legal tint

[SS LOZ]

does anyone know the legalities regarding window tinting a van (vito). i will obviously not do the windscreen and will only go as dark as legal on the driver and passenger windows. in the cargo area i have 4 windows plus the rear, it is these that i want to almost black out. any help greatly appreciated
thanks
loz;)

[diabolic]

As far as I know driver and passenger have to be 35% or higher, front window can't be tinted and anything else can be as dark as you like.

Cheers

[BLACKWAGON]

same as what i was told, driver-passenger 35 and rest can be what u want.
a few now have 35 front and limo 5%rear.

[diabolic]

Personally I think it looks weird might aswell go illegal all the way! :)

[BLACKWAGON]

didnt someone on here say that insurance refused to payout bcs of illegal tint after accident?

[diabolic]

I thought they couldn't refuse to payout unless the tint somehow contributed to your accident?

[BLACKWAGON]

being illegal darkness can prevent perfect vision, so i guess they can say quite easily that you couldnt see properly due to dark tint.( i would expect)
Not first hand experience but i remember reading something about it and it does seem logical.

[diabolic]

Well if you crash into some guy in front of you then the tint hardly has any contribution right?

[BLACKWAGON]

Thats what i would think, if the windscreen is not tinted it cant have anything to do with it.
Like I said, not first hand experience, but surely someone here had some.

[xd_GOLIATH]

You can go to the RTA web site and download all the legal requirement regarding window tinting. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi03_rev3.pdf .
Hope this helps :)

Also I forgot to mention if you have an accident with illegal tints I have had 1 friend of mine whose insurance company viod his claim due to having illegal tints done so be careful