Best Skangermobiles online (part 2)

OldMrBrennan83

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punisher5112

Patww79 wrote: »

I don't get what's so bad, have I missed a link? Is it just because off a windscreen tint?

I would hazard a guess rear lights are as tinted as black as the car paint so you won't see him at night or even see him braking.

In fairness, I've seen cars with tinted lights, and they seem to be operating as normal. There's a Corsa around here that i see a lot with its back lights tinted and it makes no difference to the lights when they're illuminated.

YbFocus

It's totally impossible that it doesn't make a difference.
They are usually substantially dimmer and trying to drive that teamed with a tinted windscreen must be a joke at night.

vintagevrs

I remember a poster on here defending his tinted windows before. Said they were perfectly safe, he just needed to put down his windows sometimes when it was a dark night......

Tinting a windscreen on the other hand, makes you wonder.


What's the story with those massive stripes fellas are sporting these days, the ones that cover more than half the windscreen. I assume there is a gap in rules about them as the lower part of the window isn't tinted, just 80% of the window ye cant see out of!

I'd assume they pass the NCT until a rule is made/changed? Or are these removed for NCT?

shietpilot

Well tint will block light. I'd say the front windshield has 35% VLT tint judging by the visibility of the discs which means only 35% of light hitting the windshield will come through it.

The front lights are probably something like 85% VLT. Put both of those together and I'd say he can see f*ck all driving at night...

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millington

Tinted windscreens are a pain but you wouldn't believe how easy they are to get used to. Pain in the arse though I'd never do it to my own cars.

shietpilot

millington wrote: »

Tinted windscreens are a pain but you wouldn't believe how easy they are to get used to. Pain in the arse though I'd never do it to my own cars.

Easy to get used to seeing nothing

colm_mcm

Headlight film looks like lamin-x

shietpilot

How does he even get through checkpoints? Gardai should be pulling him over straight away if the discs are masked behind tint.

LiamoSail

shietpilot wrote: »

Not for sale but what a pile. Saw it on a cars for sale Facebook group and someone was complimenting it. I'd say the owners has great fun driving it at night with full window tint (including windshield) and tinted headlights.

Some people are just daft. Might as well get some hard plastic tyres too.

That's about as socially acceptable as wearing a pair of sun glasses at night. No purpose, only vanity. You might get away with it if you're famous, like the car from Knight Rider or Bono, but otherwise you just look like a knob

AndyBoBandy

What I'm wondering is why the Guards haven't confiscated it yet and turned into a cube?

Surely you'd be pulled for a windscreen like that!!

millington

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

What I'm wondering is why the Guards haven't confiscated it yet and turned into a cube?

Surely you'd be pulled for a windscreen like that!!

Why would they crush it? If anything, they'd just make him pull the tint off

For Forks Sake

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

What I'm wondering is why the Guards haven't confiscated it yet and turned into a cube?

Surely you'd be pulled for a windscreen like that!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CzrA3kEp9g

YbFocus

YbFocus wrote: »

It's totally impossible that it doesn't make a difference.
They are usually substantially dimmer and trying to drive that teamed with a tinted windscreen must be a joke at night.

Nah, they're grand on the Corsa I see around the place. Never noticed them being any dimmer at all.

shietpilot

The mother of all CB aerials

VeVeX

The cable routing for the aerial is ideal too.

R1_Pete

VeVeX wrote: »

The cable routing for the aerial is ideal too.

It looks like a radio controlled car!!

Cheensbo

shietpilot wrote: »

10-4 good budy

He belongs in the dreamer thread too, looking for 8.5k, also has photos of it mid-diffing session on the ad..

tossy

YbFocus wrote: »

It's totally impossible that it doesn't make a difference.
They are usually substantially dimmer and trying to drive that teamed with a tinted windscreen must be a joke at night.

I had subtly tinted headlights on my Bora and S3 passed multiple NCTs' and never effected light output. Admittedly both cars were factory xenon headlights.

ShaunieVW

Same here I had Lamin X tint on the headlights of a mk4 golf, made absolutely zero difference to light output. Tinted windscreen looks crap though! Apart from that leave him at it its his car he likes it.

shietpilot

Yeah but the argument here is that he has a heavily tinted front windscreen AND tinted headlights, both reducing visibility at night.

Imaging driving that thing at night with heavy rain. Ho-lee-chit.

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shietpilot wrote: »

Yeah but the argument here is that he has a heavily tinted front windscreen AND tinted headlights, both reducing visibility at night.

Imaging driving that thing at night with heavy rain. Ho-lee-chit.

tossy

shietpilot wrote: »

Yeah but the argument here is that he has a heavily tinted front windscreen AND tinted headlights, both reducing visibility at night.

Imaging driving that thing at night with heavy rain. Ho-lee-chit.

Yeah not defending the tinted windscreen,it's the backward baseball cap of the car world.

TrailerBob

http://www.adverts.ie/9969132

colm_mcm

Meh

DakarVert

^ Needs to be black with an A-Team Stripe on the side.

Not that bad TBH.



I'v just seen the inside!!
Yeah I'll pass!

davycc

im fine with the outside but the inside is wrecked! seller is a tool ! thinks he has a great deal scamming the dopes at vrt to have cleared as a 2006 van when its really a 94..

i just asked him has he reged it yet

colm_mcm

They're a hit dim when it comes to registering cars imported to the uk and then exported to Ireland. They look at the first date of registration in the uk and often go off that.
Remember the guy with the celica or supra or something, 90 but got a 99 reg
Friend brought in a 00 car, regged in the U.K. In 02 Gave him 02 reg till he corrected them (vrt was higher)

JamieIsGod

Mother of jaysus
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https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-skyline-r33-show-car/12509138

Kamili

That yoke wasn't taxed or NCT'D since 2013.. I don't get the need to add photos of expired (by nearly three years) tax and NCT Discs.
5.5k no nct? Interesting...

Edit.. It hasn't seen an Nct centre since 2011!!!

Cortina_MK_IV

The lads in Fort motors must have been having a giggle at him taking the photos of it.

Duke O Smiley

"show car"

it'd fcuking make a show of ye!

Cheensbo

His key points in the ad aren't exactly selling points either :pac: working tv's for the midgets in the back, 10 tonne tenzo R wheels, and an rb20de..

RichyX

ShaunieVW wrote: »

Same here I had Lamin X tint on the headlights of a mk4 golf, made absolutely zero difference to light output.

Is Lamin-x some sort of NASA developed material that allows 100% transmittance despite the darkening?

shietpilot

RichyX wrote: »

Is Lamin-x some sort of NASA developed material that allows 100% transmittance despite the darkening?

Nah, he probably just didn't notice the 10-15% light difference

tossy

RichyX wrote: »

Is Lamin-x some sort of NASA developed material that allows 100% transmittance despite the darkening?

Do you have any real world experience of lamin-x...... :rolleyes:

The question wasn't whether it allows 100% 'transmittance' (i'd say you're some craic on a night out) but whether or not it has an overly adverse effect on the light outputance. Which in my real world experience of 3 cars and 3 or 4 NCTs it doesn't

Special Circumstances

tossy wrote: »

:rolleyes:

'transmittance' (i'd say you're some craic on a night out) )

A bit harsh ha? Shouldn't those of us not part of "The Scene" be allowed question the mentality of putting shades on headlights?

That said, it may not be a bad idea with China engineered hid retrofits into standard reflector housings.

Beta Ray Bill

Orange M5 replica (Yak!)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-520d-lci-msport-m5-replica/12746962

tossy

Special Circumstances wrote: »

A bit harsh ha? Shouldn't those of us not part of "The Scene" be allowed question the mentality of putting shades on headlights?

That said, it may not be a bad idea with China engineered hid retrofits into standard reflector housings.

It may be harsh but if you make a joke and can't take a joke... but wouldn't dragging up a 2 week old comment to make a 'witty' post drive you mad

I'm all for fitting them to HID kits lol

RichyX

tossy wrote: »

i'd say you're some craic on a night out

More so than someone who spends their spare time sticking darkened plastic to car lights :rolleyes:

Kamili

grahambo wrote: »

Orange M5 replica (Yak!)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-520d-lci-msport-m5-replica/12746962

CAR NEVER DAMAGE OR HAVE ANY FAULTS

:rolleyes:

tossy

RichyX wrote: »

More so than someone who spends their spare time sticking darkened plastic to car lights :rolleyes:

I don't go out i spend my time on here waiting to pounce on people who don't conform to my idea of cool. The internet needs people like us. Lets band together and whip this place into shape!

smoke_mirrors

why do skangers put CB aerials on their cars? They hardly want to listen to European radiostations do they

ShaunieVW

RichyX wrote: »

More so than someone who spends their spare time sticking darkened plastic to car lights :rolleyes:

Well with someone who has experience with it all I'm saying is I never noticed any drop in light output. I decided so share my experience as a car guy with some real world advice. Go back to your bar stool and put down the keyboard.

shietpilot

ShaunieVW wrote: »

Well with someone who has experience with it all I'm saying is I never noticed any drop in light output. I decided so share my experience as a car guy with some real world advice. Go back to your bar stool and put down the keyboard.

Well adding a tint to anything will reduce light output, whether you notice it or not. It's basic physics. No need to tell people where to go, even if you have experience.

job seeker

smoke_mirrors wrote: »

why do skangers put CB aerials on their cars? They hardly want to listen to European radiostations do they

:eek::eek::eek:

Oh my god!


They aren't for listening to European radio stations....


EDIT: It's for communication between cb aerials. Truckers have them... Also silage contractors may as well..

millington

grahambo wrote: »

Orange M5 replica (Yak!)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-520d-lci-msport-m5-replica/12746962

Looks red to me. A different set of wheels and a red roof that would look fine I think.

lassykk

millington wrote: »

Looks red to me. A different set of wheels and a red roof that would look fine I think.

Think in the ad he says there's other colours through the paint so probably looks different in different light.

I quite like it but always had a soft spot that model 5-series.

It would need to lose the black roof though!