Fudgey

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Just got a few quick questions regarding mot law etc...

car is a G reg 2.0l sierra pile

1. first off, the car has no rear seats or seat belts fitted, im sure if both are removed its ok?

2. after i replace the headlights and indicators again, the beam aim will be out, can the headlight be massively adjusted? (with mallet if needed)

3. the front bumper is held on with tywraps, it pushes into the rubber mountings and is then tywrapped on the corners and round the middle, wont fall off etc

4. the rear swing arm is rusted through where the spring was, it got blocked by a big stone and shit then filled with water, but as we have now fitted coilovers, its no longer a load bearing point as the spring is removed

5. its got a welded diff, so obviously when they move the car it will be evident

any advice on the following would be top

cheers lol

JoeE30

Hi mate im just about to go down the mot centre with my E30 that is being slowly turned into a drift car...Polycarb windows, no interior very noisey and has a mix of tyres...Im worried just like you...

£50 is alot to spend if it fails as not many places do free retests unless you let them do the work...

Fudgey

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good luck mate, let us know eh

JoeE30

1. Fine
2.Will nedd to correct to pass, they might do it as it is a five min job
3.That might be a prob, as it could fall off....
4.Fail as it is within 30cm of a sus point
5.Cant see it being a problem, but then again its down to the tester

JoeE30

Yeah sorry mate where is my manners.... good luck to you...

Fudgey

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cheers mate, its not booked in just yet as the rear bearing is fucked so ill hopefully have that done tomoz

cheers dude.

ill nick a rear swing arm off the 3dr then, also bolt the front bumper on lol, peice of piss and cross my fingers lol

Stavros

1, 3, 5, is 101% fine as long as secure and safe, no idea about the other two.

Its not illegal anyhow, but a welded diff could just be a really tight plated race diff for all anyone knew.

Fudgey

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oh, might need to borrow rentons wheels too, if they got legal tread on lol

lead_foot

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Good luck mate.

dojj

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you would have been much better off getting a 90 spec car but you can't get everything right and besides, i think you've got enough work put into that ones with its "respray"

depends on the tester, my guy won't test it without a full complement of seats, but if you've got some sort of stripped out theme goin they may let it pass

the front end has masive adjustability in the light itself before you even start to change the pointyness of the beam, if he's going to charge you a few quid to get it set up then let him, just make sure the lgiths and indicators and grille and bonnet lines all line up (there are only 3 bolts/screws/nuts to adjust and it takes a few minutes)

if it doesn't have any sharp edges on it it shouldn't be a problem, they won't wiggle it to see if it's going to fall off unless it's blindingly obvius its only held on with a bit of string

fail, cahnge it

won't be a problem, the test is on a ramp and teh cars got an lsd fitted

you've probably come back after getting it failed ain't you if not, good luck

Fudgey

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lol cheers mate

got a small list of things to do now lol

Fudgey

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oh yeah, its got 30mm spacers on all round too, i take it that aint a fail lol?

dojj

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nope, as long as the tryes don't protrude outside the arches they are fine

Fudgey

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dojj

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did it pass then?

BigChuck

A case of beer left on the passenger seat never goes wrong. lol

JoeE30

Mine did, it failed first time on fog light inop,Fitted newun as i couldnt be arsed to sort the wiring for old one.... no washers(had no water in res) and a tyre which was on the wrong way round(rotational) they swopped that round for me....First Mot on the old girl for 4 yrs...She has been stood since i rescued her from the salvage yard.....Strated first time, will do service later on, just needs to be VIC'd now and its all go for the drift...

Should have seen the 60 something mot tester climbing in and out the bucket seat.....

Stavros

A scrappy that let you buy the car? Wish the ones round here would, LOADS of cars too fit to scrap here, but they wont have it

Fudgey

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its not been mot's yet, still got a few bits to sort out before it goes in.,

another thing,

the windscreen washers - the pump is fucked from when i last twatted the front end, so i have wired in a manual switch for the job, but its just loosly hanging on the top of the dash lol, is that ok??



i also sorted out the problem of the fucked wheel bearing....

the erm, wheel nuts were only just on there

so i done em up tight and the nasty noise has gone.... after i spent £45 on bits to sort the cunt

pee vee

lol... i expect the heap of shit, but some miracle, will pass and continue to be a danger to anything near it.

Fudgey

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shut it cuntflaps, its ace and you know it!

AlexF

you muppet

Fudgey

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well when it started making a noise i had just got on the motorway at bath (j18 M4) and i live in swindon (j16 M4) i stopped to have a look on the hard shoulder, and there is no wheel brace in the car, but i did have my little impact gun and i did have a go on the wheel nuts....

but it done nothing and was still making a horrid rumbling noise

i drove all the way home at about 40mph on the inside lane getting flashed at by lorrys lol as i was in desperate need of a shit...

was only about 30 miles lol

zippyobrien

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3 door arms have different pick up pionts on them ,

you need saph ones

Fudgey

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eh??

they all the same shape, and its not from a 3dr cossy either, 1.6gl ones lol

looks about the same as whats on there at the mo??

zippyobrien

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the anti roll bar mount is in a different place i thought?????


might only be on the cossie gear, sorry if im wrong

Fudgey

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thats correct on the cossies mate, the shitter base models dont have em lol

Fudgey

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oh ah, is this a failure???

AlexF

yeah I would have thought so....

I could come out....

Fudgey

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god knows how long its been like that, and it gets the shit thrashed out of it every time its used lol...

after i took the pic i actually nearly pulled it all off, but thought i better leave it lol

hopefully will have it sorted this w/e lol

JoeE30

FFS that is a little nasty there Dan and i was bothered about mine.....

Stav, most scrappys only break un-repairable motors but salvage yards sell them whole and she was only a cat-d write off, front bumper had a whole where the bloke was pissing about, pulled the hose out the servo and tapped a fiesta up the arse with the mahhhoooosive tow eyes. Insurance said yup repair it with non gen parts he said no it is a bmw i will not have non gen so they wrote it off.

So i got a 325is on a 1989 with nothing wrong bar the front bumper for £500....

Ow yeah just got my letter through confirming my VIC appointment...Looks like i ahve got to have Thursday off aswell.....Had all this week off and now i have to tell them i wont be in thursday...lol na bother i hate the company anyway.......

dojj

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fook me!!!!!!!! a halfords trolley jack

but yes, thats fooked mate, well and proper
get some polys in there but make sure you get new washers to go with them as well as new nuts and sleaves, you'll never believe you had such shit handling if you've not dome them on a everyday motor

even the cheap polys are better than nothing, and if you want to drift it all the time, this is one thing you really MUST do

Fudgey

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fuck that mate, got some more washer bits coming from paul that will go on, other than that, jobs a goodun

ps that halfrauds jack has been spot on for the erm, i think 4 years ive had it

dojj

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wait till you try and jack it on on a surface thats less than level, they buckle like skinny chairs under fat people

dojj

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did it pass the mot?

Fudgey

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well after 2 days of fucking aobut with the ol biatch, its mot is booked for 10.30 tomoz...

sooo

will it, or wont it lol??

Stavros

I think no

AndyP

What's that a pic of? Im clueless as you can tell

Fudgey

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cheers stav!

that pic is the washer on the anti roll bar, kinda what hold the front wheels on

AndyP

Cheers mate, not good then