This may sound like a silly question but,will my mk6 escort pass an m.o.t with a stripped interior? Im not sure wether the old bill would see it as a road legal motor, whats the rules man???????

 

yeah as long as all the switchs are secure you dont even need lights for a mot

 

Put it in for MOT and find out is probably the easiest way. If it comes back with a list then you atleast know what needs addressed. Stripped interior is 100% road legal if done right.

 

Incorrect.

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If thats the case why do they check them at every mot?

 

you need lights, adn if you have fogs, they have to work

mine is fully stripped passes with flying colours

 

if you can prove that the vehicle is not used at night then lights are not a requirement

 

dont think so mate

you can get a day time mot so no lights required at all but you will get an advisory vt32 sheet

only have to work if fitted!



been a tester for a long tine and have never had a car in with no lights though

i did have a car with no front screen though can't fail it on that either

 

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_110.htm

 

only the offside rear has to work

 

You learn summat new everyday

 

every days a school day

tbh some of the things with the mot are a joke

 

Indeed it is

So how come a car can pass an mot without having a windscreen mate?

 

Matt Baxter, tell me about it...whats the latest crack with the plates? tbh I half read my notice on it, got bored and just acknowledged it

Also....how many Vectra C rear upper suspension arm bushes have you failed so far????????

 

You fail a screen for obstructing your view on various things ie chips/cracks, stickers, crap hanging down from the rear view mirror...if the screens not there, how can anything be there on it to fail for obstructing your view?

 

because there is nothing in the manual to say a screen has to be fitted

i once told a guy this so he went and kicked the screen out of his motor

 

Thats fookin madness

I mean surely a car isn't safe to drive on the motorway for example without a windscreen, unless you're wearing goggles

 

don't get many in(thank fuck) as the vauxhall dealer is next door but i know what you mean

have had a few motors with cheap hid lights fitted and fail due to the pattern being shit

 

Thats up to the driver of the vehicle and how much they respect their eyes and image.....personaly I couldnt give a fook about them, just the rule book to keep my testing licence clean

 

lol I am a Vauxhall dealer techy

Im failing shit loads of them atm.....so much so that we're expecting a visit from a man in a white vosa smock soon It seems if its got around 70k plus, if you check the rear bushes for play with the vehicle on the deck by rocking the top of the wheel back and forth there tends to be shit loads of play in the outer top bush. Raise the car so the pin rotates in the bush to a unworn posistion and most of the free play is gone. One of the other lads failed one and it went to three other mot stations where they have been unable to find any play what so ever, hence an impending visit

 

HID'S Can only be fitted to vehicles with self leveling suspension and head lamp wash fitted,also if windscreen removed,wiper arms must be also removed

cheeRS stu

 

cheers for that fellas

 

I guess its been answered already, but i can personally vouch for the fact that you dont need any interior trim, before i put the cage, buckets and harnesses etc i had one seat and belt, a steering wheel and half a dash..

 

I better put at least a seat in then, ha ha.

 

Only thing you have to make sure about with a stripped interior is no sharpe edges, other than that no problems.

PMSL @ kicking the screen out because it had a chip.

 

The DAYLIGHT MOT is quite correct and I have known cars with this, even MOT examiners have to look it up, of course get caught at night and your in trouble but is done mainly for road legal track cars.
Our little island has lots of odd laws/rules.
tabetha

 

Matt

Is it also true that Q Plate cars dont have to have an immeisions test?????

 

i know i asked this last night but i'd like some more opinions
The 205 needs an MOT before the opening round of the challenge in 2 weeks. The windscreen is clear in the drivers line of view but has a crack accross the corner below the tax disc from seal to seal?
will it pass or should i kick it out?
i was told it would fail if the wipers touched it? can i not fit shorter wiper blades?