Mirrors
 

Just looking at buying mirrors and noticed very few are e marked. then looked in the IVA manual.

"7. All mirrors must have an acceptable approval marking or have equivalent characteristics to a mirror approved for use on a vehicle of the same category as follows:

The reflective surface must be encased in a protective housing.

surfaces contactable by a 165mm sphere (interior) or a 100mm
sphere (exterior) must have a radius of curvature of at least 2.5mm – except for fixing holes or recesses less than 12mm wide, which must be blunted"

So mirrors don't need e marking they just need to comply?

Yep, no e-mark required.

Tks. That's my lights and mirrors all sorted and ordered then.

check the glass size is big enough.

If you have the racetech or similar they are physically big enough (for an interior mirror see this post) but I don't 100% know if they meet the fields of view at iva.
That's what I've got on mine.

When I had my IVA test all the examiner seemed interested in was looking for E markings. Spent ages looking for them on the tyres!!!

When he queried my reflectors as they didn't have E marks, I pointed out that they don't need to have them. The response I got was 'how do I know they have similar characteristics'!!!

So I swapped them for some spares I had which were E marked.

Mirror size was checked so make sure that they are the right size, and convex to aid viewing angles.

As I previously stated, the racetech mirrors are not iva ok. They are fine for interior (with trim) but don't comply with the second part of point 9 in the manual.
"An exterior mirror must be a minium of 40mm hing and 70mm long and be able to incorporate a measurement parallel to the height of the rectangle at least 70mm in length within the lens."

Somehow I missed this and it was my only fail on the day. The examiner did let me go and buy a pair so it turned out £60 cheaper than a retest but still expensive for a set of mirrors.