Say I build a car on a chassis and keep the Reg based on the 8 point rule having submitted a V627/1 - but I only have 8 points inc the engine.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
If I then want to swap out the engine at a later date will it then need an IVA despite having been driven around for a year?
Any one point me at the legislation on this ?
Only matters at point of registration.
Nope, it does matter and would need IVA.
Same as any car that has been modified and then doesn't make teh 8 points. Hence loads of escorts running about with modified shells that SHOULD
have an IVA.
When I built my spitfire I had to be very careful. I am on 8 points. Just.
Unless you are saying the "radically altered vehicle" resets the points, and you can then change a load of stuff again (but still have to
keep the unmodified chassis or monocoque)? But there is nothing to confirm that on the guidance. Better to be clear that something IS acceptable,
otherwise you really are up a creek if/when things go wrong.
[Edited on 23/11/18 by cliftyhanger]
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Originally posted by cliftyhanger
Nope, it does matter and would need IVA.
[Edited on 23/11/18 by cliftyhanger]
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Originally posted by jps
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Originally posted by cliftyhanger
Nope, it does matter and would need IVA.
[Edited on 23/11/18 by cliftyhanger]
but IVA is not the registration process...
probably safest to check with DVLA. If it goes pear-shaped, saying "a bloke on a forum reckons...." is not that helpful
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Originally posted by cliftyhanger
probably safest to check with DVLA. If it goes pear-shaped, saying "a bloke on a forum reckons...." is not that helpful
There are hundreds if not thousands of modified cars on the road that might need IVA.
However this situation is different as once this one is registered using the 8 points. it has been correctly registered. Any future modifications are
no different to modding a type approved car or making chanes to an IVAd kit a few days after IVA.
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Originally posted by loggyboy
There are hundreds if not thousands of modified cars on the road that might need IVA.
However this situation is different as once this one is registered using the 8 points. it has been correctly registered. Any future modifications are no different to modding a type approved car or making chanes to an IVAd kit a few days after IVA.
I’m not so sure.
You have a type approved vehicle from a major manufacturer and you have a limit of modification (8 point system) before it needs another approval
(IVA). The V627 doesn’t change that approval, it just recognises the changes to that original approval.
Once it has an IVA, you’ve essentially reset the 8 point counter as it was approved in the condition submitted?
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I’m not so sure.
You have a type approved vehicle from a major manufacturer and you have a limit of modification (8 point system) before it needs another approval (IVA). The V627 doesn’t change that approval, it just recognises the changes to that original approval.
Once it has an IVA, you’ve essentially reset the 8 point counter as it was approved in the condition submitted?
The points system works from "as manufactured". So, the timeline is irrelevant.
Surely once your car is registered the parts on it are now part of that car and you would need to change 8 of those parts to trigger the change
I think that if you have built and registered a car correctly then only major changes tomthe cahassis would invoke any sort of procedure, simply
changing an engine is not a major chassis change unless you put an engine in which requires major structural changes.
If it was the case then lots of us would be in real truoble for putting a Zetec in instead of a Pinto!
I presume the OP is trying to avoid the IVA test otherwise why not just IVA the car once completed and fitted with the engine you want.
When you are using the 8 point rule you are not registering the vehicle as a new vehicle, using the 8 point rule is about making changes to an
existing identity (registration)
So if you then change something and it no longer meets the 8 point rule you could well find you get refused an MOT test and the car getting referred
for an IVA test. - Yes this happens
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Any future modifications are no different to modding a type approved car or making chanes to an IVAd kit a few days after IVA.