Zedrush Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 You know the side indicators on the car the small ones under the Z emblem, is it legal to remove them and have the hole smoothed over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 You know the side indicators on the car the small ones under the Z emblem, is it legal to remove them and have the hole smoothed over? I would of thought so. The US zeds don't have them but I would of thought they were a legal requirement. I've seen people take the side Z badges off though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 You know the side indicators on the car the small ones under the Z emblem, is it legal to remove them and have the hole smoothed over? I would of thought so. The US zeds don't have them but I would of thought they were a legal requirement. I've seen people take the side Z badges off though. Why would they do that, thats the best part on the side wonder who would know about the side indicators... I get my new car tomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 You know the side indicators on the car the small ones under the Z emblem, is it legal to remove them and have the hole smoothed over? I would of thought so. The US zeds don't have them but I would of thought they were a legal requirement. I've seen people take the side Z badges off though. Why would they do that, thats the best part on the side wonder who would know about the side indicators... I get my new car tomo Tell us what it is then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Nope you will only humiliate me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Nope you will only humiliate me We won't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Yep you will, you always find away to bully me sob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzz... Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I am not sure of the exact details but I will put my money on IT being a homologation requirement for Whole Vehicle Type Approval by the OEM. In the EU law there will be a requirement for a side indicator light which is visible from the Front back and side, it is intermittent, it is mounted in the front third of the vehicle, with a minimum height from ground of "X" mm. and a visibility angle of "X" degrees....blabla bla That is why every car manufactured for europe have them, and even the mirror mounted I think you will find can be seen from the drivers behind you. I think however for single vehicle type approval this might not be so strict, because if you are to import an US spec car it will not have it, and I cannot remeber if seeing US cars with add on side indicators (like Jap-imports have add-on rr fog lights...) I cannot find on the MOT anything about it, other than the generic "if the car is fitted with side indicators , check them for operation" So my calculated guess is that this is a Whole Vehicle Type Aproval requirement for manufacturers to homolgate vehicles for all markets, but after this, it is your duty to maintain the vehicle in a roadworthy condition as highlighted by the MOT test standards... and since the basic rule is "if it is there check it" if it is not " don't check it" I think you would probably be OK... however I would double check with your local friendly MOT tester... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 On a previous car (a R5GTT) I had the OEM wings swapped to lighter materials to reduce weight doing away with the side indicators in the process. On at least 2 MoTs this was picked up as a potential fail (since they were aware that they were OEM) but I was let off basically As Zzzz.... says, find a friendly MoTer and check their opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alscar Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Nothing to say either way.. But Im sure you cant remove them, its just something lurking in my memory about it.. Probably your best best is to ring an MOT testing centre and they will tell you straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 You can go down the merc route and mount them in the wing mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinS Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 You can remove them. It's one of those things if they are there they have to work but they don't actually have to be there. It's like you need wipers that work if you have a windscreen, but if you don't have a wind screen then you don't need wipers. You don't need a windscreen to pass an MOT. What i'd like to know is the Z badge big enough to cover the hole if you take them off and move the Z badge down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 You can remove them. It's one of those things if they are there they have to work but they don't actually have to be there. It's like you need wipers that work if you have a windscreen, but if you don't have a wind screen then you don't need wipers. You don't need a windscreen to pass an MOT. What i'd like to know is the Z badge big enough to cover the hole if you take them off and move the Z badge down. hmm cheers dude so thats a definate can be removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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