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grandad
 Post subject: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:44 am 
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Apparently one of the vehicles in our town has been given a 28 day delayed suspension on his car. The owner has 28 days to rectify the fault. What heinous crime has been committed I hear you ask. Well go on then ask! Well the car has no wheel trims so it gets a suspension notice. The owner is adamant that he isn't going to put any trims on the car so we will have to wait and see.

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roythebus
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:33 am 
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Wheel-trims are safety-critical?? Some are a danger when they fly off and roll across the road.
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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:41 am 
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My LO - when doing his age exemption check to give me the age exemption FORM for test - noted down one of my 4 trims didnt match the other three

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:49 am 
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roythebus wrote:
Wheel-trims are safety-critical?? Some are a danger when they fly off and roll across the road.

So by not having any on the vehicle, they are no longer a danger. There is nothing in the council policy that even mentions wheel trims. There is something in the vehicle inspection report about wheel trims, but we do not get a copy of this report, or at least we shouldn't. The report forms are kept at the garages and after inspection, the garage are supposed to send the completed form to the Council.

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andycable
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:10 am 
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Our council added this to our vehicle test requirements in 2008

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Note: Removal of wheel trims/hub caps by the presenter is
required prior to the test to facilitate checking of wheel
nuts, failure to do so will result in the test being terminated.
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jimbo
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:30 am 
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grandad wrote:
Apparently one of the vehicles in our town has been given a 28 day delayed suspension on his car. The owner has 28 days to rectify the fault. What heinous crime has been committed I hear you ask. Well go on then ask! Well the car has no wheel trims so it gets a suspension notice. The owner is adamant that he isn't going to put any trims on the car so we will have to wait and see.


I don't have any wheel trims on my taxi. I'll bet there are several in your town that also don't.

Alloy wheels.

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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:54 am 
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Its not a safety issue, its for image...

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:02 pm 
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It would seem that at some stage the wording on the inspection report has been changed to read "The vehicle must have a full set of matching (or close likeness) hub caps/wheel trims.

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 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:54 pm 
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grandad wrote:
Apparently one of the vehicles in our town has been given a 28 day delayed suspension on his car. The owner has 28 days to rectify the fault. What heinous crime has been committed I hear you ask. Well go on then ask! Well the car has no wheel trims so it gets a suspension notice. The owner is adamant that he isn't going to put any trims on the car so we will have to wait and see.

Madness.

Ask the council where it is written that they must have wheel trims.

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 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:30 pm 
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tangarinearmy
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:26 pm 
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i failed a pitt test cos 1 trim was slightly and i do mean slightly different
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peterorl
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:21 pm 
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I suppouse you might not have wheel trims. It is not necessary ?

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 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:39 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:26 pm 
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I have no wheel trims..only alloys.
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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: vehicle suspension
PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:25 pm 
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bloodnock wrote:
I have no wheel trims..only alloys.


then you have centre caps, dont lose any

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