Pre-iva

[Guest sandy77uk]

Looking for obvious things (I know the dot4 sticker is missing and i know about the fog light, but other than that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks in advance guys

[Shaft]

Edge trim around the exhaust silencer ends.

 

Something to stop the sphere of doom contacting the Lambda sensor / mounting.

 

The front flexis look a little 'taut'? ensure they don't 'stretch' or contact anything when the steering is operated.

 

Are the front indicators on extensions? to achieve the required distance from the widest part of the of the car.

 

Steering wheel centre cap

 

and the most popular problem at the minute..... can you easily access the harness lower adjusters with the seats

furthest forward (if adjustable)

 

Edge trim around the nose cone.

 

Fog light only works with dipped and main beam only?

 

Emissions check prior to the test?

 

Speedo accuracy?

 

Noise test?

 

 

Sorry for the long list, but a possible re-test is ouch ££

 

 

HTH,

 

Nick.

[Guest sandy77uk]

Edge trim around the exhaust silencer ends. - how do you mean, on the physical exhaust itself?

 

Something to stop the sphere of doom contacting the Lambda sensor / mounting. - that bit gets seriously hot so no idea how to do that

 

The front flexis look a little 'taut'? ensure they don't 'stretch' or contact anything when the steering is operated. - checked, lock to lock no contact

 

Are the front indicators on extensions? to achieve the required distance from the widest part of the of the car. - nope not the right length i have them for the iva though

 

Steering wheel centre cap - noted, was missing for the photo

 

and the most popular problem at the minute..... can you easily access the harness lower adjusters with the seats

furthest forward (if adjustable) - my seats are on runns, but you can hardly move them forward anyway and as soon as they do move forard there is enough space to get in and play with the slack (the issue is when they are as far backas they can go)

 

Edge trim around the nose cone. - is that all the way round then?

 

Fog light only works with dipped and main beam only? - yeap

 

Emissions check prior to the test? - had one without a cat and only just failed, cat will be on for test

 

Speedo accuracy? - as much as I can test

 

Noise test? - again not tested

 

 

thanks fella, appreciate it

[Shaft]

Exhaust trim, yep..... all around the ends of the 'can'. I used the alloy coloured C section stuff. It won't melt for the IVA. (But does after a spirited drive!)

 

Dinger or Dad can help with the Lambda area?

 

Harness adjustment is a hot potato with the IVA at the minute (God knows why)

 

Nose cone.... any external corner contactable with the sphere requires a radius or blunting (dependant on distance of protrusion) so yes, edge trim the nose cone.

 

Best of luck with the test, and i know i've already done it, but honestly, its not as bad as expected! i'm sure others will agree.

 

 

Nick.

[Shaft]

Just noticed..... Mirrors?

[knights_templar]

"Something to stop the sphere of doom contacting the Lambda sensor / mounting. - that bit gets seriously hot so no idea how to do that"

 

Fabricate a shield from alloy,

 

"and the most popular problem at the minute..... can you easily access the harness lower adjusters with the seats

furthest forward (if adjustable) - my seats are on runns, but you can hardly move them forward anyway and as soon as they do move forard there is enough space to get in and play with the slack (the issue is when they are as far backas they can go)"

 

One tester tests with the seat fully forward, don't know which station. Nottingham testers say it should NOT be tested fully forward, and generally move the seat to a "Mr Average" position. "In the opinion of the tester at the time of testing"

 

Regards

[Guest ethanicus]

Top harness adjuster need to be Inside the seat harness holes

Edges on top rear harness mounts need radius edge

Wrap exhaust around the lambda sensor

Mirrors

Need to cover the nut on wishbones a bit better

Have you had emissions tested :-)

Looks very good though

good luck on the day but remember they want you pass

[richyb66]

Top harness adjuster need to be Inside the seat harness holes

 

 

Why, wouldn't that make them rather difficult to adjust?

[Guest ethanicus]

They made me do it at my IVA as the metal on the trs harness does not conform. Mad I know :-)

[Guest sandy77uk]

Top harness adjuster need to be Inside the seat harness holes

Edges on top rear harness mounts need radius edge

Wrap exhaust around the lambda sensor

Mirrors

Need to cover the nut on wishbones a bit better

Have you had emissions tested :-)

Looks very good though

good luck on the day but remember they want you pass

 

 

the nuts on the wishbones aren't covered yet, I've still the geometry to do so the pastic covers are just next to them ready to pull across, not sure i know which bit you mean about the top adjuster, i always thought that should be around the breast bone

Mirros are deliberately not on yet

had emissions test, just failed, cat gets welded on next week

[Guest Alan_builder]

The car looks nice.

 

The front shock adjusting nut (the castles) need a cover and the thumb screw adjuster. I have just seen the castles fail but not the thumb screw, don't know why not for the thumb screw. Plastic air / water pipr, the kind with reinforcing in. Slit down the inside and cut to the circumference. Fix with cable tie on join with 2 holes through pipe ether side of join. Pisition cable tie so ball can't get to it.

 

Copper pipe opened up and crimped back together on end of silencer

 

Central and offside mirror a must..

 

 

[Shaft]

The car looks nice.

 

The front shock adjusting nut (the castles) need a cover and the thumb screw adjuster. I have just seen the castles fail but not the thumb screw, don't know why not for the thumb screw. Plastic air / water pipr, the kind with reinforcing in. Slit down the inside and cut to the circumference. Fix with cable tie on join with 2 holes through pipe ether side of join. Pisition cable tie so ball can't get to it.

 

Copper pipe opened up and crimped back together on end of silencer

 

Central and offside mirror a must..

 

 

 

 

Alan, the area that is created within the front wishbones (upper to lower) is now exempt from the Sphere of doom test.

 

Mine went through no problem with just the bare shocks.

 

Nick.

[Guest Kennedy48]

Alan, the area that is created within the front wishbones (upper to lower) is now exempt from the Sphere of doom test.

 

Mine went through no problem with just the bare shocks.

 

Nick.

 

the guy couple weeks ago shoved his sphere in my wishbones. so it's not tested now but do you do it for the safety. Don't want to confuse.

[fry61]

As Shaft said; inside the "box" formed by the wishbone legs is exempt;had no worries with naked shocks at our IVA Feb 2011.

[Shaft]

Taken from the IVA manual "IVA M1 Inspection Manual (Version: 5.02)"