is this true

[waynes sri]

Back in the day when i got my 1st nova and did bits and bobs i put a big sun strip on the window and it took up nearly all the window at that but when i got pulled i just got told to take it off as was too big and should be like the one on the volvo cop car blah blah.but whats the rules today has my birds as a corsa and as one on it not really that huge and its been for test today so told her they may take it off which they have done but said the one she had on would have got her 6 points and 140 fine is this true???

[Southie]

If it's not lower than the sun visors I wouldn't have thought you'd have a problem really.

[mowgli]

i would imagine any lower than the sun visors go would be on dodgy ground

[brainsnova]

i used to have a white car with a 10" white window band but i drove and got no hassle lol

[Ernie]

aslong as it doesnt catch the wiper blades should be ok i thought.

[Bubba]

if ur wipers hit it...its illegal. that what i got told

[Spudly]

I think the general rule of thumb is, it must not encroach more than an inch into the sweep of the wipers, an easy way people used to get around this come MOT time, was simply fit smaller wiper blades, thus decreasing the swept area of the screen and allowing a bigger sunstrip, which in theory is still legal:eek:

[Ernie]

there an old school thing.Just ditch it and get some sunglasses lol

[waynes sri]

yes wipers defo touch.lol

[brainsnova]

use austin mini wipers problem solved lol

[dj_wudgey]

yea thats what i thought if the wipers foul it thats illegal!! my sister never got botherd with hers it was abit ott though lol

[Plug]

the wiper is aloud on it but no more than an inch iirc

[Mcgowan]

I think the general rule of thumb is, it must not encroach more than an inch into the sweep of the wipers, an easy way people used to get around this come MOT time, was simply fit smaller wiper blades, thus decreasing the swept area of the screen and allowing a bigger sunstrip, which in theory is still legal:eek:

Apart from the fact that you can also get done for your wipers not clearing a sufficient area of your screen which is actually quite illegal!!lol

[Novaboyleon]

if you take the windscreen out you can get away without having any wipers, a windscreen is not a legal requirement for mot! lol

[Spudly]

if you take the windscreen out you can get away without having any wipers, a windscreen is not a legal requirement for mot! lol


This is actually true, but the screen is a requirement, the loophole is that of its not there you cant test it, for this to work youd need to remove the screen, the wipers, the washer bottle and jets (for cars fitted with just front wash wipe) and the stalk for the wipers aswell so its not as easy a fix as people think it is :p

[Novaboyleon]

indeed, thats exactly what i should have put!

[Jack]

Just put hinges on the windscreen lol

This has been asked before, the answer is...


Zone 'A is:
. in the swept area of the Windscreen
. 290mm wide
. centred on the centre of the steering wheel.
Reason for rejection:

b. a Windscreen sticker or other obstruction encroaching more than 10mm
http://www.motuk.co.uk/images/new_pa7.jpg

however

the vehicle presenter should be advised of and given the opportunity to remove any item likely to fail under Reason for Rejection 1 b or 1e before a VT30 is issued
so the MOT man should tell you it would fail on a sunstrip and give you the opportunity to remove it before he fails the vehicle.

[Huffy]

if ur wipers hit it...its illegal. that what i got told

i hear this too

[Derick-Sport]

most new windscreens have alittle mark telling you where the maximum is on either side :thumbs:

[Stuart]

fitting a short ass wiper blade to avoid cracks in the screen is naughty mmmmK (says he having done it for the second year on the trot lol)

[L14MNP]

lol. i remember my mate being stopped for his sunstrip once 'back in the day' and the traffic police went crazy removing it and even scratched his Corsas screen. I pulled up behind in the Primera with touring car sized sunstrip and they never said a word. :/ It was in my (centrally parked) wiper sweep by a good 4" too.

Above the law! LOL