MK6 Front Tint to match factory 'Dark Tint' option

**Flaps** · 12-08-2009, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by coreying

Matching the privacy tint used on the rear is illegal and would gain yourself an infraction from the law if they were inclined to notice.

Depends on the police officer. One of my best mates has been in HWY patrol for over 4 years and not once has he pulled someone over for tint.

You'd be very very unlucky if you got booked.

**JasonP** · 13-08-2009, 05:20 AM

Coastie, your tint looks identical to mine, & mines the same colour with Sports pack.

The front tint finished it off nicely.

**dopey** · 13-08-2009, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by Flaps

Depends on the police officer. One of my best mates has been in HWY patrol for over 4 years and not once has he pulled someone over for tint.

You'd be very very unlucky if you got booked.

It's not really getting booked you need worry about. Insurance is the big hassle. If you have an at fault accident, they may find your dark tint as an attributing factor and throw your claim into the bin. Depends on the situation of course but it's something to be mindful of.

Either way, if the tint is darker than legal I'd be ripping it off quick smart before the insurance assessor looks at the car.

**whoistheg** · 13-08-2009, 08:59 AM

Subaru's have had this for the past 5 years (rear and no front).

Its kinda crazy.. The rears are tinted but the fronts are not.

But the crazy thing is these cars are being sold in AU and its legal to tint
the front windows here.

**Corey_R** · 13-08-2009, 11:38 AM

So I don't know about Subaru, and I haven't seen this 'Sports pack' thingy on the MK6 Golfs. But I haven't really seen cars with rear tint and no front tint. What I normally see is like what is standard on a lot of Lexus'. The rear has 'privacy' tint and the front side windows have stanard tint. The thing is that the privacy tint is so much darker than it can under various light conditions like look like there is any tint at the front, when there is!

I'd agree that no tint on the front would be stupid

**Schnapp** · 19-08-2009, 01:01 PM

Quick update for those who are interested.

Had the car tinted at Tint A Car (Albion, Brisbane - Fantastic service! only took half an hour for 2 windows.) with the Formula One tint. Looks pretty good. The tint has a slight green tinge which does match the privacy glass nicely. The privacy glass is just a very slight shade darker.

Overall im happy with the outcome

**glennbot** · 19-08-2009, 05:57 PM

What did Tint-A-Car charge for the 2x front windows?

Did they suggest any other options?

**mtj007** · 19-08-2009, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Schnapp

Quick update for those who are interested.

Had the car tinted at Tint A Car (Albion, Brisbane - Fantastic service! only took half an hour for 2 windows.) with the Formula One tint. Looks pretty good. The tint has a slight green tinge which does match the privacy glass nicely. The privacy glass is just a very slight shade darker.

Overall im happy with the outcome

Would you mind posting some pictures? I'm thinking of getting my Golf done with Tint-a-Car Formula 1 (not that it has rear privacy glass but I'd like to see what your front windows look like so I can get an idea of what all my windows will be like). Thanks if you can.

**Schnapp** · 19-08-2009, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by glennbot

What did Tint-A-Car charge for the 2x front windows?

Did they suggest any other options?

It was $154 to do the two front windows. Quite a good price I think.

Initially I asked about the midnight express, but they suggested the formula one tint as they said they had a few new golfs come through and they found the formula one tint to be the best match for the privacy glass.

Originally Posted by mtj007

Would you mind posting some pictures? I'm thinking of getting my Golf done with Tint-a-Car Formula 1 (not that it has rear privacy glass but I'd like to see what your front windows look like so I can get an idea of what all my windows will be like). Thanks if you can.

Dont have access to a decent camera atm, but when I do ill post some pics.