechanic friend of mine and he was telling me that some of the Mercs amd BMWs in the past (Approx 2-3 yrs old) were acually made with tinted glass!!
Vehicle Inspectorate would be a bit suffed with that or would they insist that the owners removed the flippin' glass? wipers won't work then would they?
Probably! Knowing the bunch of Monkeys and Jobsworths that they are!!!

Bob

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by brewer on Jun 22^nd, 2005, 10:25pm

Not just tinted windows either.I had a letter some years ago from my insurers (but on behalf of the insurance industry) that if it is a condition that the vehicle is kept in a roadworthy condition and the owner makes it technically unroadworthy then they reserved the right to refuse a claim. Examples given were illegal number plates and so on.
The small print on the back cancels the large print on the front.

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by dart on Jun 24^th, 2005, 10:04pm

As far as I know(since I was a kid dreamin of owening an xr3) Any thing that impairs the vision from the inside of a motor vehical has always been a grey area in law!
You may notice that factory standard fitted glass is never as dark as the add on stuff,(unless off cause your the prime minister,John Prescot or Prince Charles,in which case,it can be as dark as you wish and bullet proof) and furry dice are a no no.They only need the slightest excuse and we pay more,be it the police or the government!

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by Boblavens on Jun 30^th, 2005, 3:12am

Brewer
Do you mean Swapping plates or these daft font ones, when you say illegal plates?

Bob

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by nitram on Jun 30^th, 2005, 11:11am

Someone round our way got done for having a St George's cross on his number plate...

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/163/163125_by_george_his_numbers_up.html

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by Boblavens on Jun 30^th, 2005, 7:11pm

How pathetic is that.
Plod must have been struggling for "Collars" that day.

Bob

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by craig on Jun 30^th, 2005, 7:21pm

TINTED WIDOWS,ILLEGAL PLATES,ILLEGAL SPACING ON PLATES......

AND THAT'S JUST ON MINE ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: Re Tinted Windows
Post by brewer on Jun 30^th, 2005, 10:39pm

I understand that incorrect letter/digit spacing and wrongly coloured fixing bolts are causes for MOT failure , so the vehicle would be legally unroadworthy. Whether anybody has had a claim refused because of this I don't know. I suspect if it did happen word would soon get around and I've not heard of anything like this.