MOT Question - Different springs on same axle
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Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
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ottermanuk said:
Feel free to move if wrong forum
Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
Hows the steering?Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
ottermanuk said:
Feel free to move if wrong forum
Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
Surely you are not asking this question seriously?Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
50mm = 2 inches difference in spring length = just no.
Yep I know it's not ideal. It's a clio 182 and I could not find new OE springs at all. The car hardly going to be driven, I'm just very busy and if I can put it through the MOT and get it done later, it helps me out a lot.
So other than people ragging on the concept of a lowered car, is this an MOT fail?
So other than people ragging on the concept of a lowered car, is this an MOT fail?
ottermanuk said:
Yep I know it's not ideal. It's a clio 182 and I could not find new OE springs at all. The car hardly going to be driven, I'm just very busy and if I can put it through the MOT and get it done later, it helps me out a lot.
So other than people ragging on the concept of a lowered car, is this an MOT fail?
Could be construed as an unsafe modification. A major, the same as a broken springSo other than people ragging on the concept of a lowered car, is this an MOT fail?
Edited by Rushjob on Tuesday 20th June 10:09
If you were unfortunate enough to be involved in an incident your insurance company and a vehicle examiner might take the view that the modification has made the handling unsafe.
Plus the car is now modified & you should inform your insurers of the modification. They may well take the view that the modification as far as they are concerned is unsafe & decline cover.
Your choice.
Plus the car is now modified & you should inform your insurers of the modification. They may well take the view that the modification as far as they are concerned is unsafe & decline cover.
Your choice.
Yep I know it's not an idea situation, but the car is parked on the road, and I am away for a week when the MOT expires. I'm very busy and don't have a chance to do the other side. Car won't be driven, it's just so the DVLA don't clamp it while I'm away and I can do it when I'm back (and they have been clamping in my area!)
Y'all seem really hung up on how stupid it is. I agree. It won't be driven, and I have the rest of the springs to fit. But this is just to keep the clamp off it as I have run out of time. It's certainly better than the no spring that was on it when it shattered the other day!
Y'all seem really hung up on how stupid it is. I agree. It won't be driven, and I have the rest of the springs to fit. But this is just to keep the clamp off it as I have run out of time. It's certainly better than the no spring that was on it when it shattered the other day!
Grumps. said:
ottermanuk said:
Feel free to move if wrong forum
Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
Hows the steering?Just cracked a spring, I've replaced it with a lowered one because the OEM ones are hens teeth, so nearside front is an eiback lowered, and offside front is normal OEM. Looking at the VOSA guidance, it doesn't look like it's a reason to fail - any one able to confirm?
Running quite close and very busy so if I can get away with leaving it for a bit then it helps! TIA
Whether it's an MOT fail or not, it might still make the car unroadworthy.
MOT doesn't presume to test every possible thing that could make a car unsafe.
Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if it made no difference at all to the handling, nor would I be surprised if it headed for the first ditch.
MOT doesn't presume to test every possible thing that could make a car unsafe.
Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if it made no difference at all to the handling, nor would I be surprised if it headed for the first ditch.
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