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I'm fckd then - I have no interior padding of any sorts whatsoever....

was that T or a regular 125?

3 minutes ago, Bling said:

Not sure exactly what your question is. Anything further than 100mm in from the edge of the screen is a fail. You can have whatever you want (opacity wise) so long as its not further than 100mm from edge or lower than the OE visors I guess? People have windscreen banners all the time, both solid and just words. A spray application should be fine too, so long as it meets all the requirements.

Yeah I've seen plenty of people have fully opaque overlay but VIRM does say it has to be transparent but then later on it says print should be no lower than 100mm from the top edge so they seem kinda contradictory to me. The other one was about where the OE visor line is from outside or inside - that was a bit of a dumb question but I was trying to understand the intent of that particular rule.

come on guys - despite the dopey looks, they are quite handy...

anyway - any opinions on my original questions?

Hi, I want to put anti-glare overlay/sticker at the top of the windscreen - I have this thing

and also a black signwriter sticker.

Just looking at VIRM regarding windscreen anti-glare overlay and this is what it says verbatim.

• the overlay is transparent, and
• the overlay does not extend below the bottom edge of the vehicle’s OE sun visors when they are folded down as far as possible towards the windscreen, and
• the overlay does not contain print below a line that is 100 mm below and parallel to the top edge of the windscreen (Note 4).

• Note 4

  Any OE opaque edging (usually black) is not considered part of the windscreen when determining the boundaries of the CVA, or the areas permitted for stickers, print on an anti-glare band, or radio antennae.

Regarding the second bullet point, I take it it's looking at the windscreen from outside, perpendicular to the windscreen, as opposed to looking out, while sitting in the driver's seat? 

I ask this because when the sun visor is fully folded down, there is usually a gap between the windscreen and the visor, giving you more sun blocking than the overlay matched to the sun visor from the outside. I'm guessing the intent of the rule is to ensure the visibility with the overlay is no worse than the OE setup. 

With regards to the bullet point 3, it says overlay print is ok as long as it's within 100mm from the top edge (or from the lower edge of the OE opaque edging, if applicable?) - can it be opaque? If so, what stops one from putting on a full opaque overlay with 100mm width? Seems like The bullet points 1 & 3 are a bit contradictory or am I reading too much into it?

Any clarification on this would be appreciated.

Cheers.

looks like it still has the original radio...

6 minutes ago, cletus said:

Yea that wouldn't pass even with ndt 

Any welding on a steering component that is critical for steering control cant be welded

 

Ok thanks - in regards to your previous comments about a reputable shop getting it done, is it still a goer and do you know how they modify it?

Cheers.

19 minutes ago, Nominal said:

I'd be a bit surprised if that would pass a cert check. Usually welding in the steering assembly is discouraged.

Yes the hobby car manual (which I presume is superseded by ccm?) states that that internal components within a rack and pinion steering assy fitted to a LVV must not incorporate any welding but the previous discussion on this thread appears that power steering delete is allowed if done (I don't know if this involves) by a reputable shop.

Regardless, if NDT shows no defect, shouldn't it be good (in theory, at least)?

Hi @cletus I've read through the thread and there were a few queries regarding power steering delete ages ago.

The answers then were:

either

- non-power steering equivalent fitted

or

- rack modified by a reputable place

Would it be certable if NDT shows a welded pinion to be good even if it is done by other than a reputable place, i.e. a competent welder?

If so, what NDT would be required - FPI crack check? X-ray for porosity?

I ask this because I had a pinion welded up a while ago (which was well before I read up on this thread) based on what is supposedly a common mod amongst MX5 crowds overseas.

Here are a couple of photos for reference. 

Thanks in advance.

On 21/09/2019 at 17:51, 63Ragtop said:

I think this is the same car - spotted around 245pm Saturday Royal Oak Ish - budget dashcam footage so the quality is poor but beats pulling out a phone camera in a hurry 

And a Zephyr coming out of Onehunga Repco

1 hour ago, Steelies said:

can't park though 

can I put a novelty plate as well as the proper plate?

something that is so obvious not to be mistaken as the real thing, like this.

https://www.customjapaneseplates.com/

21 minutes ago, cletus said:

The legal way to do it is take to a tsda

Get them to remove it

Do paint etc

Take back and they refit chassis number

Too late now as I took it off without even thinking about it at the time - The frame number is still legible and I still have the original vin plate.

It's just hardware store pop rivets holding it on, isn't it? Most importantly, will anyone ever know and will I get hassles from wof inspectors

I took off the VIN plate to blast & electroplate my bike frame - can I just rivet it back on? cheers

21 minutes ago, kicker said:

Headlights for taillights?
Please post pics in the design fails and fabrication foibles thread

All in good time... But I think we can move on from this topic for now - I reckon it'll be legal with some minor modifications... 

2 hours ago, Roman said:

Surely tail lights need to be considerably more diffused? 

Head lights are for illuminating everything else, tail lights are for illuminating themselves

I suppose they need to be diffused somehow reading virm, whereas headlamps don't. As long as t/l is red in colour and diffused so it radiates as opposed to cast beam of light and fry someone else's eyeballs it should be right?

2 hours ago, Bling said:

Yeah seems a bit silly. Totally different designs for totally different jobs. Legality shouldn't come into it, just don't, lol.

I don't know man, LED tails annoy the hell out of me, to be honest, way too bright for what they are designed for. Yet they are legal. So are stupid animated LED indicator lamps.

56 minutes ago, AllTorque said:

Do you mean like a round headlight? Probably could, but why would you? You will need to have a reflector as well.

yeah round types... why would I? hence the "dumb question" disclaimer

27 minutes ago, tortron said:

Push me pull you?

ha ha yeah something like that

A dumb question - Can I use headlamps for taillamps if I use reb bulbs?

Cheers

3 hours ago, Early jap nuter said:

The boss of top line panel and paint in Otahuhu drives a white maclaren for his daily. Sounds insane as it passes us in the morning 

I'm fine with that as long as he is not being a dick when driving over speed bumps at an angle all over the road or baby crawl speed, like some Indian kid in my street in his Ferrari... 

14 minutes ago, Nominal said:

Could possibly fail under the '50mm' rule, but you'll probably be OK if you clean it up first.

https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/vehicle-structure/structure-incl2.-frontal-impact

 

 

yeah at least I'll have to colour match the rust area to the rest of the door before WOF... 

8 hours ago, tortron said:

Wire brush and some rust converter. Not close enough to the hinges to fail

so is anything like this confined to the bottom edge ok? this is the worst of 4 doors, they all have them but not as bad this one.

apparently a feature on early mk 3 mondoes....

Is this wof fail? if so, what would be acceptable repair methods?

This is the rust at the bottom of a door, in case it's not obvious...