Car Tint

[DiVeR]

I was checking today about installing new Tint for my Pajero. I checked with Harakat in Salam Street & Lamasat in Defence street, both mentioned that they install 40% Tint and they confirmed that it will pass through inspection at time of license renewal.

Does anybody has any idea about this because i had the impression that max 30% Tinit is allowed

[XJ]

As far as i know it is %30 only

[WildFire]

When it comes to regestration renewal, it depends on the guy who is checking your car.

Some times they will accept the 40% and some times they will make you feel as a criminal

But, for daily use normaly 40% is Ok during the day time however at night, it depends on the policeman.

[Chuck]

I would do only 30 %.

The police confiscated the car of one of my colleges ( he is a local !!) on site because of too dark tinting. :badidea: Luckely he has one car more

It can be quite expensive if you are in bad luck. 8O

I do not know how much is the difference between 30 and 40 % ( i mean in apperance ) so maybe they will not see the difference at all.

How do they test the darkness anyway ?

[DiVeR]

That's the confusion. These shops are specialized only in tinting and they give 5 years waranty. the guy confirmed to me that they sell it as 30%. However, by the manufacturer standards, it is 40%. Moreover, 30% & 40% are the same price, so they will not benefit by recommending the 40 % tint

[jeep]

it depends on the type of film he is using because for example if you go for the taiwan tinting then you'll find that 30% is not dark at all , while 30% in the original american is dark.

also if you put that one which they sell at places like v-kool , m-kool, lamsat , harakat (with the heat reduction claim).... you'll find that the 30% is very light its like almost you have no tinting. (therefore when i used v-kool which costed 1500 dhs i asked them for 70% but that was dark) however on my wrangler i'm using the normal original american 50% which costed only 60 dhs i was stoped once in abu dhabi for it and even sometime before that i had the 30% original american and i was once stoped in abu dhabi for it.

[FearUAE]

baba: go for the 30 % and save yourself the headache, believe me it's not worth it to be cuaght by the policeman who did not have a good sleep after fighting wih his wife & looking for someone for revenge , , , , , , , , , ,

The 30 % is more than enough specially when you pay like 1000 or 1500. Mine is the ameican 30 % which cost 90 dirhams & doing moe than fine for an almost a year !

[Kalemero]

diver 30 or 40 there is no much diffrenece between them

well my car if 50% and l police doent say anything about it ....

well but if you want my advice install 30% and raye7 rasik , because some time they really piss you off when they are free lol

so go for 30%

[Jo]

Carefull!

..usually more expensive cars already come with tinted windows (approx.15%). If you add now a 30%.. you may get in trouble...

What is it all about anyway? Tinting is only for heat protection.. If you "close" your windows for privacy use curtains because if no-one can look inside, no-one can look outside and this is dangerous during driving (especially at night)!!!

I understand tinting the "passenger" section for that reason..

:hat:

[Ghanem]

any thing over 30% will cost you a fine of 10k

[Mac]

Yep guys, confirmed with my Traffic Police expert. 30% is the legal limit ( Unless you are a Sheikh ) This is one of the things traffic wil clamp down on because they have realised that the 40% tint and upwards is causing accidents at night. You have been warned, and yes it is a 10k fine. A pal also had his car towed away in Dubai for violating this. Also in Dubai I have seen signs in public car parks banning cars with strong tints.

[DiVeR]

OK guys, Then 30% it is. But out of curiousety. Maybe MAC can help. How do they know the tint % do they have a special device or something

[Mac]

DiVeR, I don,t know but will try and find out for you, who knows, they might just try and look through it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[halwa]

They actually have a instrument (gun) they point onto the window that gives a reading.

[G-man]

Another issue is the quality of the tint material. I'm pretty sure that what I had install 14 months ago was grey-ish in color. Now it has turned to a horrible blue tint and I'm sure its darker. It might get me in trouble with the G-men.