OK I have got my SVA test on Monday [oooerrr] so what should I take with me to smooth the way? (apart from bribes)

I know I will take :

1. Rubber edging strip to sort out any forgotten sharp edges.
2. Cable ties to secure any floppy bits
3. SVA pad for my Momo steering wheel (ally spokes)
4. Small toolkit to make adjustments on site (headlight alignment, speedo calibration etc)
5. Some pictures of hidden areas if questioned (tunnel and fuel tank areas mainly) It might save some dismantling, removing access panels.
6. Fuel & brake pipe spec sheet
7. Engine donor V5 to prove engine age
8. Receipts for everything where possible

So what else guys ?

some food and a few hot drinks, gloves recipts for everything you can think of car related

Duck Tape... Insulation tape.. Foam... Self Tapping Screws

Cordless drill?

And above all a Friend to help!

We took a second car full of everything we could think of just incase... 1 of you can even nip off and buy things if needed

a bible?

Good luck mate. That is one seriously nice looking car.

A bag of wire wool to ram up the exhaust should it be too loud

Phil

few bits of old hose & a carving knife - to tiewrap round radius failures.
Biggest surprise for me was a radius failure on the top seatbelt clips (behind the seat) - these count as exterior projections (and on a car with no reverse too!!!!!). bizzarrely - the Utrim has since fallen off....
Bob

Pampers

A mate.
Some oil and water,

And the best of luck.
Hope you pass.




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[Edited on 2/1/07 by stevec]

Tee hee some good ideas there

Do I need both fuel tanks full or will just one do? They are isolated by separate taps.

I'm hoping they will allow me to align my headlights with their lighting test setup and calibrate my speedo when on the rollers. I've heard some testers are really helpful.

Petrol tank(s) have to be full - but they check with the fuel gauge, so as long as that reads full they won't know otherwise.

Good luck!

David

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Originally posted by RazMan
Tee hee some good ideas there

Do I need both fuel tanks full or will just one do? They are isolated by separate taps.

I'm hoping they will allow me to align my headlights with their lighting test setup and calibrate my speedo when on the rollers. I've heard some testers are really helpful.

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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Petrol tank(s) have to be full - but they check with the fuel gauge, so as long as that reads full they won't know otherwise.

Good luck!

David

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If you use digi dash you will need to prove what max speed it is capable of reading. I took the DD2 pro advert out of a mag.

I set my headlights up at home from first principles and didnt need any adjustment. Quite easy to do, quite hard to type about!

Dont offer your pics of hard to see areas too readily, wait until he has indicated he must see it first. I was a bit to hasty showing him pics of handbrake mech and had all sorts of probs to sort it out.

Although the testers can be a PITA, they'll usually allow some adjusting during the test. At my first test, the examiner was being examined(!) by the area examiner who was a right stickler for the rules. Came out with all kinds of edicts about what needed to be done to pass (very few had anything to support them in the manual) but still allowed time for adjustment of the headlights etc.

For the toolkit I'd suggest hot drinks, some food, dry clothing (5 hours in wet clothes is a bit yucky), tie wraps, spanner set etc.
And don't forget the bundle of non-sequential used tenners which might get accidentally left next to the emissions testing machine

As said by someone else you can do a pretty decent job of aligning the headlights if you park a couple of metres away from your garage door. Was good enough for my SVA man. I think I'd want to hvae had a go and only make a small adjustment if wrong rather than show up with them way off. In all likelyhood you'll probably get it right.

As for speedo I was fortunate enough to be able to get my hands on a gps and private roads. If you are driving to SVA can you compare with a GPS on the way and adjust outside the test centre before you go in???

[Edited on 3/1/07 by chriscook]

I've just been having a go at adjusting my lights tonight. I parked SWMBO's CRX on the drive (about 20 metres from the garage door) and stuck masking tape on the beam cutoff points. I then parked the GT in exactly the same position and adjusted the lights to the marks - seemed to work well and I am fairly sure they are about right now.

As for the speedo, I did some rough calibration on the rollers last month so it wont be too far out, but hopefully I can tweak the Evodash on the day.

BTW I have been told by Aeon that you are not allowed to drive to an SVA test any more I have not heard this anywhere else though, but I am trailering the car down anyway (more for safety reasons really)

Unless they've changed the rules again (! ) you can drive to it still. If you trust it to be road worthy why not do it? Give you a chance to bed the brakes in if nothing else. And why miss the chance to drive a totally unregistered/unmarked car on open roads?

[Edited on 3/1/07 by DIY Si]

Last time i enquired officially with my insurance company (september this year) it was still perfectly ok to drive to SVA insured on the VIN number. I think it varies between insurers, so just check!

David

I've got 60 miles to get to my SVA Chelmsford (my nearest) has shut down for 6 months and Gillingham is my second choice as they have already passed some Aeons and are familiar with their design so are less likely to rip mine to shreds.

As I have already mentioned, I am prepared for a fail first time around and I would rather have a thorough check by a professional to make sure everything is safe before I risk life and limb on the M25 I didn't get the chance to do some shakedown tests at my local airfield so the car has never turned a wheel on the road, although it did 42 miles on the rollers last month during the mapping session and used over 20 litres of fuel (which I couldn't believe)

If driving to SVA IS ok I will certainly do this for the re-test when I have tax & insurance -

How will you have tax and insurance for the re-test? You won't have any tax yet! Fair enough if you've not had a chance to give it a blat yet though

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Originally posted by DIY Si
How will you have tax and insurance for the re-test? You won't have any tax yet!

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WooHoo, it would appear I am then!