Advise Please For Iva Can Anyone See Anything That Could Fail

[richyb66]

http://nw.rhocar.org/SVA%20lights.htm

 

Remember that distances from the edge of the car are measured from the WIDEST point - most likely the rear arches.

[fry61]

Keep the suggestions coming & I'll try to explain them again, when we see Jon's car on Monday.

[richyb66]

Keep the suggestions coming & I'll try to explain them again, when we see Jon's car on Monday.

 

I suggest he pays £15 and joins the club, got to be money well spent for all this advise and a home visit!!!!

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Thanks richyb66 for the diagrams all lights seam to be in the write places but the front indicators are too hight 400 mm can be no more than 350mm and then stick out to far .

[sj-bradley]

No you're wrong.

 

350 mm. That's the MINIMUM height of the indicators. The also have to be 400 mm OR LESS from the outside limit of the vehicle.

 

Simon.

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Ok thanks

[Guest ollie chapman]

Hi, for my two pennorth the IVA man needs to see the seat belt mounting bolt heads so he's satisfied they are the right tensile strength via the stamp on the head. This is a problem at floor level behind the seat. I failed on this and had to take out both of the seats, photo the bolt heads so I could show him on retest, and put the seats back in. I'll pm you my fail sheet, which was extensive.

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Ok great thanks Ollie

[Guest mdav1970]

Indicators have to be on front wings ( i know as ive just had to do this for my fail), boot covers over the track rod arms, cover over front upper ball joint nut, locking washer on brake calipers or take as i did a bottle of thread lock. Wing mirrors are a likely fail for being too low down. Tester lays out obstacles at a distance behind to see if he can see them from the mirrors.

[sj-bradley]

As above, but do you mean the indicator REPEATERS on the cycle wings? And the front indicators as per the previous posts.

 

I think you now need front, rear and side repeaters on the car and with only repeaters on the wings, it would not pass.

 

Wing mirrors need to be high enough to see over the high rear arch, true.

 

Please don't think I'm being picky - the IVA man is worse

 

Simon.

[Guest mdav1970]

Sorry I meant the side repeaters need to on the front cycle wings, not side of body.

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

So the side indicators need to go on the front mud guards ? If so at the front or side ? Could I just not put them higher like just under the side mirrors !

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Massive thanks to Bob and his misses for coming down to Bournemouth to give me some great advise

[Guest Jonnyround2003]

Does it need to have side indicators can I just not take them off !

[Guest mdav1970]

Yes i believe you need to have side indicators. I originally put them on the rear arches thinking that was ok as you could see them clearly from the front or rear of the car, but that was too far back from the front of the car. So i have mounted them on the sides of the front cycle wings, ran the wires under the arches sticking them to it using a sealant, down the wing mountings using tie wraps, leaving enough wire to flex when the wheels are turned either direction, and through to the front nose cone, where i wired them into the front indicators. I used a high amp audio wire to do them as the wire is thinner and the 2 are paired together so makes it easier to run the wires as one.

 

I thought it was going to be a pain in the back side to do, took less than an hour and looks ok.