donut
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:06 PM |
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Size of Chassis number?
How big (acording to the SVA manual) do the chassis number need to be. I need to stamp the number on my chassis but before i do i want to make sure i
get it right.
Thanx
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:20 PM |
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Not less than 4mm according to my SVA manual...
Section 22 of the manual, page 222.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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02GF74
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:38 PM |
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^^^^^ exactly wit he said. Machine Mart sell 4 mm stamps.
... sight hijack, how permanently fix does the plate need to be - rivets or self tappers?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:41 PM |
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My main one is riveted, and glued with sikaflex!
Don't be surprised if your local DVLA man asks you to stamp the number somewhere else, as a backup (mine did - so I put it on the chassis member
just behind the radiator).
David
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bob
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:46 PM |
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Mines riveted on drivers side under the bonnet,also engraved onto floor in front of drivers seat.
SVA was fine with the riveted version.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:47 PM |
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mine was a simple engraved plate from the cobblers shop
and it can be pop riveted each side
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DarrenW
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 01:49 PM |
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How big does it have to be - 17 digits i think
Sorry, couldnt resist. i used 8mm i think. They dont measure it - just have to easily be able to see it.
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donut
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 02:32 PM |
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I think i'll call the SVA centre to see if i can put it on a plate.
Cheers peeps!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 02:34 PM |
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Mine is stamped on to the chassis in three different places.
ditch
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 02:36 PM |
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5mm here.
I've stamped a few onto plates cut from 16g for myself and others then welded them onto the chassis. They have all been o.k. so far.
[Edited on 16/5/06 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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BKLOCO
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 02:40 PM |
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The SVA inspector told me it had to be "permanently" fixed.
It is up to the individual inspectors to deceide what "permanently" means.
Mine would NOT accept screwed or rivited. It had to be welded or stamped into chassis.
Luckily I had all 3
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!!! 
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timf
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 02:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zxrlocost
mine was a simple engraved plate from the cobblers shop
and it can be pop riveted each side
similar
i took the top rad member (LC) to the cobblers and he engraved that, if they don't like my vin number then i'm stuck
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
- Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952
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donut
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 03:04 PM |
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I have just got off the phone to my SVA centre and the chap said that a riveted chassis plate would be fine 
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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DarrenW
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 03:07 PM |
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DVLA told me it had to be welded on.
Ive also put an engraved plate on scuttle panel and also wrote the chassis number all over the place elsewhere (some not visible until you take a bit
off). Kind of microtagging but not so micro.
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