Wof with no rear window?

[mad_max]

Buying a new daily cheap off a mate, its a honda shuttle and it has a smashed rear window.

Can i pass a woth with some sheet steel over it untill i can find a window?

Also any1 know where i can get a window? Cheers

[two_days_late]

I think having a sticker on your window more than 10cm from the edge can cause you to fail a WOF, not to mention having tints over a certain %, so would say sheet steel would be a certain fail?

Don't know about having no window at all though?

[mad_max]

Yea, thats a thought, I was also wondering if perspex would pass??

[corey_jorg]

isnt a shuttle classed as a van? coz then yes it is legal to sheet plate over the rear window. they do it in work vans so shit cant get stolen or smash the windows from inside.

[mad_max]

Yea, ill have to check, just think because its a passenger vehicle it wont be a van?

Anyone know about no window for wof?

[Beaver]

i went rhough this with a van and I think the moral of the story was that as its still a apssenger vehicle (ie not registered as anythign else) they had to all be glass

[KKtrips]

I would say its a loophole that isn't covered in the WOF manual - just like there used to be nothing preventing you from taking a car in with no seatback and it could not be failed - cos it only was failable if the seatback is insecure..

My guess they will NOT be keen on passing you with something like that so chances are they will

A -refuse to check it for a WOF

B -check it for a WOF but be real hard on the stuff they can fail

[Snoozin]

If it's G class rego then it needs to be glazing.

If it's registered as a commercial vehicle/van then you'll be required to remove all the rear seats and seatbelt anchorages.

6 of 1, half dozen of the other.

[japawagons]

Technically it would come under a loop hole as KK says, if it's glass or a non suitable replacement, perspex, plastic etc, then it has to meet a proper safety standard. But you could in theory weld in a permanent piece of steel, (would have to be permanent) and this would then not be counted as glazing. I've had to pass a shitty ass Mazda 323 that had this done to the quarter window on a hatch back.

My Boss is a LVVTA certifier and WOF inpsector and I spent a good hour searching the VIRM to disprove him and fail it but had to agree with him in the end. It does then come under general safety items and has to be free of sharp edges etc.

But in reality, its ugly and I very much did not want to pass it at all. And think you should avoid it.

[Valiant]

It won't pass.

It's a car, you must be able to see through the rear window. If you put perspex in it won't meet safety standards for glass.

If it was a SUV or a van then it should pass on that item.

[mutiny]

i put perspex in the rear of my starlet wagon, mainly because there was no chance of ever finding another one and i use to get wofs in that, chances are theyll never check

it shouldnt be hard to find the glass your looking for anyway

[BlownCorona]

^ do you guys not flat together anymore or was this just easier than calling over to the other side of the lounge

but yeah im sure if you do a good job of it and use thicker stuff you could use perspex, but its not like its a really rare car or anything so hit up some wreckers

[DiRtYnIgMa]

i know of plenty of honda shuttles but getting a window up there would be a different storey. can you borrow someones tail door? to get a warrent im always borrowing mates wheels and things to get warrents

[morkster]

just get a proper window for it

[mutiny]

^ do you guys not flat together anymore or was this just easier than calling over to the other side of the lounge

but yeah im sure if you do a good job of it and use thicker stuff you could use perspex, but its not like its a really rare car or anything so hit up some wreckers

different person, some avatar haha

[BlownCorona]

^oh shit, this has caught me out a couple of times now!

[ianfrm_nz]

On 14/02/2012 at 14:52, mad_max said:

Ai made me do it Dooh!!!

 

Edited January 12, 2024 by ianfrm_nz
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[ianfrm_nz]

I kinda have the same question, I put my hand through the rear (plastic)window of my convertible (dont ask)...if I have wing mirrors kin I remove the window n permanently cover the hole?

[igor]

You can get away with that sort of thing on a commercial vehicle but I don't believe you can with a passenger car. I'm sure some of the wof mechanics on here will be along to confirm or deny that in due course.

[kws]

51 minutes ago, ianfrm_nz said:

I kinda have the same question, I put my hand through the rear (plastic)window of my convertible (dont ask)...if I have wing mirrors kin I remove the window n permanently cover the hole?

The rear window on my TVR was very cloudy, as can't see through it, cloudy. I just took it for a WOF with the top down and they never put it up to check.