SVA test - will plastic windows get through?

[zub]

I'm in the process of buying a 911 race car which has Macrolon polycarbonate windows all round (except glass windscreen).

To get road registered the car needs to go through an SVA test, but speaking to the SVA people yesterday they said it would need driver and passenger windows made out of glass. Is this correct? If so it is a REAL pain as the polycarbonate windows are bonded to a carbon door, and therefore I'd probably have to fit the whole door unit.

I'm surprised by this - I'm sure the Ferrari Challenge Stradale could have polycarbonate windows as an option, and the Aston Vantage race car in this month's EVO magazine also has them (and is road registered).

Any ideas / advice gratefully received.

Thanks
Z

Edited by zub on Wednesday 4th October 07:29

[BliarsGoing]

I'm almost certain Ultima's have polycarb side windows.

[verysideways]

True, Ultima side windows are polycarb

[Agent Orange]

Try asking Flamespitter ............though i suspect his were done here and no SVA INVOLVED

[bergmeister]

zub
How old is the car,do you need to have it sva.
SVA can be tough on race cars,cooling ducts,bonnet pins etc
If the plastic windows are factory fitted its normally ok,but you would need to prove it to them.

[Agent Orange]

Hey Pauls right , that car must be over 10 yrs old ??? NO SVA required !

[clubsport]

Congrats and good luck with the car Zubin. Is it a 993 cuppie or something else?

[zub]

Unfortunately I (think) I need to get it SVA'd as it has a non-EU chassis number, and therefore not convinced I can go through the usual route of Letter from Porsche, VOSA Certificate of Conformity on a EU car, MOT, then DVLA registration.

Because it is LHD and non-EU I was told I need an SVA test, albeit one of the more basic ones.

Happy to be guided otherwise, the annoying thing is that it is currently road registered in Germany (which is normally much stricter than the UK).

Any ideas???

[sleep envy]

zub said:

Unfortunately I (think) I need to get it SVA'd as it has a non-EU chassis number, and therefore not convinced I can go through the usual route of Letter from Porsche, VOSA Certificate of Conformity on a EU car, MOT, then DVLA registration.

I UK registered a non EU car in June without SVA'ing the car as it was over 10 years old - the car originally came from Switzerland but when I bought it it had German trade plates as EU import tax was paid by the broker.

All I needed was a letter from Porsche AG confirming build date (£50 and I contacted Porsche UK in Reading), current MOT and the necessary forms from the post office. I didn't have a certificate of conformity as the car was initially registered outside the EU (Switzerland).

Popped down to my local DVLA office with the paperwork, had an argument with the guy about the VIN number in the front well (he couldn't see it) and half an hour later I had UK plates on the car.

Fairly painless process.

[Agent Orange]

Luton DVLA accepted silver log book and green German doc as date of birth for car .............Both GT2 s E marked for Germany but not for Europe .........explain that ! Either way if its ten years old ur laughing..........will need hand brake etc for MOT which u will need !!!

[sleep envy]

Agent Orange said:

Both GT2 s E marked for Germany but not for Europe .........explain that !

no sprekken ze deutch

[johnny senna]

Zub,

What are you getting? Sounds interesting.

If it's a 993, you could just take the doors off your 993 RS and stick them on the race car temporarily and then swap them back later!