Mirrors

[Guest grahamdale5]

Anybody know if these are SVA compliant

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...7951531748&rd=1

[Guest salty_monk]

Look ok to me, E marked & have sufficient radius in the arms by the look of it...

[Guest jetskijase]

mmm they look smart, do you reckon you can use the indicators instead of the ones on the side panel??

[Guest grahamdale5]

Thats what I was thinking. Do you think that that position would pass? It's not too far away from where I was planning to fit my indicators anyway.

[Mitch]

sorry, but the side repeaters need to be seen from the side, see sketch

 

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

 

HTH

 

But the mirrors should be okay,

[Guest Nishka]

DIRECTION INDICATORS

 

Visibility front/rear:

 

80 degrees outward and 45 degrees inward with 50% of the illuminated area visible throughout this ark. 15degrees above and below the horizontal or 15 degrees above and 5 degrees below if the lamps are less than 750mm above the ground.

 

(to me that says that they would be acceptable as front indicators os long as you could see them. There would have to be side repeaters as well though)

 

HTH

 

Nishka

[Guest Nishka]

from the draft 2004 SVA manual;

 

"NOTE 7: Side repeater indicators mounted on

a “cycle wing” that move with steering movement,

are required to meet the angles of visibility

requirement with the steering in the straight

ahead position only. Where fitted to a “Lotus

seven” style vehicle (having a proportionally

decreasing body width towards the front) a side

repeater does not need to meet the angles of

visibility requirements providing it is clearly visible

to other road users to the rear of the nearside and

offside of the vehicle as appropriate."

 

* from the rea is defined as

 

"“To the rear” of the vehicle means “in an area the sides

of which are at an angle of 15 degrees out from the

extreme outer edge of the vehicle, (starting from the

rear corner) and extending up to 25mtrs from the

rear of the vehicle (measured along the vehicle

longitudinal).

 

NOTE:

15 degrees at 5m distance = 1330mm

15 degrees at 10m distance = 2670mm

 

No light other than a red light (with the exception of

amber light from a direction indicator, white light from

a work lamp, reversing lamp, or a registration plate

lamp or yellow light from a registration plate lamp) is

permitted to be visible in this area."

 

 

HTH

 

Nishka

[Guest chris brown]

From that then Nishka I assume your answer is "NO" but they still look good as mirrors and as the indicators are LED's they can be wired in as well and will have no adverse effect on the system as they draw so little current

[Guest grahamdale5]

I contacted the supplier, he doesn't know either. Probably not worth the risk before SVA, but they do look good.

 

 

And thanks for the input above guys.

[Guest stu205]

poss bit late but http://nw.rhocar.org/SVA%20lights.htm

[Mitch]

not late at all stu, I posted that at the top off page, but Hey, Jims just had a few more hits

[Guest stu205]

errrrrr oh yeh bugger it was a hard day thursday!

[Guest Cantbearsed]

anybody noted the "visible area" criteria for these mirrors? its not all about lights y'know...