Okay, so I've read some of the posts here and trolled around a little. And it seems to me that no-one's bothered about having a truly legal car. I know it's expensive, and the thresholds are low but surely keeping it all legit is worthwhile.
As an example and this is only off the top of my head from a talk at the local Mini owners club from a certifier:
- 20% power increase over stock
- wheel spacers
- increase in track of 5mm
- different seats that don't use the original mounting points
- different engine
- brake modifications
- rollcage
- suspension mods
all need certifying.
Now I'm very old. Comparatively. So unless it's a small mod, I'm going to hold off all the mods to my Minis until it's worth getting it all certified. But I'm interested to hear why no-one else does or if they've had any issues with the law.
