smart51
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 12:00 PM |
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radiused edges
I would like my new car to have a very sharp lower edge. Less than 2.5mm anyway. Will it fail SVA or is it in some way exempt?
I want nice, tight panel shuts on my new car. This means low radius curves on panel returns. Its fine where one panel meets another but what happens
where the door meets the body? Does this have to be 2.5mm or more because the door opens revealing the edge?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 12:08 PM |
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better off with rounded edges anyway as they don't tend to get chipped or hurt (as much) when you walk into the car or shut the door on your
fingers 
[Edited on 23/9/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Shamrock GS
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 12:14 PM |
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Loving your avatar Mr W - do you by any chance know my wife?
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“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 12:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Shamrock GS
Loving your avatar Mr W - do you by any chance know my wife?
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no I don't know her but do tell 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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02GF74
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 01:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
I would like my new car to have a very sharp lower edge. Less than 2.5mm anyway. Will it fail SVA or is it in some way exempt?
I want nice, tight panel shuts on my new car. This means low radius curves on panel returns. Its fine where one panel meets another but what happens
where the door meets the body? Does this have to be 2.5mm or more because the door opens revealing the edge?
you would need to consult SVA manual - I seem to recall that in some places, mudguards spring to mind, the SVA allows folded over sheet, which sounds
like what you are wanting to do.
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smart51
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 02:19 PM |
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My bodywork will be GRP The return will be perhaps 30mm wide so not simply folded over. I was thinking more like the sketch to the left than the
right. (the green represents the door and the blue the car)
 
Rescued attachment door.JPG
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indykid
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 03:17 PM |
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but it doesn't protrude more than 2.5mm from the body so only need be blunted....
don't know the rules on opening panels but it's never come into question with boot panels on 7s
tom
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