laws on sun strips?

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:41 pm

Yeahhh i know its real chavy and tacky but my sun visers are really weird and springy and i can never get them in the position i want so just stuck a plain black sun strip / chav strip on my windscreen lol. It works great, but my mate said i can get points on my liscence, a fine, and fail the MOT for it. Not gonna argue with this...but.. would it be legal if you made a sun strip from dark smoke tinting film? I reckon that would look quite cool, a lot less chavy, and possibly be legal not sure. What u guys reckon?

SteveB · Post by **SteveB** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:59 am

I think its got something to do with how far done the screen it comes. If it doesn't come into the area where wipers wipe then it should be fine. Anybody else know more about this?

LeMeph · Post by **LeMeph** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:39 am

oit chavvy

Mine looks sexy ill have you know, and it says lemeph on it

lol.

I am also told that if it touches the wiper blades then its illegal. making mine illegal and the possibilities of the strip to be only about 2 inches in length! So f**k the law. Ive been pulled plenty of times and nobody has said a thing. usually they just make you pull that kinda thing off anyway. They done that to ym mate with his tints

Saxo was s**t neway

lol

You know what if my old girl is still downstairs ill take some pics on ehr phone now and upload them.

Hold onto your horses!

SteveB · Post by **SteveB** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:44 am

LeMeph wrote:I am also told that if it touches the wiper blades then its illegal. making mine illegal and the possibilities of the strip to be only about 2 inches in length!

Just a thought but.... shorter wiper blades

It might not help with visibility but might make it legal!

LeMeph · Post by **LeMeph** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:05 pm

True enough! i like your style lol.

and the pics as promised (if this works)

Sorr y bout the err... verticalness of the second but thats just the way the cookie crumbled on that one lol.

Still! You know its sexy

lol

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:36 pm

I don't think it's a wiper blades rule TBH, more a %age of the screen or something

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:38 pm

If you drew a line up from the middle of the steering wheel, the windscreen wipers must not travel into the sunstrip by any more than 10mm, anywhere else on the screen the wipers must not travel into the strip by any more than 40mm

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:41 pm

as said here:

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_830.htm

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:29 pm

le meph that looks pretty cool actually! Damn i wish i was still at collage so i could get free use of the vinyl plotter whenever i liked! but now im not at school i cant do any vinyl graphics

I'm considering buying one its like Â£200 for a mini one but don't think id hardly use it. Make the odd bit of lettering for my mate but that would be it lol.

SteveB · Post by **SteveB** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:32 pm

Well researched Mr Burton

Shortened wiper anyone? There's probably something about that somewhere too.

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:33 pm

couldnt u tweak it so it went down again just below the sunstrip? would leave like a dirty corner but u no

SteveB · Post by **SteveB** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:57 pm

You probably could except that the wipers wipe from left to right [in car view that is]. If they didn't go all the way to the top then it would leave a bit in front of the driver which it didn't wipe. That would be a big no no.

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:01 pm

lol oh yeh. just cover your windscreen with "rain x" and not use your wipers coz the drops just "blow away." Well. I spent a tenner on this "nano windscreen sealant" stuff and all it did was make it smeary when i turned on my wipers. never again..

LeMeph · Post by **LeMeph** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:38 am

200 quid? WTF mate that cost me a tenna lol.

Just go down to your local parts shop ask them if they make stickers and its just the same acryliccy type s**t they cut the things out and get a cut made to width and about a foot height. Then just line up the bottom where you want and cut the rest off from the top.

Thanks for the compliments aswell sir. Just wish the rest fo the car looked as good as the sunstrip lol.