go on do it:) :) they are processing fairly quickly just now before the spring rush I guess

I'm going too. Decided on my way into work that on my way home ill get some stamps and it is going straight into the post box. :(

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Well I have gone and done it my IVA papers are in the post so I better get on with finishing the last few things. The post man has also been today with my last few thing so I've got an evening planed in the garage. I only had a "what have you bought now" from the wife as I walked in from work. I just got to tell here about the £450 that I'll end up paying out some time soon :(

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good work that man, they will soon be in touch and appear to be very efficient so far !!!! I know that contradicts some experiances but the whole process has been pretty quick so far and that was posting the application as well.
Good luck with those little jobs..... and the best of british with telling your good lady (mine was away in America :) )

awch that hurt just paid the £450 for my IVA

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Oh god, be worth it when you pass first time though!

yeah it hurt a wee bit but your on your way now :)

Well that is that my IVA is now booked. So now to get those last few bit finished and keep going through the car in checking mode just to make sure I don't miss anything.

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good luck :)

So had a bit of time over the week end playing with the car and sorted a few things out and crossed of the to do list. Had the car out on the drive and set the tracking up (ish) took it for a drive down the street to check a few thing like the brakes, any odd noises and self centring steering which didn't happen so any advice on that would be grate. Also took a few updated pics of the car nearly finished.

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little walk around Vid of the car nearly ready for IVA

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Looking good looking good ☺

Fingers crossed for test mate

Garf

I was worried about the self entering for my test but the examiner put the car to full lock and booted it to make sure it centred a bit. You can always add a bit of toe out as well.

David

The IVA requirement is "When the vehicle is driven at speeds above 10mph, there must be a degree of steering “self centring” evident." You can't really check it on a narrow residential street. On my Haynes, when driving down the street at 10-20 mph, and wiggling the wheel left and right a bit, self-centering is pretty weak, especially on semi-slick tyres. But when coming out a drifting hairpin on full lock I can release the steering wheel for it to unwind. So, even though self centering weaker than on production cars, it's there.

You can lower the tyre pressure to help self centring. I think mine were about 14psi

So looking through my car last week doing my checks I realised I forgot about my horn I had mounted it but never got it working. Woops. So spent the weekend going backwards before I could go forward. Had to strip the dash back out then couldn't find the horn relay, no where to be found. So found a redundant relay that I missed when stripping bits of the loom and re wired it all working now then put it back together again. So now back to Keep on checking and giving it a good clean before my IVA.


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oops yes I know that feeling, I went over and over the car, still at least you found it now.

So the car is finished bar a good clean up before IVA. Had another look at the tracking and the self centering this afternoon and it turned out the tracking was well out. Whoops. When I set it the first time well tried to the youngest doughter jumped it and turned the wheel and I thought it I put it back to centre. Turned out it wasn't. Any way re set it all took it for a drive down the roads and it now "shows sings of self centering".

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Ok si if had the week of work this week but the wife gave me the freedom to have a me day. So I spent most of today giving the car a good clean and another going over. I think the IVA nerves are starting to settle in now. I've only got to put a little tool kit together now them I'm all ready for Friday. 2 more sleeps to go :confused:

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Good luck mate car is looking great

Garf

Good luck with your test tomorrow

Good luck bud, hope you get a 1st timer

Good luck 😄

Best of luck fingers are crossed

good luck mate, cant wait to hear you have passed later!

Thank for the support but I've got some bad news. I had a fail today but it was silly little things that won't take much to fix. I will post up a full report over on the IVA bit shortly.

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Thats a shame but its often a fail first time round

ger'em sorted and straight back in

hi , just catching up , gutted that you failed mate and I see your retest is next Friday good luck with that, I'm still waiting for my reg to come (very impatiently)
any problems with deciphering the v5/55 phone kits and rebuilds very helpful lady who talked me through it

So passed and got my IVA certificate I've just finished filling in the paper work and all the bits go go with it I just need to make a excuse to get pop out to put it all in the post the roll on for the next 3 week

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Well done, must be a great feeling! Summer is just around the corner too!

So iv now past the IVA and the paper work for registering it to get a Reg number is now in the post so the count down has started. It will be the longest 3 + 2 weeks ever.

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Now the fun starts!

Did you construct your rear and side panels from sheet ally?

yep the back and sides are alloy. I put a slight curve in the back panel in the very early days when I built my chassis. I didn't fancy having a straight flat back so I had not chose of having a fiberglass rear tub.

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So iv had a little play with some build pics and making a little video

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Well done getting through the iva
Of you dont mind could you tell me if you have rails on your seats and if so could you tell me the distance from rear seat back where you welded in the supports for the rails
If it not too much trouble
Thanks

Did you make the side panels in one piece?

like the video , I am impressed

SteveH
No problem. I went out and had a quick measure and from the front edge of the seat back to the centre of the fists rail is 200mm and then 280mm to the centre of the front rail. My passenger seat is bolted down to the rails and the driver seat is on slides.

Norton
My sides are almost one peace Alloy if you have a look at my pics the ones dated the 15th may ish you can just make out that its one peace all the way down the car side and a little peace over the rear wheels arch. With the wheel arch on it is only leaving a small seam that looks ok.

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Thank you 👍