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Steering colum cowling
carlknight1982 - 15/5/11 at 12:55 PM

Ok so im looking for some thoguhts on this, the steering colum cowling is inside the exempt radius of the steeering wheel so would i be ok to make a "Gator" to gover it rather than using the standard sierrra plastics?

im thinking it would be smaller more compact and neater. but would it pass iva?

Carl

Ben_Copeland - 15/5/11 at 01:38 PM

Dont see why not, dont think it matters what its made out of.

Its only aesthestics at the end of the day..

David Jenkins - 15/5/11 at 01:40 PM

The only thing that the tester will consider would be: if you had a massive front-end collision, would the cowling protect you from the hard, sharp and lumpy bits.

carlknight1982 - 15/5/11 at 03:40 PM

I was under the impression that anything behind the steering wheel was exempt.

Ben_Copeland - 15/5/11 at 04:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
The only thing that the tester will consider would be: if you had a massive front-end collision, would the cowling protect you from the hard, sharp and lumpy bits.


Doubt the original plastic cover would add much in the way of protection anyway.

Promai Joe - 15/5/11 at 07:45 PM

I have no cowling and mine passed on Friday, so it would appear this area is exempt, but this is always down to the interpretation of the inspector!