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19-10-2008, 14:35
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#1 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dunstable, Beds Drives: Astra GSi 1.8 16v
Posts: 332
| side repeater removal
thinking of ditching the side repeaters and smoothing the wings....
is this legal and will i come unstuck come mot time or if pulled over?
thanks lads 
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19-10-2008, 16:08
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#2 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stevenage, Herts
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| Re: side repeater removal
not sure legal wise, but i used to run a gte with smoothed wings. no side repeaters at all. had loads of mots and no problem mentioned | |
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19-10-2008, 16:17
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#3 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: leeds Drives: vectra 2.6 v6
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| Re: side repeater removal
Got To Have Some Sort Of Indicator On Side Of Car Pal I Got Bummed Off Mot 4 It Had To Get Some Mirrors With Em In . | |
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19-10-2008, 16:28
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#4 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dunstable, Beds Drives: Astra GSi 1.8 16v
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| Re: side repeater removal
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Originally Posted by mk3turbo  Got To Have Some Sort Of Indicator On Side Of Car Pal I Got Bummed Off Mot 4 It Had To Get Some Mirrors With Em In . | bummer 
maybe a couple leds in the standard mirrors  | |
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21-10-2008, 17:26
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#5 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MIDDLESBROUGH Drives: CORSA TURBO
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| Re: side repeater removal
You Have To Have Side Repeators From 1986 Or If You Stand At The Rear Of The Vehicle Near The Rear Lights And Move 1 Meter To The Side You Are Standing N/s Or O/s And Can See The Front Indicators E.g Wrap Around Headlights Then You Should Have No Problem With The Mot. Hope This Helps | |
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22-10-2008, 16:14
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#6 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dunstable, Beds Drives: Astra GSi 1.8 16v
Posts: 332
| Re: side repeater removal
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Originally Posted by MARK805082 You Have To Have Side Repeators From 1986 Or If You Stand At The Rear Of The Vehicle Near The Rear Lights And Move 1 Meter To The Side You Are Standing N/s Or O/s And Can See The Front Indicators E.g Wrap Around Headlights Then You Should Have No Problem With The Mot. Hope This Helps |
thanks mate
its a mk3 astra so i don't think i'll get away with that somehow | |
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27-10-2008, 17:21
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#7 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: wakefield Drives: astra 2.0/nova gsi
Posts: 83
| Re: side repeater removal
its a bit of a grey area depends on how the testing station sees it | |
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28-10-2008, 00:39
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#8 | | Banned
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: birmingham Drives: vectra cdti sxi 120
Posts: 1,013
| Re: side repeater removal
my calibra was all smoothed out inc side repeters....never had any mot problems | |
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28-10-2008, 18:01
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#9 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dunstable, Beds Drives: Astra GSi 1.8 16v
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| Re: side repeater removal
might have to find a "friendly" MOT tester  | |
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28-10-2008, 23:13
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#10 | | Banned
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: birmingham Drives: vectra cdti sxi 120
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| Re: side repeater removal
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Originally Posted by Dan Boyes might have to find a "friendly" MOT tester |
thats your best bet if your concerned  | |
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30-10-2008, 17:36
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#11 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dunstable, Beds Drives: Astra GSi 1.8 16v
Posts: 332
| Re: side repeater removal
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Originally Posted by big rich astra thats your best bet if your concerned |
just don't want to do all the work for the car to flunk the Mot  | |
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