Just been having some thoughts and how high do the headlights have to be from the gorund for sva?

bottom edge minimum 500mm
top edge maximum 1200mm

GeorgeM

cheers george

Would it not be worth buying the SVA manual?

You are intending to sit the test afterall....



Cheers,
James

why buy it, not very locost

anyway, its all free on line

GeorgeM

I wouldn't fit them at the lowest 500mm just in case you adjust your suspension at some point. Always good to leave yourself a bit of space.

When the Rover 75 was being designed, BMW insisted that the lights were fitted really low. It stopped rover doing a lowered sporty version that might compete with the 3 series. It was only when the car was face lifted with new lights that the MG version could be made.

It's actually 500mm to the bottom of the "cut off" on the lens rather than the bottom of the light, so if you go 500mm to the bottom of the light you've automatically got a bit of space to play with.

this any good ?

This comes up time and again. Maybe we should have a sticky with the Westfield diagrams ?