Are these MOT fail Items (update It F**King Failed)

[Alex]

No i do things properly

do youy recon if i have a run down to my local dealer they may have adjusters in stock??

all i need is the white plastic bit so the MOT man can adjust them with a screw driver

[ImysE30]

Temporary fix innit

Worth a try if it's not too far away

[Ollie_bwoii]

Local dealer, local motor factors, local GSF store etc......

[MrWhite]

I don't think you'll have any luck getting just the plastic part. The whole adjuster comes as an assembly and they are about £6 each. Total rip off!

[Alex]

£6 each

ive managed to adjust them with a pair of plyers and now ive relised that you can adjust them by turning the hydrolic headlight adjust thing aswell wish i had known at the mot then we may have got them near enough

hopefully it will go back in for test on saturday

[hennabm]

Went in for MOT

And failed on the following

Nearside Headlamp Aim Too Low

Offside Headlamp Too Low

Advisorys ( although he said he is doing me a favor advising these but they should All really be on the fail sheet as most are badly fooked)

offside inner track rod end ball joint has slight play

Nearside Front suspension arm rubber bush has deteriation

Offside Front suspension arm rubber bush has deteriation

Nearside rear Subframe Bush Deteriorated

Offside rear subframe bush Deteriorated


He recons the rear subframe bushes have been like that for a few years as there basically they are non existant

Just going to go and sort the lights out now

A bit of a pain to do the bushes but the first advisory "
offside inner track rod end ball joint has slight play" is not a testable item can can only be an advisory item.

[Alex]

A bit of a pain to do the bushes but the first advisory

it should of failed, He did me a favor they are pretty much non existant

i think ive managed to sort the lights so hopefully with a bit of luck it will pass

the track rod end has made one wheel wobbly though

[hennabm]

The first advisory states - offside inner track rod end ball joint has slight play. To me that reads to be the joint in the steering rack boot, not the one at the wheel end.

If that is the one the tester is meaning he CANNOT fail it for play in that joint as it is not part of the MOT checks.

[Alex]

dont know, need to have a proper look myself

last year the steering rack was an advisory

just orderd some new genuine bmw front wishbone bushes off parts auction, cost £50 for the 2

[magpie]

where the plastic adjuster breaks of take it all off and you can get a small spanner on whats left.
that's what i did loads a wd also

[magpie]

dont know, need to have a proper look myself

last year the steering rack was an advisory

just orderd some new genuine bmw front wishbone bushes off parts auction, cost £50 for the 2

the eccentric ones are £25 or so posted from cotswold

[Alex]

dont know, need to have a proper look myself

last year the steering rack was an advisory

just orderd some new genuine bmw front wishbone bushes off parts auction, cost £50 for the 2

the eccentric ones are £25 or so posted from cotswold

Oh well its done now

Whats eccentric mean and do ???

i'am thinking what other bushes could be replaced while i'am at it

[hennabm]

Eccentric means off set and they are the M3 type that fit straight into std lollipops.
The visual difference is that the std lollipop bushes have voids and the M3 are eccentric and solid.

[Alex]

so basically stiffer, oh well ive got some normal ones comming

is there anything else worth doing while i'am at these or should i say someone else at these

[Dezzy]

They adjust the caster angle make a vast difference in turn in. Improve handling vastly. As many bushes you can afford to change change mate. Bottom arms, trailing arm bushes, beam bushes, top mounts the more you change the better your car will feel. Thats what I have done so fingers crossed when it's finished it will feel brand new

[Alex]

ive got recipts for new top mounts at the back a couple of years ago so hopefully they will be good.

rear beam bushes will get done, front wishbone bushes,

which are the bottom bushes and trailing arm bushes

i'am a bit vauge when it comes to suspension

[Dezzy]

Trailing arm bushes are where the trailing arms bolt into the rear beam. Bottom ball joint is on track control arm

[Alex]

just had a look on real oem i think i know what your on about lol

[Bob_S]

typical e30 then alex

[Alex]

typical e30 then alex

Oh yes, No galvanised bushes in this one

[Bewdley320T]

That tester isn't much of a mate and in my humble opinion needs f*****g. He's quite happy to fail it on headlight adjustment and let vital suspension faults that could (in theory) get you killed, go as advisories. I'd have been happier if he'd done it the other way round.

[Alex]

That tester isn't much of a mate and in my humble opinion needs f*****g. He's quite happy to fail it on headlight adjustment and let vital suspension faults that could (in theory) get you killed, go as advisories. I'd have been happier if he'd done it the other way round.

well its better than having to replace everything for a re test

he knows i'am going to get it done, and has said it himself that i NEED to get it done straight away, and in fairness a headlight did fall out when he was playing with it

[Bob_S]

That tester isn't much of a mate and in my humble opinion needs f*****g. He's quite happy to fail it on headlight adjustment and let vital suspension faults that could (in theory) get you killed, go as advisories. I'd have been happier if he'd done it the other way round.

well its better than having to replace everything for a re test

he knows i'am going to get it done, and has said it himself that i NEED to get it done straight away, and in fairness a headlight did fall out when he was playing with it

well.. he should have failed it until they had been done. Your car is dangerous end of.

[Alex]

That tester isn't much of a mate and in my humble opinion needs f*****g. He's quite happy to fail it on headlight adjustment and let vital suspension faults that could (in theory) get you killed, go as advisories. I'd have been happier if he'd done it the other way round.

well its better than having to replace everything for a re test

he knows i'am going to get it done, and has said it himself that i NEED to get it done straight away, and in fairness a headlight did fall out when he was playing with it

well.. he should have failed it until they had been done. Your car is dangerous end of.

Well done

[Bob_S]

well its better than having to replace everything for a re test

he knows i'am going to get it done, and has said it himself that i NEED to get it done straight away, and in fairness a headlight did fall out when he was playing with it

well.. he should have failed it until they had been done. Your car is dangerous end of.

Well done

then again.. it is an iS so the chances of it moving anything more than a snails pace are relatively slim.. a bit like a piece of paper?

[Alex]

well.. he should have failed it until they had been done. Your car is dangerous end of.

Well done

then again.. it is an iS so the chances of it moving anything more than a snails pace are relatively slim.. a bit like a piece of paper?

you must be mistaken, the sheer torque of the m42 powerd cars around the world is what spins the earth around

[Bob_S]

Well done

then again.. it is an iS so the chances of it moving anything more than a snails pace are relatively slim.. a bit like a piece of paper?

you must be mistaken, the sheer torque of the m42 powerd cars around the world is what spins the earth around

I think you'll find that if you listened in school, you would have learnt something..

run of the mill 4 pot bmw's are gay.

[Alex]

Oh yes the m3 is gay

Ive been in a 2.8 m52 converted e30 and i want one, but the IS is staying as is, i will get another e30 for 6 pot rightness

[Bob_S]

Oh yes the m3 is gay

Ive been in a 2.8 m52 converted e30 and i want one, but the IS is staying as is, i will get another e30 for 6 pot rightness

M3 isnt exactly run of the mill.
2.8 e30's? sooo last month.

[magpie]

omg he's at it again.

[Alex]

Oh yes the m3 is gay

Ive been in a 2.8 m52 converted e30 and i want one, but the IS is staying as is, i will get another e30 for 6 pot rightness

M3 isnt exactly run of the mill.
2.8 e30's? sooo last month.

i suppose what ever i say you will say the opposite

[Bob_S]

Oh yes the m3 is gay

Ive been in a 2.8 m52 converted e30 and i want one, but the IS is staying as is, i will get another e30 for 6 pot rightness

M3 isnt exactly run of the mill.
2.8 e30's? sooo last month.

i suppose what ever i say you will say the opposite

no, your just slow on the uptake

[Alex]

M3 isnt exactly run of the mill.
2.8 e30's? sooo last month.

i suppose what ever i say you will say the opposite

no, your just slow on the uptake

so whats sooo this month then........

[magpie]

i suppose what ever i say you will say the opposite

no, your just slow on the uptake

so whats sooo this month then........

chris-w

[Alex]

no, your just slow on the uptake

so whats sooo this month then........

chris-w

you like blokes mick