bigdrew
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| posted on 17/9/11 at 08:58 PM |
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Rear light / tyre clearance + IVA Sidelight question
Hi all, Current have the NAS lights and have drilled the holes and mounted the bracket things as seen here
Here and I have very little clearence (15mm) between the
Tyre and the end of the light. It dosen't rub however. Is this going to upset the IVA man?
Also, I'm just wondering where in the manual it states that side lights need to be operated from a permanant feed? I can't see it in
"22 End-outline, Position (Side), Stop, Side Marker & Daytime Running Lamps" which is where I would expect it to be?..
[Edited on 17/9/11 by bigdrew]
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stevegough
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| posted on 18/9/11 at 07:00 AM |
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I have got those fitted - as you say, they seem to be a bit close to the tyre, however, my IVA man didn't bother about them. If you are really
short of room, S-V-C do the same lights but the wiring comes out at a right angle - you can just see in this
link photo ( top right ).
I don't think there is any requirement for permanent feed to the sidelights? The only permanent live requirement is to the hazards.
Make sure if you are using the NAS lights that the lens in the foglight is the correct one - it has to throw a parrallel beam. This was one fail on
my test - my 'SVA compliant set' supplied by CBS foglight was the same as the tail lights.
Don't forget that the foglight needs to be mounted vertical, and watch the edges on any reflectors you fit - they have been a common fail
point.
Hope this is of some help, bigdrew.
Pic of my wheel arches.....
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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bigdrew
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| posted on 18/9/11 at 09:20 AM |
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Cheers for the picture, Loads of help Solved my other question on securing the wires in the arches as well. I will be ok if I use the lights with out
the proper conector plug (Solder directly to the terminal and fill with silicon. I think my Fog light will need changing as it isn't
'F' or 'B' marked so thanks for the heads up there!
There are loads of threads which crop up about side lights and the usual response is that the need to work with the Ign
off.Such as this one But I can't see anything in the IVA manual which
states it..
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bigdrew
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| posted on 18/9/11 at 09:31 AM |
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From this it looks like it might be a MOT thing rather than IVA?..
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stevegough
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| posted on 18/9/11 at 10:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigdrew
Cheers for the picture, Loads of help Solved my other question on securing the wires in the arches as well. I will be ok if I use the lights with out
the proper conector plug (Solder directly to the terminal and fill with silicon. I think my Fog light will need changing as it isn't
'F' or 'B' marked so thanks for the heads up there!
Have to agree with that idea - I had quite a few hiccups when fitting my rear lights because those connector plugs are pretty poor. Soldering sounds
a good idea.
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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handyandy
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| posted on 18/9/11 at 10:58 AM |
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I,ve used the same lights & also soldered the connections to create a little more clearance for the tyre, I used some split conduit araldited to
the underside of the wing to run my wires thru, seems quite secure & hopefully will be ok for Mr IVA man 
cheers
andy
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bigdrew
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| posted on 18/9/11 at 04:45 PM |
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Time to brush up on my soldering then. Thanks for the help all..
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