New MOT regs, not good news.....

[L8 ECU]

Anyone seen this on VOSA website?

Amedment 4228:

All vehicles not originally fitted with carbon fibre parts will fail the new MOT (July 2015 onwards).

Will put link up.

Edited: Looks like it applies to external carbon parts only (not carbon fibre fitted within the interior of the car).

MOT and vehicle testing – guidance updates July 2015 onwards.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
First published: 14 March 2015
Last updated: 28 March 2015 , see all updates.
Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs).
Document Section C: non approved bodywork/modifications to bodywork.
Target: Materials that will deform in a collision and create sharp edges or splinters.
FAIL.
See guidance note 4228

[Mikeyc]

Wtf!!!! [emoji35] that's rediculous

[Mark King]

lol,who makes this shit up

[HSC911]

lol,who makes this shit up

Some Fool in April usually!

[James @ Auto Dynamix]

Strange one but if its true I can see why though really, cars are crash tested and made to a safety standard, who knows how they will react in a crash once fred in a shed has cut the roof off etc and stuck carbon on?

there is also the risk to pedestrians, i know of two in my time that carbon bonnets caused near fatal injuries to people when hit by car as the bonnet shattered.

[Mark King]

Some Fool in April usually!

lol

[L8 ECU]

It gets worse! Tennis ball test......

MOT and vehicle testing – guidance updates April onwards.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
First published: 28 March 2015
Last updated: No updates
Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs).
Document Section E: Excessive lowering of vehicle.

A sphere of 78mm diameter must be able to pass through the gap between the crown of the wheel arch and top of the tyre. In instances where damage to bodywork/paint is possible, a tennis ball may be used for the test.

FAIL: If any of the four wheel arch gaps will not allow the 78mm sphere through.
Target: All vehicle classes.
See guidance note 4661

[James @ Auto Dynamix]

mine has no gap from factory

[L8 ECU]

mine has no gap from factory

Just tested L8 ECU.........tennis ball passes through ok at the rear - no problem.......

Had to use a rubber mallet to get the ball through the front wheel arch gap..........that's a PASS in my book

[The Radman]

cant they make it a marble test

[cossiedavid]

Got to be dug having a laugh if not i got some more paint to do on his red car if hes just hit a tennis ball into to arch

[stecozz]

Good job im mates with my local ford dealer that does my mots
Id have no chance passing

[PaulRSCos]

Will only believe it when they fail it for those reasons...

Some people have painted their carbon fibre parts body colour or black or whatever, how they going to check and enforce that?

And the 'tennis ball' test would fail most modern performance cars..?

I don't geddit...

[COZZFATHER]

Doug's got biters...

[The Radman]

Some people have painted their carbon fibre parts body colour or black or whatever, how they going to check and enforce that?

they will chip the paint off with those little hammers they can use