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lambert:
how rellevent is type approval to second hand cars? i.e. is the type approval negated when non-manufacturer parts or accessories are added to or even removed from a vehicle? is there a time limit for such restrictions? if there is a restriction which is then breached is an sva required? thinking in terms of copper not steel brake pipes, softer sport type brake pads in standard calipers, additional lights, oversized tyres, hd springs, removed antiroll bars, gas dampers, bull bars, etc.

mainly i ask as there seem to be increasing numbers of cases people being had up on defective vehicle charges even when the car in question is not broken but merely not as it left the factory certainly if insurance get involved even with mods declared.

so having said all that is there a way of finding the spec of a car as it was when type approval was given?

thank you in advance for helping the strange parranoid farmer.

V8MoneyPit:
Type approval is simply a way of manufacturers getting vehicles onto the market. It defines certain criteria that they have to meet. It has no bearing on what happens to the vehicle after it is sent to the dealer.

The use of the vehicle on the road is covered by the Construction and Use Act which is entirely different to Type Approval!

For your own piece of mind, replacement parts should be of the same or better specification than the original. If any part proves to be substandard, it is the responsibility of the part manufacturer.

To take your example of copper/steel brake pipes. As long as the pressure rating of the pipe is the same as original, there is no issue. The copper and copper/nickel pipes are of greater wall thickness than steel, so they have the same rating.

ben-dent:
the only thing that is being brought in to affect on type approval is Catalytic Converters fitted to vehicles built on or after 1st march 2001, they must be Type approved, and if a non type aproved cat is fitted and the vehicle has a check over by a VOSA Inspector not an MOT NT (nominated tester) and reported back to customer, then the fitter can be given a fine for it,

littlepow:
You can't remove anti roll bars froma vehicle - it is a MOT failure, and removing after a MOT will make the vehicle unfit for highway use.

dxmedia:

--- Quote from: littlepow on September 28, 2009, 13:18:03 ---You can't remove anti roll bars froma vehicle - it is a MOT failure, and removing after a MOT will make the vehicle unfit for highway use.


--- End quote ---

BS.

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