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Post by car42901 on Jan 28, 2021 14:41:41 GMT 12
Hi, I am looking at purchasing a vehicle that has had an external sun visor mounted above the windscreen. The owner has drilled holes into the A-pillar to attach brackets for this.
If I was to remove the visor and brackets would the vehicle pass a wof with the bare holes left in the pillar? Is it even legal to drill into it?
Cheers
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Post by Chris on Jan 28, 2021 15:07:51 GMT 12
Hi, I am looking at purchasing a vehicle that has had an external sun visor mounted above the windscreen. The owner has drilled holes into the A-pillar to attach brackets for this. If I was to remove the visor and brackets would the vehicle pass a wof with the bare holes left in the pillar? Is it even legal to drill into it? Cheers
I would confirm the answer with your WoF inspector. As a threshold question - LVV Certification is not required for body kits and components provided that: ▪ the fitting system does not weaken the vehicle structure ( see below); and ▪ no frontal impact components have been removed where the vehicle is required to comply with a frontal impact occupant protection standard; and ▪ the kit or components do not present any forward-facing external projections that could cause injury, to the occupants or pedestrians, or present a snagging/hooking risk to a vehicle or person; and ▪ the driver’s vision has not been affected; and ▪ the performance of any lamp is not affected as a result of the kit or components. Weakening the vehicle structure:
Heating, drilling, welding or cutting the vehicle structure, modifying a roof bow, or modifying any part of the structure would be considered to weaken it. Cutting a single layer of unstressed panel steel (i.e. roof) is not considered to weaken the vehicle structure. Drilling a hole suitable for a child restraint top tether does not require LVV certification. We would consider the stressed vehicle structure to be the areas coloured gray in the image below from the VIRM vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/12967/varieties/570wide.png |
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