2 questions up for debate:

1. The rear spoiler does look good - how much is it to have fitted at a LR dealer ? (don't think you can order it as an option - only part of the style pack ??).

2. Does the privacy glass have any negative impact on visability from the inside ? I've heard it can make the rear seat passengers feel a bit iffy ?? And does it really look a lot better than not having it ?.......

Thanks again !!

Hi UB,
1) You will see the spoilers come up on that well known auction site every now and again, but you CAN get them from your dealer for sure because I did. They come unpainted so you'll have to add a bit on for that - as for fitting, it's double sided tape + a bracket at either end to hold it to the hatch.
2) Privacy glass, our car was second hand and didn't have it so I had the film added from the 'B' section backwards (about £180). We went for the ''still quite see through'' look and IMHO think it makes the car look great - others say it doesn't need it. All the tint films used are UV blocking so it's definately a way of keeping the car cooler in the sun. My only small piece of advice is don't go too dark.
Update - didn't answer your question on seeing out from the inside.... a very, very marginal tint (Almost unoticeable) but still more than OK even at night (I actually think the factory fitted privacy glass is darker)

no problems seeing out thru factory privacy, everything is obviously darker but not drastically. At work
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All so stop thieving eyes from looking in without their face planted against the glass Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

For safety reasons privacy tints/glass are seriously discouraged here in Switzerland. Why

Well as soon as you enter the many tunnels here in the Alps you will loose a degree of vision. This is essential especially in the older and longer tunnels that are not lit and have no safety margins between you and the tunnel wall. In Italy the situation is even worse with their old narrow unlit and poorly maintained high alpine tunnels. Take great care

I don't have a problem on thin country lanes that don't have lights

since your looking forward your headlights light the way, your side mirrors aren't effected as your side windows are standard, tint or not behind you wouldn't be lit anyway so there I'd just a fraction of a difference when you see the headlights of the car behind you

the auto dimming rear view mirror dims more than a tinted rear window, added together though the image is darker Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

From a safety point of view its no different from driving a freelander commercial AF51 ZBN 2001 Freelander TD4 3dr-Gone
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its not really going to affect alpine tunnel driving unless you intend to reverse through them


If rear visibility is a serious issue then lets ban caravans  At work
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Well all your confident replies are I am sure comforting for those with privacy tints - however Swiss tunnel crash investigators will disagree with you. I'm no scientist, psychologist or trained accident investigator but I do respect their findings. So I repeat - take great care in those old unlit tunnels.

I don't doubt their findings, but I can't see how something tinted behind were your driving can effect you,

maybe they are refering to those who tint there front windows

what were the risk factors for transit van and the like? Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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I'm unable to provide specific answers to your questions, except to say that most Swiss road tunnel accidents in recent years were caused by "LKW's" - that is "commercial" vehicles rather than private cars. And in that segment lorries were the worst offenders with faulty brakes causing fires, and, driver fatigue (long tunnels [5kms+] are known to enhance fatigue and induce sleep!)

In the PKW segment (private vehicles) cars with tinted glass feature rather too frequently given the fact that they represent less than 3% of the total number of cars registered. Tinted front wind screens are illegal - Swiss registered cars do not have them.

good job we don't have many old unlit tunnels in the UK then!!!!!! AF51 ZBN 2001 Freelander TD4 3dr-Gone
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The legal position is that the front side windows on all cars must allow 70% of light to pass through them. That figure also applies to the windscreens of cars first used before April 1985; any car first used from then onwards has to let 75% of light through the windscreen.
There is no legal requirement for rear windows