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Make sure the rears where the black dots near the border are, get sanded down a little. That's where the film won't stick and leave you with a whiter/frosty finishing - that's how you can tell the OEM from aftermarket tints...

Just for reassurance for me can you have all the windows tinted (windscreen obviously not)been quoted £200 is that ok.And I no regarding 70%.

All legit with the fronts and a comeback - then yes. That's REALLY good!

Find out what you get as a service after the job is done. These tints need time to cure in all temperatures/weathers. PLUS test the rear demister and make sure all the filaments work. One of mine were cut once.

You should get a certificate as well. To prove the fronts are done within regs.

Cheers Sanj.

Welcome buddy - to add, the rear can be 'hard' for them to do, depending on the curve of the glass. Some can do it in one piece (preferred) or the other is in two halves (horizontally).

Remember that sanding back tip. 

Will do buddy he's got back to me regarding certificate he said yes and lifetime warranty  .

Regarding the flip key conversions.

They are more headache the they are worth. The pcb from your original key sits in the flip case at a 20 degree angle.
This causes the buttons not to line up very nicely, but even worse,  it moves the antenna coil on the pcb further away from the antenna ring on your ignition barrel.
Also the blade has to be slightly angled even further away from your ignition in order for the blade to go all the way in and turn the barrel.

So basically,  after you have butchered your key, these flip cases do not work, the antenna cannot pick up your transponder,  resulting in your car not starting.
Plus the overall construction of the case is pretty poor and flimsy.

If you really have your heart set on a flip key, I sell complete bentley style keys on ebay (item 300852773784).

Or I can make the other style work, it involves using a seperate transponder placed further up into the corner of the case.

Check out my picture thread called the beast, as I have front/back tinting, plus with rear blinds, no one can see in the back, see the kids.

Cheers is that 80% tint

i got front and back tints. My backs ones are as dark as they come but can see out of them fine. the fronts again look dark when looking from outside but can see properly from the inside.

I know strictly not legal, or maybe it is, but if you got say 5% done on your windscreen, then this limits the amount of light pouring into the car which then means that you dont have to have dark tints to keep it dark inside.

I had a friend a while ago, rich arab guy. we were 21 at the time, he went and got him self a G55 AMG, he did the fronts on his and from the outside the tints looked pitch black, on the inside it was really dark but you see perfectly out of them.

Front screen limit is 75% and front side windows is 70% light transmission.  UK Gov recently suggested that illegal tints will invalidate any insurance.  Rear side & screen can be completely dark though.  It's not just the seeing out, but the seeing in for other drivers to confirm eye contact - at least that's what the VOSA folks say....

It's also illegal to sell a car with illegal or non-compliant tints. 

Comes under the Construction & Use Regs at present and it's not (yet) part of the MOT.

Richard

interesting, so you can actually have 70% on the front. ( i got my numbers mixed up, by 5% i meant 95% vis).
What i find strange is if its legal to tint the front uptp 70% then how can they expect drivers to see in for some eye contact? tinting the windscreen completely eliminates any exterior light from coming in... mine are legal but noone is getting any eye contact from me

I won't be having the fronts done.

Put the figures in backwards....corrected...which now makes more sense. :-[ :chair:

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mine are legal but noone is getting any eye contact from me
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personality of the car or the driver? lol