stevegreetham
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Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
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i have my MOT soon, i dont have many mods atm (partly coz av just passed my test) but i do have a silver vauxhall sticker across my windscreen, it has no background, it is just the letters really if ya get me. would i fail for this?
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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nope, unless it goes like rlyfar down
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KITcorsa
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Middlesbrough
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mine failed for a sunstrip all they did is just removed it for the pass!!
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stevegreetham
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Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
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did urs have a background and/or gro really far down though?
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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I've not got one, but from what i've heard, provided your sunstrip/lettering doesnt come below the tip of your wiper when its vertical, you're ok...
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DC
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Grimsby, N.E.Lincs
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if the wiper touch the lettering at all when on or vertical (same thing really, lol) it should fail for it. If it does they will just take em off n u can get new ones put on.
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stevegreetham
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Registered: 30th Oct 03
Location: Grimsby/Sheffield
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guess am alrite then, it dunt touch the lettering
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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if it covers more than 8 inches of the screen (depth that it, not the length) it will fail.
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Gav16v
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Registered: 13th May 02
Location: Belfast
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Nope, The rule is that NOTHING is allowed in the swept area of your windscreen (ie the bit the wipers sweep over). I know cos the MOT guy that failed me told me
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caddog
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
Location: Tamnaherin Eglinton N.Ireland
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I had a border around the full windscreen of my cav on the inside and they made me take it off.... it did'nt obscure the wiper path...  Ill always wonder if the fact that the MOT man caught me with his daughter have anything to do with it somethings are best left unsaid
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John_C
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Registered: 5th Mar 03
Location: South east, Bromley
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wen i had mine on they passed wen the wipers actually went over the sunstrip.
jus depends where u go
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Corsa^Dan
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Registered: 4th Dec 02
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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yeh mine passed and my wipers come realy far onto my sunstrip....
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Danz_Corsa
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Uni in Manc / Home in MK
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i spoke to the MOT helpline.
From the drivers seat you must have 215mm of clear vision,
but basically as the other guys were saying can't block the wipers.
as a rule of thumb - teh same length as teh sunvisor, cause that can't be illegal, can it?
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Danz_Corsa
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
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i spoke to the MOT helpline.
From the drivers seat you must have 215mm of clear vision,
but basically as the other guys were saying can't block the wipers.
as a rule of thumb - teh same length as teh sunvisor, cause that can't be illegal, can it?
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Screaming Vtec
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Registered: 29th Jul 03
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I think this law has recently changed..
It used to be either 6 or 8" down the screen.. Now its if the wipers sweep over it at all..
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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I remember when I was mis-guided & had a dimma strip, the wipers used to foul the strip & it showed as it actually wore the strip down, yet the test station I took mine passed it ok, they werent fussed tbh, even with a shagged wheel bearing!
It depends really on where you take it & if the MOT tester got any off his missus/lover the night before
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