Road legal track cars & new MOT rules....thoughts?
Discussion
Just curious as to what peoples thoughts are on the changes to MOT regulations that will make certain aspects of the 'road legal track car' much harder to achieve.
It seems we may no longer be able to remove airbags and replace the steering wheel with a more 'motorsports' flavour wheel (OMP Corsica please), or remove all signs of the inertia reel seatbelts to fit harnesses, if my interpretation of the new rules is the same as the testers!
According to the AA, the new changes include the following text:
'The vehicle will fail the test if any airbag fitted as original equipment is obviously missing or defective.
A seatbelt pre-tensioner fitted as original equipment but missing or that has obviously deployed will be a reason for failure.'
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/car-servicing...
I expect there are a few members here with road legal track cars (think stripped out Clios with buckets, harnesses and an OMP Corsica steering wheel etc) that could conceivable fall foul of these changes!
Does this spell the end of the road legal track car? As it seems a car with a racier wheel, and harnesses, even if they are fitted properly and safely, may well fail the MOT?
It seems we may no longer be able to remove airbags and replace the steering wheel with a more 'motorsports' flavour wheel (OMP Corsica please), or remove all signs of the inertia reel seatbelts to fit harnesses, if my interpretation of the new rules is the same as the testers!
According to the AA, the new changes include the following text:
'The vehicle will fail the test if any airbag fitted as original equipment is obviously missing or defective.
A seatbelt pre-tensioner fitted as original equipment but missing or that has obviously deployed will be a reason for failure.'
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/car-servicing...
I expect there are a few members here with road legal track cars (think stripped out Clios with buckets, harnesses and an OMP Corsica steering wheel etc) that could conceivable fall foul of these changes!
Does this spell the end of the road legal track car? As it seems a car with a racier wheel, and harnesses, even if they are fitted properly and safely, may well fail the MOT?
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