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franky - 28/6/11 at 12:29 PM

At last!

Needed a new caliper as the handbrake part was defective on my other one. Trim bits done and a button for low brake fluid level installed. Retest was over in less than an hour.

The whole IVA experience wasn't too bad at all really. The testers at Nottingham really are on your side.

Car inspection tomorrow so i'll get my number plates then too.

Thanks to Dave for lending me some bits and to the LCB forum members for answering my questions

speedyxjs - 28/6/11 at 12:31 PM

well done! Piccys?

Bumble - 28/6/11 at 12:35 PM

Congrats. Hope to be posting with the same heading within the next week.

adithorp - 28/6/11 at 12:35 PM

Nice one!


But don't count on this...

quote:
Originally posted by franky
Car inspection tomorrow so i'll get my number plates then too.



Although a few have been lucky and walked out with it the same day, it often takes a while to get the paperwork for the 'plates through.

rb968 - 28/6/11 at 12:36 PM

Well done mate. So just the DVLA muppets to deal with

I've got emissions to sort for my retest then hope to be in the same position.

Bet it feels good !

Rich

afj - 28/6/11 at 12:37 PM

nottingham always get a good review for being fair and helpful my sva there was done in less than 2 hours

Benzine - 28/6/11 at 12:38 PM

nice one! i got my plates from nottingham DVLA within half an hour, that was in 2006 though. Hopefully they'll still be as good!

[Edited on 28/6/11 by Benzine]

Irony - 28/6/11 at 12:41 PM

Legend - Well dome mate. You absolutely deserve it with that beast you have created!!

franky - 28/6/11 at 12:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Nice one!


But don't count on this...

quote:
Originally posted by franky
Car inspection tomorrow so i'll get my number plates then too.



Although a few have been lucky and walked out with it the same day, it often takes a while to get the paperwork for the 'plates through.


Oi don't pi$$ on my chips

I did ask about that and they said as i've got to take it to them i'll get number plates on the same day..... However I'm not 100% counting on it!

rodgling - 28/6/11 at 12:45 PM

Well done - hope the DVLA sort you out with the plates quickly.

Daddylonglegs - 28/6/11 at 12:57 PM

Congrats

Hope I'm not too far off that place too....

franky - 28/6/11 at 01:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
well done! Piccys?


These are as I got back, wearing her IVA face and additions. Not too much to change... side mirrors/indicators and remove trim

Oh the car is still loaded with tools incase I broke down or could fix any IVA issues there. 200 trouble free miles so far and 30+MPG!!!





jossey - 28/6/11 at 01:08 PM

dave LIKES THIS!!!!

congrats

lovely car.

Slater - 28/6/11 at 01:26 PM

That's a very nicely finished car. I like the colour scheme. Well done!

What are the four black buttons on the edge of the dash to the right of the steering wheel?

franky - 28/6/11 at 01:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Slater
That's a very nicely finished car. I like the colour scheme. Well done!

What are the four black buttons on the edge of the dash to the right of the steering wheel?


Cheers.

They're nut covers covering the dash control/config buttons.

The dash always displays speed however on some of the screens(predictive lap time/lap history IIRC) the MPH isn't shown so its a IVA fail in my testers opinion. Easily sorted though. I even had to remove the power isolation switch for the dash so that's why there's a hole on the toggle row.

rb968 - 28/6/11 at 01:56 PM

Looks great. Who did the cage? Is that from GKD?

Sort of thing I fancy on my Indy.

Rich

franky - 28/6/11 at 02:52 PM

Yep, the cage is from GKD

ashg - 28/6/11 at 03:04 PM

well deserved mate after the epic battle with the duff engine etc

Tris - 28/6/11 at 03:27 PM

Congrats - had mine done at Nottingham too and mirror your comments - they really are good working with you, instead of it being a parc furme type of test.

Took 8 days from going to my local DLVA office to getting the reg and tax disk back through the post (its apparently a back office task now, which was the story i got told). DLVA shouldn't need / want to see the car again though due to the recent change (see link below)

http://www.betterregulation.gov.uk/ideas/viewidea.cfm?proposalid=3331ed493d6b444d97bc03a2bbba312b&tunnel=bl

Looks great though - love the colour and dash

femster87 - 28/6/11 at 03:52 PM

Congrats Mr Franky, Am definitely coming up for a ride soon

daniel mason - 28/6/11 at 04:03 PM

well done franky. glad you did something a bit different and still on a decent budget! how do you find the stack dash? they look the nuts to me!

big_wasa - 28/6/11 at 04:47 PM

Nice one,

One car/engine I would like to see

franky - 28/6/11 at 05:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by daniel mason
well done franky. glad you did something a bit different and still on a decent budget! how do you find the stack dash? they look the nuts to me!


The dash is great! I'm not a fan of digital RPM displays as they're hard to read from a glance, this sits perfectly in my line of vision. Great quality too. I like the way the layout hasn't changed for years either, just the options/software etc.