Converting from daylight MOT to full MOT
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A question which I hope someone will be able to answer for me.
If a car is road legal but with only a daylight MOT (not fitted with lights) and the owner wants to change it to a full MOT, does it require to be put through another SVA test or just the MOT after the lights are fitted.
Ta
CT
If a car is road legal but with only a daylight MOT (not fitted with lights) and the owner wants to change it to a full MOT, does it require to be put through another SVA test or just the MOT after the lights are fitted.
Ta
CT
CT, are you thinking about how to get home from Knockhill next weekend after 5pm?
I checked my SVA manual and as far as I can make out, there are obligatory requirements for lights, ie front/rear position lights, dip/main beam etc so presumably your car must have had lights fitted when it went through SVA. To get MOT without the "daylight only" proviso I would say just put same or equivalent lights back on and get it MOT tested. Your SVA cert presumably makes no mention of restricted use. I can send you the SVA stuff on lighting if you want to check requirements or see MOT testers manual on www.motuk.co.uk.
Cheers
I checked my SVA manual and as far as I can make out, there are obligatory requirements for lights, ie front/rear position lights, dip/main beam etc so presumably your car must have had lights fitted when it went through SVA. To get MOT without the "daylight only" proviso I would say just put same or equivalent lights back on and get it MOT tested. Your SVA cert presumably makes no mention of restricted use. I can send you the SVA stuff on lighting if you want to check requirements or see MOT testers manual on www.motuk.co.uk.
Cheers
Cheers Guys
GDR - My current car has lights, this is another car I have seen but don't know its SVA status, but it has a current 'daylight' MOT, so maybe the lights have just been removed at some time though why anyone would do that beats me. I need to ask some questions of the seller I think.
BTW I am not taking the Tiger or the Impreza to KH (The Tiger is for sale and the Impreza is sold) but I will probably be there to hear the Ultima's wheels spin going over the crest on the main straight.
I hope it is going to be dry for you.
GDR - My current car has lights, this is another car I have seen but don't know its SVA status, but it has a current 'daylight' MOT, so maybe the lights have just been removed at some time though why anyone would do that beats me. I need to ask some questions of the seller I think.
BTW I am not taking the Tiger or the Impreza to KH (The Tiger is for sale and the Impreza is sold) but I will probably be there to hear the Ultima's wheels spin going over the crest on the main straight.
I hope it is going to be dry for you.
Sounds odd to me. Never heard of a 'daylight MOT'.
As far as I'm aware, all motorised vehicles must have lights fitted if they're to be used on the road. Possible exceptions might be agricultural vehicles.
Might be worth a word with your local MOT spot, but I'd advise you not to buy this car unless you've had some sort of official comfirmation that it's 100% legal.
Could just be some bullshit from the seller.
As far as I'm aware, all motorised vehicles must have lights fitted if they're to be used on the road. Possible exceptions might be agricultural vehicles.
Might be worth a word with your local MOT spot, but I'd advise you not to buy this car unless you've had some sort of official comfirmation that it's 100% legal.
Could just be some bullshit from the seller.
grahambell
It appears that a daylight MOT is something which can be issued, from The Testers Manual
1.1 Front and Rear Position Lamps, Registration Plate Lamps Rear fog lamps
This inspection applies to: all vehicles, except those which either have no front or rear position lamps or have such lamps permanently disconnected, painted over or masked that are
. only used during daylight hours, and
. not used at times of seriously reduced visibility.
If this situation occurs, the vehicle presenter should be issued with an advisory notice recording the above and it should also be recorded on the carbon copy of the VT20.
While it is not something I would want it seems genuine.
It appears that a daylight MOT is something which can be issued, from The Testers Manual
1.1 Front and Rear Position Lamps, Registration Plate Lamps Rear fog lamps
This inspection applies to: all vehicles, except those which either have no front or rear position lamps or have such lamps permanently disconnected, painted over or masked that are
. only used during daylight hours, and
. not used at times of seriously reduced visibility.
If this situation occurs, the vehicle presenter should be issued with an advisory notice recording the above and it should also be recorded on the carbon copy of the VT20.
While it is not something I would want it seems genuine.
LexSport said:
There's a thread on PH somewhere (SP&L?) from a few months back that goes into quite some detail about the daylight MOT and whether there's an equivelant daylight SVA. The idea was to try to get a single seater race car road registered without having to add lights.
The answer to that would be no, or atleast not any more (since 98 when the SVA came in), because any single seater that has yet to go on the road would need to pass the SVA to get it on the road, hence needing lights and enclosed wheels etc.
Ta.
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