de1979 wrote:

Any insurance company worth their salt would say you pulled out on that tractor because the tints hindered your vision!

Koggy wrote:

I just wasn't aware that if i got the windows tinted on the rear windows only, the same as from the factory cars, that the insurance would want to know about it. That would mean that car records from manufacturers would state if the car came out the factory with tinted windows or not.
Surely not.

Not really sure what you mean... The insurance companies don't have to know whether cars come from the factory with privacy glass. Aftermarket tint is film, so any cars out there with film on the windows are modified. Simple as that.

The onus is on you to declare any modifications. Yours didn't come with privacy glass so that's a modification. And it's very easy to tell if it ever gets inspected. If you retrofit PROPER privacy glass, you might well get away with it!

Koggy wrote:

de1979 wrote:

Any insurance company worth their salt would say you pulled out on that tractor because the tints hindered your vision!

I'd agree with this comment if i were tinting the front windows. I plan to get the windows tinted from the B pillars back only. The windscreen and front sides will remain untouched and not restrict driver vision. I also understand that the windows in the FR2 in the front come with the legal limit of tint from the factory: they allow 75% of light through for the windscreen and 70% of light for the front sides. If i'm not touching these then there is no restriction of vision from these windows.

You took the point I was trying to make too literally. It was tongue in cheek. You obviously have more faith in insurance companies than I do.

OK... when you collide with another car on the motorway as you're both swapping lanes, or when you reverse into a parked car, or when you don't notice the motorbike coming up your inside... I think you may have problems if they find undeclared window film on your windows.

Sure I see what you mean. All good points.
Worth a call to my insurance provider to see if there's an additional cost before I get the tints.