Apres SVA mods
Discussion
Just out of curiosity,
how many of us have managed to accidentally have changes to our cars after sva. From fitting new lights due to sva compliant ones falling off to stumbling upon some glass mounted in an angular fashion on the scuttle/bonnet which may or may not receive demisters and wipers?
What is the legal status of these necessary modifications too? Don't see a problem since what everyone else gets up to in there corsas and clios etc.
how many of us have managed to accidentally have changes to our cars after sva. From fitting new lights due to sva compliant ones falling off to stumbling upon some glass mounted in an angular fashion on the scuttle/bonnet which may or may not receive demisters and wipers?
What is the legal status of these necessary modifications too? Don't see a problem since what everyone else gets up to in there corsas and clios etc.
rat7 said:
Just out of curiosity,
how many of us have managed to accidentally have changes to our cars after sva. From fitting new lights due to sva compliant ones falling off to stumbling upon some glass mounted in an angular fashion on the scuttle/bonnet which may or may not receive demisters and wipers?
What is the legal status of these necessary modifications too? Don't see a problem since what everyone else gets up to in there corsas and clios etc.
Probably all of us
A gut I know has built a Westfield this year.
Apparently Westfields are run through the SVA before they are finished, As the final road product would not pass.
When I have been waiting at my SVA centre I have watched people dismantle parts from imported cars to pass then refit. Perhaps its the same for kit cars.
Apparently Westfields are run through the SVA before they are finished, As the final road product would not pass.
When I have been waiting at my SVA centre I have watched people dismantle parts from imported cars to pass then refit. Perhaps its the same for kit cars.
gtr-gaz said:
That's all very well until you make an insurance claim!
If they can get out of paying up, they will.
This is true, but your insurance quote is surely based on what you tell them not what the car was like during the sva.
Interestingly Footman James told me there was no 'standard engine' so when i asked about mods to it they obv. don't mind cams etc.
Thats how i understood it anyway. Bring on those pipers for the summer.
Surely the problem though comes when they get the wreck back after an accident and it has, say, a windscreen that should not be there. "Your vehicle had been modified sir. You were therefore not insured and can pay for the three new panels on the Bentley you went up the back of due to not being able to see out of the fogged up non-aproved windscreen".
When my Westy (and I) went to Hayes for the SVA some 4 years ago now, I was advised not to fit the wet weather gear because the 'pop studs' that secured the roof to the body weren't SVA compliant, i.e radius of the edge wasn't big enough. It didn't seem to matter that the car had a red hot stainless lump of metal hanging out the side of the car. One of the testers asked about if I was going to fit wet weather gear and I said yes!
It passed.
When collecting my paperwork included was an information leaflet, in it a paragraph stated, it is up to the owner to maintain the vehicle in the condition as it was presented at the test centre.
But in the real world.........
It passed.
When collecting my paperwork included was an information leaflet, in it a paragraph stated, it is up to the owner to maintain the vehicle in the condition as it was presented at the test centre.
But in the real world.........
Tow bars will not pass the SVA- as an example of frequent after test modifications.
I have not heard of an insurance company not paying up because the car no longer complied.
How does anyone know if the car passed with or without a windscreen?
When I took my car for SVA I did not have the passanger seat in. So the seat fixings, Belts ect were not tested. But the sheet did not state the car was a single seater.
I believe the SVA only shows that the car in its basic road going/legal trim is up to standard (and often without roof), and thats all.
I have not heard of an insurance company not paying up because the car no longer complied.
How does anyone know if the car passed with or without a windscreen?
When I took my car for SVA I did not have the passanger seat in. So the seat fixings, Belts ect were not tested. But the sheet did not state the car was a single seater.
I believe the SVA only shows that the car in its basic road going/legal trim is up to standard (and often without roof), and thats all.
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