Tint Glasses

akboselk · May 29, 2012

Hi all

need help from AL community for my requirnment as below

anybody knows a good place to tint car glasses around kandy ?

and what should I consider before handover the job to such a place / person ?

what are the best products ?

Also, is it illegal to tint Front driver / passenger glasses ?

Thanks

slcamel · May 29, 2012

my advices are;

and what should I consider before handover the job to such a place / person ? - just stand behind them untill they complete the job.

what are the best products ? - 3M is the best

Also, is it illegal to tint Front driver / passenger glasses ? - you can make 100% tint the rear glasses (left, right and back), but as i know, you can tint up to 40% the front glasses.

akboselk · May 29, 2012

Thanks "slcamel"

anyone around kandy to answer mt First question please ?

jdnet · May 29, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 4:56 AM, slcamel said:

my advices are;

and what should I consider before handover the job to such a place / person ? - just stand behind them untill they complete the job.

what are the best products ? - 3M is the best

Also, is it illegal to tint Front driver / passenger glasses ? - you can make 100% tint the rear glasses (left, right and back), but as i know, you can tint up to 40% the front glasses.

I'm pretty sure the new regulations are that you can't have any tint on the front (except windshield).

Amila G · May 29, 2012

I think you can't tint the front windows. (driver and passenger). My dad got pulled over (abt 3 months ago) for the tint on the front windows and had to remove it (it was the lightest tint). Better check the police website. According to that cop you can't even put a totally clear polythene sheet on the window !!!

Edited May 29, 2012 by Amila G

jehan80 · May 29, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 4:56 AM, slcamel said:

my advices are;

Also, is it illegal to tint Front driver / passenger glasses ? - you can make 100% tint the rear glasses (left, right and back), but as i know, you can tint up to 40% the front glasses.

Sure, you can put 40% as long as you have defense ministry clearance

Watchman · May 29, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 4:56 AM, slcamel said:

my advices are;

and what should I consider before handover the job to such a place / person ? - just stand behind them untill they complete the job.

what are the best products ? - 3M is the best

Also, is it illegal to tint Front driver / passenger glasses ? - you can make 100% tint the rear glasses (left, right and back), but as i know, you can tint up to 40% the front glasses.

I thought it was 40% for the back, NOTHING on the front and the top 20% of the windshiled with a 40%tint.

akboselk · May 29, 2012

thanks to everyone for responding

I have found below Q/A on http://www.police.lk/index.php/traffic-police/55

"Question : 15.

I have tinted glass fitted into my vehicle. Is it a offence?

Answer:

Use of tinted glass are appended in Government Gazette 875/08 on 16.06.1995 and Gazette Number 1273/28 on 31.01,2003. If windscreen and the two shutters besides the driver are tinted It is an a offence. However 20% tinted glass could be used only on the top portion of the windscreen"

However it doesn't tell any tint percentage for other glassess, Is this mean that it is possible 100% to back glasses ?

Straga · May 29, 2012

Do the cops still implement that 40% tint rule..? The swift we got recently came all blacked out, havent got stopped yet though.

NRX · May 29, 2012

Don't you guys face difficulties when the rear windshield is tinted ?

ie: in gloomy weathers, nights, looking through rear mirror

Edited May 29, 2012 by NRX

CyRaX · May 29, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 5:53 AM, Amila G said:

I think you can't tint the front windows. (driver and passenger). My dad got pulled over (abt 3 months ago) for the tint on the front windows and had to remove it (it was the lightest tint). Better check the police website. According to that cop you can't even put a totally clear polythene sheet on the window !!!

I dont know about the regulations, but mines basically fully tinted (excluding the windshield), rear ones with the darkest tint and the front ones with a slightly dark tint, never had a problem even in areas like colpetty, bamba etc etc

Magnum · May 29, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 8:53 AM, CyRaX said:

I dont know about the regulations, but mines basically fully tinted (excluding the windshield), rear ones with the darkest tint and the front ones with a slightly dark tint, never had a problem even in areas like colpetty, bamba etc etc

Same here..

Ripper · May 29, 2012

you can drive fully tinted until your luck runs out eventually one day.

has happened to quite a few of my friends!

legally...you can't have any tint on your front shutter. rear shutters can be fully tinted.

Windscreen can have the top strip tinted.

Sampath Gunasekera · May 29, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 6:33 AM, akboselk said:

thanks to everyone for responding

I have found below Q/A on http://www.police.lk...affic-police/55

"Question : 15.

I have tinted glass fitted into my vehicle. Is it a offence?

Answer:

Use of tinted glass are appended in Government Gazette 875/08 on 16.06.1995 and Gazette Number 1273/28 on 31.01,2003. If windscreen and the two shutters besides the driver are tinted It is an a offence. However 20% tinted glass could be used only on the top portion of the windscreen"

However it doesn't tell any tint percentage for other glassess, Is this mean that it is possible 100% to back glasses ?

Thanks for the information. Will try to findout 2 Gazettes.

akboselk · May 30, 2012

anybody knows a good place to tint car glasses around kandy ?

slcamel · May 30, 2012

Edited May 30, 2012 by slcamel

jehan80 · May 30, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 7:46 AM, NRX said:

Don't you guys face difficulties when the rear windshield is tinted ?

ie: in gloomy weathers, nights, looking through rear mirror

Nope, not on mine anyway and it's fully tinted(3M). Have heard ppl complain about poor visibility, so visibility also depends on the quality of the tint as well I guess.

jehan80 · May 30, 2012

On 5/29/2012 at 5:03 PM, Sampath Gunasekera said:

Thanks for the information. Will try to findout 2 Gazettes.

Man, nothing to find out. You can't have ANY tint in your front drivers side and passenger side windows.

NRX · May 30, 2012

On 5/30/2012 at 8:28 AM, jehan80 said:

Nope, not on mine anyway and it's fully tinted(3M). Have heard ppl complain about poor visibility, so visibility also depends on the quality of the tint as well I guess.

How much did it cost you to tint with 3M ? I was quoted 1.5K for all front,rear,rear windscreen, probably crappy tint material ?

My car is a sunny

jehan80 · May 30, 2012

On 5/30/2012 at 9:22 AM, NRX said:

How much did it cost you to tint with 3M ? I was quoted 1.5K for all front,rear,rear windscreen, probably crappy tint material ?

My car is a sunny

Rear windscreen + rear passenger windows 10k at Kleen park. But this was in 2008.

Good quality, four years on, not a bit of peeling or fading. I believe the prices have gone up significantly since then though.

NRX · May 30, 2012

On 5/30/2012 at 9:38 AM, jehan80 said:

Rear windscreen + rear passenger windows 10k at Kleen park. But this was in 2008.

Good quality, four years on, not a bit of peeling or fading. I believe the prices have gone up significantly since then though.

damn! I wonder how the buggers even manage to do it for 1500

Edited May 30, 2012 by NRX

AnUsHa_SL · May 30, 2012

On 5/30/2012 at 3:30 AM, akboselk said:

anybody knows a good place to tint car glasses around kandy ?

saw a S*n La*ka outlet before Peradeniya junction(Colombo - Kandy road) But do not have experience with them.

Watchman · May 30, 2012

On 5/30/2012 at 9:47 AM, NRX said:

damn! I wonder how the buggers even manage to do it for 1500

probably not 3M. Might be a 3N

Magnum · May 30, 2012

Dow e get black 3M tints? or are only the silver like ones available?

Sampath Gunasekera · May 31, 2012

Guys , I got the Government Gazette 875/08 on 16.06.1995 and Gazette Number 1273/2 . English version was not avilable so I got Sinhala version. There are 5 pages

I am sorry, I don't know how to publish large files here. So send it to MADZ and hope MADZ will do the rest

MADZ please check your Autolanka E-mail inbox.

Edited May 31, 2012 by Sampath Gunasekera