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scootz - 10/6/08 at 10:02 AM

Do mirrors have to be 'marked' to satisfy SVA regs, or do they just have to be fit for purpose?


whitestu - 10/6/08 at 10:17 AM

Not sure officially, but Mine weren't e-marked and were fine.

Stu


scootz - 10/6/08 at 10:21 AM

Cheers!


BenB - 10/6/08 at 11:21 AM

They don't have to be E-marked but they do have to be "equivalent" to an E-marked mirror. IE if its not E-marked it's up to the examiner to decide whether it would be up to being E-marked. It's the same with lamps. My fog light wasn't E-marked and the examiner decided it wasn't bright enough even though it was just as bright as the e-marked fog light it was replaced with.... Hohum...

but either way it'll still have to pass the field-of-vision test and (if in the "danger zone" be able to swing back if you hit anything...


scootz - 10/6/08 at 11:49 AM

Hoorah!


StevieB - 10/6/08 at 04:06 PM

That's good then, as original, fully marked bike mirrors cost a frtune, whereas replacement parts from thefastone.co.uk are less than £20 apiece.


Schrodinger - 10/6/08 at 07:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
That's good then, as original, fully marked bike mirrors cost a frtune, whereas replacement parts from thefastone.co.uk are less than £20 apiece.


Just because they are ok for a bike does not make them ok for a car, they have to be large enough to meet the "criteria" see the sva manual.