I heard a rumour these aren't allowed under SVA for amateur built vehicles. Is it so?
I don't think they are allowed on new vehicles anymore... Hence Mx5, Ferrari and Lotus no longer using them.
JC
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Hmm, i wonder why. Is it because of their capacity to mechanically fail and render the car with no lights?
Yes....that and the fact that they provide a lethaly sharp pedestrian/car incompatibility problem!!
Bugger. I was just about to design some for my car aswell
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Originally posted by tegwin
Yes....that and the fact that they provide a lethaly sharp pedestrian/car incompatibility problem!!
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Originally posted by tegwin
Yes....that and the fact that they provide a lethaly sharp pedestrian/car incompatibility problem!!
I have to agree, so long as it meets the radius requirement I don't see how they can fail on pop up lights
i thought pop up lights were banned in USA, and as such, manufacturers stopped using them all over?
Plus the added weight/complication, when most manufatcurers are trying to loose wieght (where they can) because legislation makes them fit so much other sh1t nowadays is possibly another reason, even if they were allowed...
I thought they just weren't used cos they're kinda 80's stylin!!!
But i think ones on my 3rd gen lude look pukka. But everyone tells me pop ups are a bugger to set for mot for some reason.
Well, back home now, and IVA has this to say. Points of interest in red bold
page 116 - Installation of Lights 20
3. All lamps and reflectors fitted to the vehicle must not move by
swivelling, deflecting or otherwise while the vehicle is in motion, except
for:
• any lamp or reflector which by design can be deflected to the side
with the movement of the front wheel or wheels of the vehicle when
turned for the purpose of steering the vehicle
• a headlamp for adjustment or dipping of the beam
• a headlamp which can be retracted or concealed
• a work lamp, used to illuminate a working area or the scene of an
accident, breakdown or road works in the vicinity of the vehicle to
which it is fitted.