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when does an IVA fail become a bad one?
cd.thomson - 19/5/10 at 01:03 PM

Did it!

fails:

no documentation for emission test, would have failed anyway (4.7 CO needs to be 3.5... if I can provide the necessary documentation)

no self centering

wing mirrors are laughable (thanks robin hood!)

parking brake cannot be easily operated from seat

pedal rubbers fell off

bias bar not welded

secondary brake efficiency 26.93 - needs to be 30

parking brake efficiency 14 - needs to be 18

gear surround and gear knob not radiused

seat edges not radiused

GRP seams in footwell not radiused

(flush) alen bolts in centre of steering wheel not radiused

rear reflectors not radiused

one bonnet catch recess exceeds 5mm and not radiused

all other bonnet catch recesses not blunted

all nose cone edges and bonnet edges not radiused

VIN not stamped on RHS of chassis

Headlamp deamed to "vibrate"

side repeaters in the wrong place

Rear fog comes on with side lights

seat belt mountings sandwich the GRP with no spacers

Wiring must all be covered in some way

alloy wheels protrude and therefore fail on radius

Agriv8 - 19/5/10 at 01:15 PM

I have seen worse,

cup of tea / or can of beer depending on your preferance.

Think how you picked the kit up and where it is know. Look at the small changes needed to make the IVA man happy.

But my main question have you fitted the DAX SVA/IVA bars ?

chin up Agriv8

jossey - 19/5/10 at 01:16 PM

nothing massive though by the looks of it.

Just hours of messing with brakes and getting rid of sharp bits.

By the sounds of it you have a leathal weapon by the way it has been explained.

good luck with getting it sorted.

tegwin - 19/5/10 at 01:16 PM

Sounds very similar to my first fail list..... atleast you now know exactly what must be worked on... no more guessing

Easy enough to work through the list and fix those...


And be proud that the car only failed on stupid "cosmetic" things.... and didnt fail on aything more serious..

jossey - 19/5/10 at 01:18 PM

oh one thing. i thought the handbrake reach was an exempt area?

cd.thomson - 19/5/10 at 01:21 PM

yes the iva bars are on there.

little bit exasperated when he said the bonnet/nosecone edges all need beading on them. never heard/read that before!

skinned knuckles - 19/5/10 at 01:22 PM

its quite a list but it all seems workable. just tackle them one at a time. you probably didn't expect to pass it first time anyway?

put the list up on you garage wall, have a highlighter to hand to cross them off one at a time and you'll have them done in no time. most of them are radius issues or simple fixes like spacers which is no big deal. you'll probably find that with the breaks, a bit of bedding in will solve the problems

coozer - 19/5/10 at 01:22 PM

Puzzled why the flush steering wheel bolts need to have radius

cd.thomson - 19/5/10 at 01:25 PM

the main ones in my opinion are the emissions and the wheels.

presumably i need to get it rolling roaded now and also I need some narrower wheels.

mcerd1 - 19/5/10 at 01:26 PM

sounds like most of that list is just going to take you a little time to sort out some kind of aceptable edging etc...

so I'll stick to these bits:

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
no self centering

parking brake cannot be easily operated from seat

side repeaters in the wrong place

have a look on the other forum:

there was some talk of lossening off the bottom balljoint

I think someone on the other forum had the handbrake lever problem, but I can't remember what they did about it

and there has been alot of discussion about side repeaters

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
bias bar not welded

secondary brake efficiency 26.93 - needs to be 30

parking brake efficiency 14 - needs to be 18

have your pads had a chance to bed in properly yet ?


quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
VIN not stamped on RHS of chassis

I must have missed that one before
where is yours stamped at the moment ? (u2u me if you don't want it public)

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
alloy wheels protrude and therefore fail on radius

have you got any spacers behind them ?

rayward - 19/5/10 at 01:36 PM

not to bad a fail, at least you have a list of things to do,

re the mirrors, was your centre mirror OK?

i had similar side mirror on my part built, and have changed to These for the IVA, if you turn the mirrors around 180 on the stems, you can fit them to your existing mirror bases (one bolt through the centre hole) to save drilling more fixing holes in the scuttle

hth

Ray

mookaloid - 19/5/10 at 02:14 PM

not too bad IMHO

You should be able to sort those out in a couple of afternoons...

Be on the road in a couple of weeks

eddie99 - 19/5/10 at 02:21 PM

Well done mate, all looks like cheap easy fixes pretty much! Good luck solving them and being on the road in no time!

Coopz - 19/5/10 at 02:34 PM

A good weekend and you will be able to tick off most of those... Good luck

iank - 19/5/10 at 02:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Puzzled why the flush steering wheel bolts need to have radius


Seems mad, but if you think about the hexagon hole the radius ball touches the edges which are sharp according to the rules. It's been mentioned on here before as an SVA fail.

Wondering why the pedal rubbers fell off assuming they are OEM pedals and rubbers. But either grip tape from a skateboard shop or a bit of contact adhesive should sort it.

ETA: Some of those fails must have been expected - brake bias not welded for one.

[Edited on 19/5/10 by iank]