MOT misery

Stan_Lite · 11-05-2011, 17:10

Car failed it's MOT today - badly. Gonna cost over £600 to get it through.

All discs and pads need replacing and it turns out all the springs have been cut to lower the car and don't fit properly (funny how they've been like that for at least the last 3 MOTs but no-one has picked up on it until now).

Managed to get the price down a bit by sourcing the parts myself. Ordered all the brake parts and a set of proper, Tein lowering springs from Camskill. Still gonna get shafted on labour though

Jonny69 · 11-05-2011, 17:42

The springs were probably the tester being a ****. You'd know by now if they weren't seating properly.

I feel your woeZ. Mine failed the other week on a kingpin and rear tyres. Like-for-like rear tyres are £275+vat each, kingpins are about £150/pair plus I've got to change it all myself

Stan_Lite · 11-05-2011, 17:57

I went down and had a look myself. When the car was on the ramp, the springs were completely loose and could easily lift out of the lower cup things. If I'd gone over any bumps a bit too rapidly, they could possibly have slipped out. If I'd known they were like that, I'd have changed them ages ago.

Dymetrie · 11-05-2011, 18:22

S'what happens when you buy a car off a dodgy bloke you met down the pub!

Piggymon · 11-05-2011, 21:07

Last MOT for Barney cost nearly £500 ... I really resent spending money on the car for stuff like that .. I feel your pain

LeperousDust · 12-05-2011, 01:10

My car may very well bankrupt me on wednesday, can't wait!

Kell_ee001 · 13-05-2011, 21:43

Darrin · 15-05-2011, 19:09

Don't feel bad Stan. My Jeep wouldn't pass an MOT no matter how much I spent.

No seat belts, no reverse lights, no parking brake indicator, no windscreen defroster, no rear fogs, rear turn signals are the brake lights.

Oh, and just for giggles, that's how it came from the factory.

kaiowas · 16-05-2011, 18:45

The MOT doesn't backdate it's requirements. If it wasn't fitted when new you don't need it to pass. Additionally, reversing lights are not a requirement at all.

LeperousDust · 16-05-2011, 19:33

As leon would know

11-05-2011, 17:10	#1
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	MOT misery Car failed it's MOT today - badly. Gonna cost over £600 to get it through. All discs and pads need replacing and it turns out all the springs have been cut to lower the car and don't fit properly (funny how they've been like that for at least the last 3 MOTs but no-one has picked up on it until now). Managed to get the price down a bit by sourcing the parts myself. Ordered all the brake parts and a set of proper, Tein lowering springs from Camskill. Still gonna get shafted on labour though __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

11-05-2011, 17:42	#2
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	The springs were probably the tester being a ****. You'd know by now if they weren't seating properly. I feel your woeZ. Mine failed the other week on a kingpin and rear tyres. Like-for-like rear tyres are £275+vat each, kingpins are about £150/pair plus I've got to change it all myself __________________

11-05-2011, 17:57	#3
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I went down and had a look myself. When the car was on the ramp, the springs were completely loose and could easily lift out of the lower cup things. If I'd gone over any bumps a bit too rapidly, they could possibly have slipped out. If I'd known they were like that, I'd have changed them ages ago. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

11-05-2011, 18:22	#4
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	S'what happens when you buy a car off a dodgy bloke you met down the pub! __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

11-05-2011, 21:07	#5
Piggymon Lara Croft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: PigmoPad - Braintree Essex Posts: 8,604	Last MOT for Barney cost nearly £500 ... I really resent spending money on the car for stuff like that .. I feel your pain __________________ BF% 28/08/08 - 21%

12-05-2011, 01:10	#6
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	My car may very well bankrupt me on wednesday, can't wait! __________________

13-05-2011, 21:43	#7
Kell_ee001 Wants Big Meat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 6,478	__________________

15-05-2011, 19:09	#8
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Don't feel bad Stan. My Jeep wouldn't pass an MOT no matter how much I spent. No seat belts, no reverse lights, no parking brake indicator, no windscreen defroster, no rear fogs, rear turn signals are the brake lights. Oh, and just for giggles, that's how it came from the factory. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

16-05-2011, 18:45	#9
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	The MOT doesn't backdate it's requirements. If it wasn't fitted when new you don't need it to pass. Additionally, reversing lights are not a requirement at all. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

16-05-2011, 19:33	#10
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	As leon would know __________________