Went for mot today.... tester was a right nobb, failed on broken front driversside spring :/


oh well excuse for lowers

how low should i go? my three options seem to be, 30, 35, and 40 (for my price range)

is there not much in it tbh?

lou5590 said:

Went for mot today.... tester was a right nobb, failed on broken front driversside spring :/


oh well excuse for lowers

how low should i go? my three options seem to be, 30, 35, and 40 (for my price range)

is there not much in it tbh?

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A bit harsh? A broken spring is a fail, surely you'd prefer to know its broken, rather than pass, then gave a serious accident due to not knowing suspension was broken.

Can't knock a man for doing his job.

i know, im going on what my friendly garage mate said. he said according to the new rules, as long as the spring is in the cup thingy and seated properly it should be an advisory..

in fact yes i was a bit harsh, just had a bad day thats all.
i take the above comment back.

Fail.

Put a tape measure up to your arch and try and decide

I work at an mot station, new rule came in recently but yes, if only the tail end of the spring is broken and it is still secure then it is just an advisory, daft tho really

lou5590 said:

i know, im going on what my friendly garage mate said. he said according to the new rules, as long as the spring is in the cup thingy and seated properly it should be an advisory..

in fact yes i was a bit harsh, just had a bad day thats all.
i take the above comment back.

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It's always been a fail as far as I'm aware as its a danger due to the affect it can have on the cars handling!

Loocas said:

I work at an mot station, new rule came in recently but yes, if only the tail end of the spring is broken and it is still secure then it is just an advisory, daft tho really

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this is exactly where my spring is snapped. at the end. its still secure and doesnt 'move' :/ anywho fail is a fail.

decided 40 mil, think that should be enough specially with the height of the speed humps around here :/

thats a good idea, iv just driven up a road at like 10 mph due to being over 20 bumps on it. Also had to go up the bumps sideways sort of thing. What a f*** about

hopefully theyl look alright on standard alloys :s ahh well if they dont, they dont haha alloy hunting after my holiday

should do, which standard alloys you got?

ummm i dont know the names, there 15", tho many spokes lol.


not helpful but hey

No i can picture them haha. will look good mate!

ty might actually be worth starting a members thread once im done haha might spray the alloys but i dont know what colour :/

Which colour is the car...saw some 15" painted black..they looked well

Most Easterly Pandas said:

It's always been a fail as far as I'm aware as its a danger due to the affect it can have on the cars handling!

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Too true! Obviously whoever re-wrote the rules has never seen what happens when a spring looses the bottom coil, dislodges over a bump as it's now shorter, and rips through the tyre.

Saw it no end of times on the Stilo's before the infamous "spring-catcher" recall mod.

Springs puncturing tyres was an issue with a few manufacturers....Personally i can only imagine that the rules have changed due to manufacturers approaching VOSA stating it isn't an issue ..
As in the truck side we had a certain model that would leak air at the footbrake valve at certain times ,which is a fail.But the valve manufacturer then went to VOSA to prove that it was safe and in certain instancesit would leak..Warranty had a field day rejecting valves that had been changed

why is this thread called 'sad times'

because his/her MOT failed due to a broken spring

........not really 'sad times' though, sad times would be my wife has left me, dog bit my nose off, goldfish drowned, lost my job and house repossessed....broken spring for MOT would IMO be getting off lightly

Failed MOT, broken spring or lowering advice would be more suitable.