john_p_b
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| posted on 17/9/04 at 03:28 PM |
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rear fog posistioning
just want to clarify with some of you more clever ppl than me about the posistion of my rear fog light. according to sva book it needs to be a minimum
of 250mm from the ground and no less than 100mm from the brake light.
does it make any difference as to where i have my stop/tail light? they are at about 430mm so am i still ok to just have the fog at or near to the
250mm?
also the reverse light, there is no mention of that in the sva book as i'm sure it's a totaly optional and non-testable item but if i fit
it before test is it then going to become something else for them to try and fail me on?
thanks for reading
john
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 17/9/04 at 05:35 PM |
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I've just been for my SVA yesterday and failed on the Fog light positioning. Mine is too low, min of 250mm. There was no mention of it being
100mm away from the brake lights.
My brake lights are mounted on the rear wings and the fog light is central at the bottom.
HTH
Roadkill - Lee
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phil m
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| posted on 17/9/04 at 05:35 PM |
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John ----looked at my sva manual . It says brake light minimum is 350mm. As you say minimum seperation then being 100mm for the fog light.
As long as thery are apart the min distance you should have no probs.
One thing to bear in mindthough , the fog lamp must be positioned at right angles to the ground. IE --use a bracket to make it level . I'll put
pics on my photo archive
Phil
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Peteff
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| posted on 17/9/04 at 06:03 PM |
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As I read it
The reflective area has to be perpendicular and has to be at least 250mm from the ground on the centre or off side of the car. Seperation from the
brake light has to be at least 100mm in either direction unless it is in an 'E' marked unit containing all 3 lights so it is deemed to
meet the criteria.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Dusty
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| posted on 17/9/04 at 08:30 PM |
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If you fit a single fog light it must be either on the centreline of the car or to the right of the centreline. If to the right of the centreline it
is technicaly illegal to use in mainland Europe.
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john_p_b
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| posted on 17/9/04 at 09:57 PM |
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well i've put it to the right but it's just a case of getting it to sit at the right angle now so will have to make a plate to go behind
it as obviously the back of the car doesn't sit at a right angle to the road 
not really too concerned about it being legal or not in mainland europe as i don't really have any intentions to drive the car to paris or
anything  
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 18/9/04 at 05:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dusty
If you fit a single fog light it must be either on the centreline of the car or to the right of the centreline. If to the right of the centreline it
is technicaly illegal to use in mainland Europe.
European production cars have one fog lamp sited on the right (or left for the home market) - how do they get on?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/9/04 at 05:58 PM |
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Left is offside in mainland Europe
You could fit a matching pair but they still have to be 250mm up and 100mm from the brake light.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 18/9/04 at 06:54 PM |
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So, do you think this will pass?
 
Rescued attachment 100_0257.jpg
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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Northy
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 11:32 AM |
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Roadkill,
Why not mount it here on an "L" shaped bracket (so the mounting hole is underneath ie not visable) and then move it back to where you had it
origanally before.
Excuse the crap editing.
Thats what I did, and a few others I know.
 
Rescued attachment Fog light.jpg
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 19/9/04 at 06:10 PM |
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I like the idea but I don't think there will be enough room for the number plate, I know it won't have one on for the retest but you never
know they might measure it.
I've fixed it on now and I think it looks quite nice.
Thanks for the advise though
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
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