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![]() Iva test summary:
I arrived at the test centre at about 7.45, took the car off the trailer and ran it around the industrial estate and it was still running really badly. When the guys opened the door and I met my examiner, Mark. He got me to put the car straight up on the ramp and had a look at the chassis plates and had a good poke around under the car. mark was very complementary about my welding and thought it was a mass produced car and said that it was very well finished. After going forwards and backwards to the car outside to get some tools I had to take the harness bolt out to show how far it went into the roll bar. Next was headlight alignment. The drivers side needed a little tweak, he wasn't happy with the near side as I had rotated the lens 10 deg. So I had to take the light apart so it gave a flat pattern. All was going well until the mirror test. It passed visibility and the 40x70mm but it must have a 70mm vertical space somewhere on the mirror. My racetech ones are only 50mm high so he failed them. Onto the brake rollers and the rears were locking up first, as the fronts warmed up they started to lock first. We went outside and I had to drive at 15mph and slam the brakes on. Both of the front Wheels locked before the rears. The sound test came back at 92dB on an r1 can. So that was well under. Onto the speedo test and I had to go outside due to H&S crap and it was ok but reading 60mph at 70. He let me tweak it a couple of times and it now reads 68 at 70mph. One of my front arches was slightly behind the 30deg forward angle but I managed to just about bend it forwards although there was hardly any movement. Lastly was exterior and interior projections. There were no problems here, I didn't have to add any trim or do anything. So the car had failed on mirrors only but Mark let me go to a local bikeshop and buy a set (£30), fit them and then what felt like 30mins later presented me with the certificate. I then had the fun of driving home 25miles. The car didn't miss a beat and the smile still hasn't warn off. The examiner was very fair although I was a bit annoyed about the mirrors but it is in the manual and somehow I missed it. He ran me through every aspect of the test and was really helpful and a lovely guy. Now to battle with the DVLA. Last edited by SeriesLandy : 6th June 2014 at 09:09 PM. |
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