Fourwheels Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I want to put a sun strip across the top of my windscreen on my new van and I have heard rumours that the MOT test are failing vans with sun strips. Anyone know what the law is on this as some cars are made with sun strips as original equipment.[Vauxhall] and know one complains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Newell Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 It depends on what you mean by a sunstrip really. if it is just a coloured strip of see through plastic then it should not fail the test (although I know someone who had a motorcaravan club strip at the bottom of the windscreen and it was failed) unless it is very dark. If it is of the completely obscure plastic strip type then it will almost certainly fail an MOT as it is obscuring the drivers vision through a normally clear part of the windscreen. This is especially true if it covers an area of windscreen swept by the wipers. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I think it will also fail the M.O.T if the coulored strip reads Wayne & Tracy. >:-) chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourwheels Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 Thanks for that advice..... I have just found this link, http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_830.htm and if I read it correctly it is in order so long as I do not encroach more that 10mm into the sweep area of the wipers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 chas - 2007-05-26 3:31 PM I think it will also fail the M.O.T if the coulored strip reads Wayne & Tracy. >:-) chas So it should! Our Air Cadets once wanted to get me one that said "Padre's Passion Wagon" but Liz vetoed it! Years ago I drove a Sherpa for a wholesale paperback firm, and had a strip which said "Tony's Book Truck." Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 And the Halfords stick on ones fall off if the vehicle is left in the sun. We came back to find this plastonic think laying across the dashboard! It went in the bin. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingpete Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Had similar problem with low sunlight coming in via side windows, making driving uncomfprtable. Solution was to use the coloured but tranparent thin film strips, self adhesive with wetting of glass being afixed to. Easy to apply and remove for future occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2 Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I would fail if it went into the swept wiper area. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonB Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Clive's plastic thing reminds me of when our local landlord bought a batch of cheap plastic garden furniture for the 'benefit' of his customers (you know what pub deals are like). Later, on a particularly hot day all the chairs went soft and wobbly - and the air turned blue! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 As an aside to this, can you buy strip wide enough for a MH? Halfords etc. do them for cars but the screen on my van is quite wide so I need to buy a longer length. It would be very useful to me as the manufacturers kindly fitted nice long visors of the type used in coaches. Great, apart form one small detail. They are so far forward that I have to stand up to reach them, try doing that whilst driving :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankkia Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 It would seem that MOT testers whilst sticking by the letter of the law are not always allowed to use a common sense approach when it comes to the rules about anything obscurring the view. We had our old 'van fail the test as it had a sat nav on the dash and the tester said that it encroached more than 40mm into the swept area of the screen. OK you might say but this was an "A" class 'van and whilst the sat nav was on the dash it was some 18" from the glass so from the drivers view was not obscuring any part of the glass - in fact, for it to obscure the glass, I would have had to kneel down between the front seats!!! Jobs worth or what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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