b1zbaz wrote:Why does it need iva testing is it not rather difficult to iva a Midas
It shouldn't be difficult to IVA a Midas, so long as you work through the IVA test manual and make sure you present the car conforming to its requirements.
Typical mistakes include:
Not pumping the hydragas up sufficiently, so the headlights and fromnt indicators are a few mm below the minimum.
Fitting the side repeaters too high so they are hidden from the rear view by the wing mirrors.
Having insufficient radius/padding on the bottom edge of the dash and, in particular, the glovebox - yes the bottom edge of the standard Metro glovebox is too sharp for the IVA requirements!
Some steering wheels also fail the IVA interior edges check, but the MG Metro wheel is okay.
The only real issue with older cars is the quarterlight frame which has sharp edges. I have addressed this on new cars with a door frame that only has a small triangular upstand that is masked by the wing mirror. so the only contactable edges are those provided by the mirror. Thankfully, the standard Metro mirrors meet the IVA exterior edge radius requirements.
If you want to keep the original quarterlights then you can stick on some suitably radiused rubber extrusions. This may look unsightly, but the exterior edges are only checked during the IVA test and not on subsequent MOTs, so no-one is going to notice if the rubber extrusions come unglued and fall off shortly after!
Alistair