Im looking at putting an electrical ribbon/wire demister on the front window of my street/club racing car. Its a 1972 ford capri, and when it was built the electric fan heater was disabled, and doesnt go now. So the question im asking, is would it still pass a warrant with the demister on the window, or would it fail on obstruction of the CVA! Cheers, Ben
karynhb,
May 5, 5:46pm
Would fail, if its inside the cva. Why not get fan fixed or replaced.
the legislationmentions every thing exept the heater ribon, interesting
sr2,
May 5, 6:19pm
I've run similar windscreen demisters in tarmac rally cars for many years and have never had a WOF issue.
happylad3,
May 5, 7:30pm
yea thats what i thought. i went to the guy that does my wof's today, and he said that he would probly pass it. but suggested that i go up to vtnz, and see what they said. if anything, since the factory demister doesnt work, the ribbon one, would actually be improving my vision, not impairing it.
carmedic,
May 5, 7:42pm
My thoughts too. Why would you not just fix it! If it??
mantagsi,
May 5, 8:08pm
Guessing OP wants to keep as much 'weighty' junk out as possible - all the ducting and the fan unit etc can weigh a fair bit, depends how fussy you are I guess. At least a demister is just a series of fine copper strips, next to no weight
mrfxit,
May 6, 6:43am
2 demister heater strips around the edge of the window & a simple heater & vent for the drivers side of the windscreen. + Plastic ducting & make the fan/ electric heater assembly removable with a couple of clips fitted.
1 of the early Suzuki 4x4's had an electric heater unit instead of a water heater/radiator system for inside the vehicle.
ct9a,
Jan 17, 4:02am
and to avoid all arguement sake with any avi,simply remove at time of wof then fit back on like the rest of NZ do with everything
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