Windows Tinting laws in new zealand

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#34194 20-May-2009 22:51

what are the window tinting laws in new zeland i got a subaru Impreza Saloon 4 door

like this one http://z.hubpages.com/u/135591_f520.jpg and i want to tinit my windows as dark as possaible but still be legal. please give me some advise

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#216499 20-May-2009 23:20

I don't know what the exact details are but I took my commercial van to the tinting shop in Hamilton. Told him to do it as dark as possible (within legal limits). Did all windows/back windscreen. The front windscreen was left in it's original condition. Cost was $400 ~ 3 years ago. Took 5 hours for the job.

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#216504 20-May-2009 23:30

35's around foryour car. if you have a vehicle that can have more than 9 seats (ie van) or an exempt classed vehicle (ie limo etc) you can do 35's front windows, then behind the driver any darkness. Check out the govt site

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/factsheets/39.html

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#216509 21-May-2009 00:43

what about the back window and the front what percentage can you tint them? and what percentage thanks for the help

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#216511 21-May-2009 00:53

back is 35% front is 70% on a class MA car. Go to land transport site, search for "virm" look at the vision section.

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#216516 21-May-2009 02:11

Yep so its settled 35% tints on the front side windows and the back side windows and you can also have 35% on your back windscreen thats on a MA class vehicle. dam will this guy on trademe needs to changes his tints he as 5 percent all around expect for the windscreen.

this kinda sucks tho i looked a 35 percent tinted car and it hardly looks like its been tinted at all. its like they love to take the fun out of everything

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#216529 21-May-2009 07:53

from NZ Transport Agency WOF manual:
Glazing performance
10. A windscreen visible light transmittance (VLT) must
be at least 70%.
11. Front side windows VLT must be at least 35%.
12. Glazing must not have a mirrored eff ect sufficient to
dazzle other road users.

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/certifiers/virm-in-service-wof-only/general-05-v3.pdf

Reasons for rejection
Glazing condition
5. A piece of glazing is not mechanically sound, or is not
securely affi xed to the vehicle.
6. A windscreen or front side window is so obstructed
that the driver?s vision is impaired.
7. A windscreen has damage that prevents the wiper
blades from working properly.
8. A windscreen has scratches, discoloration or other
defects that unreasonably impair the driver?s vision or
compromise the strength of the windscreen.
Condition within the critical vision area (CVA)
9. The critical vision area (CVA) of a windscreen
(Table 5-1-4) is damaged (apart from scratching and
surface pitting that does not aff ect the driver?s vision
such as small stone marks).
Condition outside the CVA
10. A windscreen has damage (Note 3) of the types and
exceeding the dimensions in Table 5-1-6.
11. Any damage that extends through more than one
layer of glass.
Glazing performance
12. The overall visible light transmittance (VLT) (Note 4) of
a windscreen is less than 70%.
13. The overall VLT of a front side window is less than 35%.
14. Glazing has a mirrored eff ect suffi cient to dazzle
other road users (unless it is OE and has an approved
standard marking).

that would be an ecumenical matter

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#216534 21-May-2009 08:11

The silly thing is some Jap imports coming into the country have factory tinted glass which is lower than 35% but has the safety standard emblem so it is OK. If you took an identical NZ model and tried to apply a tint lower than 35% you are not allowed.

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#216558 21-May-2009 09:43

Got to draw the line somewhere, classic case of the few that go to far spoiling it for the many.

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#216569 21-May-2009 10:15

lxsw20: Got to draw the line somewhere, classic case of the few that go to far spoiling it for the many.

Tryhard gangsta hoodrat wannabe's and boyracers?

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#216619 21-May-2009 12:20

Yeah people in their sick civics on chromies who want to be confused with 50 on his way to a concert or something.

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#216780 21-May-2009 19:10

well for me its not about being a boy racer i don't race i only got a 1.6 leater engine never had a traffic fine to date i just want sone Privacy in my car with out poeple looking at me all the time.
and im not a wanna be gangsta im not a gangsta

there is line between Boy Racer and car enthusiast. i believe boy racers like to do there cars up then race and wreck them doing silly things like burn outs. car enthusiast like to do there cars up make them look nice treat them with respect and drive them how they are meant to be driven show them off maybe but not by trashing them.

Anyways thats just my opinion i think we should be able to have our back windows 5% and and front ones 35 i dont see how 5% is going affect our vision if its on the back windows

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#216782 21-May-2009 19:13

marmel: The silly thing is some Jap imports coming into the country have factory tinted glass which is lower than 35% but has the safety standard emblem so it is OK. If you took an identical NZ model and tried to apply a tint lower than 35% you are not allowed.

yea that sucks aye my mate has that on his nissan cefiro how ever you Spell it its UV cut glass it looks like 5% cant see in side the car thats only on the back windows tho

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#216908 22-May-2009 10:28

Yeah I agree there is a difference between racers and enthusiasts... I just don't see the point in showing off and glamming up something that just gets you from A to B.

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#216936 22-May-2009 12:14

If you dont see the point in at least 250HP from point a to point b you arnt paying enough attention to the issue :P

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#216960 22-May-2009 13:09

does anyone have any photos of tinted front windows of how they look when you look out of them from the inside? i'm interested to see how dark 35% or lower tints are from the inside looking out.

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