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Sunstrip help
Does anyone know if there is a legal size or percantage of the windscreen that a sunstrip can take up?
I have been asked to do a plain white sunstrip and “push it to the legal limit”. But unfortunately I can’t find any info on what that limit might be.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Robert
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9 Replies
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If it covers the swept area of the wipers it will fail an mot, ( on most modern cars this leaves about 1/2 inch at the top of the screen)
or should do. I tell the boy racers this, and also tell them that if they do have a bad accident their insurance could be invalid.
Peter -
6 cm from the edge of the obscuration band ( black border around screen )
In most cases this is a waste of time as the visor takes the natural curve of the glass and 6 cm down from the band on the left and right edge of the screen means it will only be approx 4 cm in the centre.
Pete’s right, if the car is in a bump and the insurance find out that there is a visor lower than 6 cm they effectively could refuse to pay out.
This does not stop them being sold at car accessory shops etc, I always advise if they are stopped I cannot accept responsibility, dont issue invoice, they have to admit to it being a self fit.
Bob
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Thanks Peter, I suppose I could have worked the MOT failure out myself.
I’ll let him know before I do it for him.
Robert
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Excellent, thanks for your help and advice Bob.
Robert
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well you learn a new thing everyday!! 😛
i did not know that peter…..i don’t do them for the boy racers any more…pain in the backside (not the strips) the boy racers 😛 i only do them for the rally drivers 😀
nik
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fortunately a lot of things are against the law. some good some bad. Law is a funny thing, its down to enforcement, the plod may stop you if they have nothing better to do, sunstrips are a bit like number plates, in this respect. Its against the law to ride a bike on the pavement, but is it enforced? The question is if you want to do anything in this country, are you willing to take a risk?
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Just to clarify, a sun visor is not the same as a sun strip, sun visors, as integrated into the windscreen as a tint are totally diferent from a total block vinyl.
Peter -
Regarding the “tint”, if you fit any visor tinted or solid the rules are the same, if it is a tinted visor it should by law allow 45 % of light to transfer through it.
Bob
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Bob, I was refering to OM windscreens, they can have quite a large “visor” But the manufacturers have their screens C&U certifide before manufacture
Peter
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