Striped Interior

6th February 2007, 11:03

Been thinking about doing this for a while now striping the interior out and having Buckets and harnesses with cage in but wanted to know if with all this its all MOT compliant as i use the car for work so need to to pass an mot its prob a silly question but i want to know anyways for peace of mind.

6th February 2007, 11:23

the harness and buckets shouldnt be a problem

not sure on the rear belt situation though as its registered as a 5 seater so would need 5 belts

6th February 2007, 11:50

Oh right anyone else know about this???

6th February 2007, 11:55

mmm sketchy since you wont have rear seats neway.

I got picked up on having the middle seatbelt & buckle tucked under the seat, noone really goes in the back anyway and certainly never 3 people. But i had to have it visible for the test.

6th February 2007, 12:01

My mate has it done in his RST and thats coming up to to due an MOT so would be good to know what about leaving the seat belts in?

6th February 2007, 12:52

id mabe go ask your mot station just to make sure

6th February 2007, 12:56

its not a problem. it will all pass an MOT as long as the buckets and harnesses are bolted in properly and are safe.

if you dont have a rear seat then they wont check the rear belts, they dont have to be there at all.

its the same with the spare wheel, if its not there then they wont check it but if it is there then it needs to have a legal tyre on it.

6th February 2007, 13:33

Wicked all coming out then this weekend might take the spare tyre out as well. it all counts lol.

6th February 2007, 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by hesslevtr

id mabe go ask your mot station just to make sure

Good advice, sich the mots have changed its made it more or less the same no matter where you take your car but sometime someone will pass a car another place will fail, well worth 10mins out of your day to just have a chat with the mot station

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrorange2

Wicked all coming out then this weekend might take the spare tyre out as well. it all counts lol.

Yep its the way forward mate, even with just the rear seats and parcel shelf out it totally transforms the way the car looks. I personally fink the car pulls abit better too maybe my imagination but I really do. Taking the spare wheel out will def free up abit of weight aswell.

Took about 30mins to take all my stuff out and give the floor a polish too

6th February 2007, 16:11

Oh forgot, gives the exhaust a really different note hearing it throught the floor as well.

6th February 2007, 16:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystic

I got picked up on having the middle seatbelt & buckle tucked under the seat, noone really goes in the back anyway and certainly never 3 people. But i had to have it visible for the test.

Ive got my middle belt tucked underneath and mine passed fine lol, they never mentioned it.
Theyre weird with some things though, I heard that if you have fog lights on your car then they must work. But if your meant to have fog lights and you remove them then its fine lol, its strange.

6th February 2007, 19:05

Just spoken to someone who has tjhis done and passed an mot if you dont have any seat belts in the rear and no seat its fine but if any bit of the seat belts are in it will fail so need to clear it all out.

7th February 2007, 10:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrorange2

Just spoken to someone who has tjhis done and passed an mot if you dont have any seat belts in the rear and no seat its fine but if any bit of the seat belts are in it will fail so need to clear it all out.

Good bit of advice, too note - 'If its There, It must Work' goes for fog lights, seatbelts the worx

Well worth remembering that if you intend to strip out your interior.

Gona have another go at gettin my rear seatbelts out as I try'd last Friday nite but couldnt find a driver small enought to fit in the hole to remove all the support that covers the courner rear seatbelt mountings and supports the parcel shelf - which Id already removed

7th February 2007, 11:10

i agree i stripped my rear the other day and it does eem to pull a bit better and definately is a change in sound from the exhaust

7th February 2007, 11:24

I'm looking forward to doing mine this weekend weather permitting like.

7th February 2007, 12:02

Well like I said, Ive got this far but the two side panels hiding the courner rear seatbelt mountings coulnt come out as all my drivers where too big and I got one stuck inthe hole and it took me 15mis to get it out!

Hmmmm, too big for the hole again But thats another story :-P

7th February 2007, 19:52

looks good mate cant wait to do mine

8th February 2007, 01:09

I took my car to a merc garage for its MOT (half price offer thing they were running) Ive got buckets, harnesses and totally stripped back.

MOT adive notes said "Rear seats missing, situation requires attention"

LMAO

8th February 2007, 01:51

once my cage has been de rusted ill sort pics

8th February 2007, 08:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredjudd

I took my car to a merc garage for its MOT (half price offer thing they were running) Ive got buckets, harnesses and totally stripped back.

MOT adive notes said "Rear seats missing, situation requires attention"

LMAO

Did they pass it tho mate?

8th February 2007, 08:54

I passed my Mot just before xmas with only the front seats and dashboard they didnt care about missing seatbelts.

Emissions was the main beef, the bastards!

8th February 2007, 08:58

Wicked least i know it should pass.

8th February 2007, 12:57

ive been wondering about this, some good advice here let the stripping commence