Well, it's not MOT time yet, not for another 10 months, but I am interested to know what I will need to ensure I have when it comes to MOT time.
I obviously know the usual things, IE they check seat belt tensioners, fixings, tyres, brakes, structure, bushes, lights, cv joints, steering rack, exhaust, emissions, blah blah blah as we all know the list goes on. But, I've never taken a stripped out car in for an MOT.
The car has had everything removed from the boot, so no spare wheel to check or tool kit, the rear is totally stripped inside, no seat belts, cards, carpet, shelf seats etc, and all carpet / sound deadening from the front, along with the glove box, footwell cards, etc etc. I've also put two bucket seats in, with a non stamped custom subframe on each. Of course the wires / loom is trailing accross the floor etc as well as there being a substancial amount of bare metal in the car.
What I would like to know is your experiences of taking your stripped car in for an MOT is? Will the examiner check the seats for safety stamp, will he want to check the mountings / subframe, will I get bollocked for the lack of back seats and belts although no one can really sit in there, will I get screwed for not having a spare? Do you generally tidy up the inside and put bits back in for MOT time? or leave it as it is? etc etc.
Cheers!
Stripped out and MOT time
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i had the same in my last project,if the rear seats and belts,spare wheel arent there ,he cant test them so thats no problem.all they did on my bucket seats was forcibly shake them to check the fixings.i had no carpets with a custom fuel tank in the spare wheel well with a low pressure fuel pump in the car and even that was no problem.you should be ok to leave it as it is.
Lol that's funny, never thought of that. So as long as they dont think you have pulled all the shabby shit out that doesn't work so they can't check it, and then put it back in, you are ok?
How about the bucket seats / subframe?
Cheers!
How about the bucket seats / subframe?
Cheers!
My 1990 325i sport sailed through it's MOT a couple of months back which I was really pleased about as it is an ex Kumho Class D racer! I just had to make sure all the lights were working and the horn was re-connected etc. Mine only has 1 Recaro race seat in the front with a Sabelt 4 point harness and that really is it, no other seats not much dash left and no spare in the boot! The tester even got me to help him out because he didn't want to struggle past the roll cage 