As the title will my air filters sticking out of the bonnet pass SVA?

I had hoped to get away with not putting them on until after the SVA but when the one inlet trumpet was sealed by the bonnet i had no choice.

[Edited on 10/7/05 by coovey]
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do it like this.

at beverley, the sva inspector said, eh that's neat, i like that, then proceded to get his radius gauges and spheres all round it, but he was quite happy with it when he'd finished.

the top and bottom is rubber u section, cut at the bottom of the u, so it leaves a lower case L, and the ends superglued together, so that a fair bit of stretching is needed to get it onto the filter. it then holds itself well, without the need for adhesive.

i did the same for top and bottom of my shockers too.
hth
tom

if you're still worried, take the filters off, and form some fine mesh to cover the hole in the bonnet. should be alright, if not a bit bodgey.

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Neat idea, as i doubt it would pass otherwise.

it's ok, but on my first drive out, for some reason or another, one of the nuts on top came loose, and it and the nut cover came bouncing down the bonnet at me at about 50mph.

i wondered what the bloody hell it was, as it caught me just below my glasses on my cheek. it ended up behind the seat

i therefore had to remove the sva trim on safety grounds, as i didn't want it happening again.
tom

Cheers Tom,

a good idea

thanks

As the SVA examiner at Bishopbriggs explianed to me.. " you move the 100mm ball in a forward and horizontal plane only and any surface protrusion that it makes contact with.... becomes part of the radi measurement".

So you gota remember this as WE all seem to go way overboard in covering items that are impossible to make contact with the sphere... For example the base of those webbers...

Well thats what I was told anyways...

i went with the theory avoneer suggested.

if you can cover it, get it done.

if you take it to the test, and there can be no question that it's correct, it's got to pass. just because the rules officially say "this is all that's required", it's still open to a large degree of subjectivity, and if the inspector can see that you've made a good job, and it looks like you've made an effort to comply, he'll be much more lenient on other bits, where you really could do with the benefit of the doubt.

i found that i could get at least a bit of sleep the night before the test, as i knew that there were at least no radius infringements on the car.

a bit of u trim and 5 minutes of your time is so much cheaper than a retest.

tom