scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 10:42 AM |
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Reason for keeping Sierra wheel?
I know a lot of people keep their sierra steering wheel for SVA, then swap it over afterwards. I was just wondering why this is? Something to do with
radii?
Has anyone passed SVA with a smaller wheel fitted? At the moment I've got a Mountney wheel fitted so would rather go to SVA with that, but if
it's a definite fail point I guess it will have to come off again!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 10:47 AM |
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sva specifies that the wheel must be padded, with a padded boss, and must not have any holes or apertures that could catch fingers or jewlelry. It
must also be approved for sva.
a lot of aftermarket wheels dont come close.
so, the easiest thing is to use the std wheel and change it afterwards
atb
steve
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 10:49 AM |
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Aaaah, Ok that makes sense. The wheel itself is padded but the boss is made of rock hard smash-yer-face-in plastic, so I guess that might be a fail!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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subk2002
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 11:02 AM |
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I passed my last car with a mountney wheel but i had it coverd up with padding 
Cheers Drew
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Avoneer
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 11:03 AM |
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I passed with my mountney wheel, with centre horn push. I did have the padded removeable bit though.
Pat....
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However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 11:05 AM |
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Hmm so it can be done, have you got any photos? How did you make it look "permanent" enough to please the examiner?
I think it still might be easier to use the sierra wheel and change it later rather than making up some padding that I won't ever use!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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ady8077
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 11:56 AM |
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Hi Pete
I bought a center pad for mountney wheels from Europa, passed sva no probs
https://secure.visav.co.uk/avshop/products.asp
Adrian
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ReMan
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 12:34 PM |
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Anyone know if there is a smaller feista or something wheel that will drop straight on cheaply for the test, then worry about a "nice "
one later?
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 04:29 PM |
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quote:
I bought a center pad for mountney wheels from Europa, passed sva no probs
Adrian, do you know if you need a collapsible boss??
Regards, Ian.
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ady8077
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 07:05 PM |
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Hi Ian
I was advised to fit a collapsable boss so i did, the examiner never commented on it so i assume he liked what he saw ?
Adrian
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barrie sharp
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| posted on 16/8/04 at 09:01 AM |
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A Fiesta sport is smaller and approved its wot i used for sva
the cars looking good" a blind man would be pleased to see it"
''stop press'' the blind mans seen it said "it felt ok"
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Avoneer
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| posted on 16/8/04 at 04:16 PM |
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My mountney boss was collapsible and the pad came with it and just clips on.
Pat....
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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James
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| posted on 16/8/04 at 04:31 PM |
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There's another benefit to a bigger wheel- the SVA exempt area around the wheel!
Stuff can stick out of the dash if it's within a (170?mm) radius of the steering wheel. Obviously the bigger the wheel the more area of dash is
covered!
James
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 16/8/04 at 04:42 PM |
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Does the SVA test require you to be able to clearly see all the switches etc behind the wheel without moving your head? If I fit my bigger sierra
wheel it may obscure the fog lamp switch
Pete
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