ride height / clearance SVA

[craig7l]

ive read the manual and cant see if there is a minimum amount required(apart from your own discretion i suppose) is that true?
cheers

[Steve_D]

Not seen anything in the SVA manual.
Legal 'sleeping policemen' are 100mm high but you will find higher ones in private car parks etc.
I would start at a minimum 120mm but go higher if you can.

Steve

[alackofspeed]

Biggest issue is rollers for brake and speedo test. I did mine with 150mm and I reckon I had 50mm clearance, when the car suspension absorbed the hit of landing on the rollers.

[craig7l]

big as i can then eh?

another couple of areas of uncertainty are:

is a spare wheel nessesary and /or a bottle type emergency filler?

also

will just a correctly mounted 6 point harness be ok instead of a 3 point retractable

cheers

[tvrolet]

craig7l said:

is a spare wheel nessesary and /or a bottle type emergency filler?

Not needed.

craig7l said:

will just a correctly mounted 6 point harness be ok instead of a 3 point retractable

I got through with a 6-point, BUT I had called the tester up in advance to get his view. The reg says that the release is from a single movement in one direction (or similar...can't be bothered checking but that's the spirit of it). In other words, it pretty much defines a 'press button' type release, where as most harnesses have an aircraft style twist release. I had the tester agree that it could release by pressing the release (sideways) in one direction, and the other direction was a bonus. But this bit really is down to interpretation; a jobsworth tester could claim that a 'twist style' release doesn't exactly meet the regs. The fact it has 6 points or doesn't retract isn't an issue - it's the buckle.

[craig7l]

cheers for that, something else to note eh!

another issue cropped up is lighting 9.1 page2

"in the case of dipped beam headlamp the minimum height is measured to the apparant trace of the beam cut-off on the lens"

does this mean that it is measured to the top of where the beam cuts off in the drawing enclosed or to the bottom of the "light cluster" marked "?" on the drawing

[URL=http://img364.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new2mo2.jpg][/URL]

[LaurenceFrost]

I had to raise the front of my car up 10mm to make the indicators comply with the minimum height, so watch out for this.

[craig7l]

hi laurence
i dont think i will have a problem with the indicators as that is at 350mm so not so bad with the config i have in mind. Do you know if they measured to the top of the dipped or bottom of the light for the dip beam min.requirement
cheers

[pfedwards]

they measure from the bottom of the headlight to the ground. 500mm minimum

[craig7l]

ermm hear what your saying but then the paragraph in the book doesnt make sense... maybe a call to SVA will confirm. let you know
cheers

[Steve_D]

craig7l said:

"in the case of dipped beam headlamp the minimum height is measured to the apparent trace of the beam cut-off on the lens"

If you look at the glass on the headlight you can see, moulded in, the lines that cause the beam to have a flat top and angled bit when in dip beam. It is this horizontal line you measure too from the ground.

Steve

[craig7l]

Steve_D said:

craig7l said:

"in the case of dipped beam headlamp the minimum height is measured to the apparent trace of the beam cut-off on the lens"

If you look at the glass on the headlight you can see, moulded in, the lines that cause the beam to have a flat top and angled bit when in dip beam. It is this horizontal line you measure too from the ground.

Steve

so then its measured to dimension marked "minimum 500mm" on this picture yes?

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new2kt9.jp...

cheers

[Steve_D]

craig7l said:

Steve_D said:

craig7l said:

"in the case of dipped beam headlamp the minimum height is measured to the apparent trace of the beam cut-off on the lens"

If you look at the glass on the headlight you can see, moulded in, the lines that cause the beam to have a flat top and angled bit when in dip beam. It is this horizontal line you measure too from the ground.

Steve

so then its measured to dimension marked "minimum 500mm" on this picture yes?

http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new2kt9.jp...

cheers

If the flat topped red bit is your dipped headlight then yes.

Steve