From the link nissan_fan supplied "A seat retro-fitted to a low volume vehicle for the use of the driver is not required to be provided with adjustment in the longitudinal direction, however, must in all cases be positioned in such a way as to enable the vehicle to be safely operated by a person within theaverage range of height and stature. "
Unless something has been lost in translation was some of the extra work really required!
kazbanz,
Feb 28, 12:59am
OP -my concern here is that you may very well be blaming entirely the wrong people for what went wrong. First theres the guys that did the work Second is the person who comissioned the work Third is the LVV certifyer. Im NOT saying the workshop diddn't get it wrong but what if the LVV guy is being a bleep! Or if your son told them what he wanted and they did exactly as per HIS instructions-maybee against their advice! It looks to me that the seat should be legal unless hes a six foot six giant so I wondr how much other stuff is a discression call from the LVV guy.
pnh4,
Feb 28, 5:05am
How to do it,
1) Write down the mods' you wanna do. 2) Ring a local LVV certifier or the LVV association. 3) Do the work by the advice of the certifier & "the experienced" 4)Take to certifier for initial check & adjustment instructions. 5) Return to certifier for your clearance, they'll send the documents away to Wellington, where your LVV cert plate will be made & sent back to certifier for fitment to your vehicle. DONE
rumtime1,
Feb 28, 7:22am
We paid for legal mods to be done and the vehicle returned with a LVV plate and new WoF. We were advised by the garage that they are experts and know exactly what they are doing and have done many a car before this one.I have written them a letter advising we will not be paying and I have contacted LVV who have confirmed with me that no changes were made to rulings in the period the garage had the car in their possession. The garage has admitted they did the work and then realised it did not pass certification but they are saying rules changed while they had the car - I am not that stupid!
edangus,
Feb 28, 7:40am
Don't pay a cent more, there are rules about quotes and estimates. You paid for it up front, they mucked about, any changes too bad. They have not contacted you till after the fact. eff em!
backup5,
Feb 28, 9:24am
dnt pay even $3900 seams like heaps for those basic mods must be some mean Race seats etc
pnh4,
Feb 28, 9:26am
Im not a certifier right! just been down this funny road a few times with my own vehicles. A car rarely passes straight off, as I said in my previous post, the "initial check", has to be done. Then do the adjustments & take it back for the secondary confirm. You should've called on the LVV assoc' first.
rumtime1,
Feb 28, 9:34am
Why should we have called lvv first! Paid garage to do it all.
rumtime1,
Feb 28, 9:36am
The 3900 also included castor arms, new muffler. Seats were $595 each.
socram,
Feb 28, 9:40am
All good except that the documents can be printed out, filled in, lodged early and then LVVTA committee will advise what needs to be done to smooth the process later.
pnh4,
Feb 28, 9:44am
A garage isnt a homebuilt modifier, which is where the LVV stems from, a normal ole corner garage has nothing to do with modifications, except changing the position of the odd exhaust bracket here & there.
n1smo_gtir,
Feb 28, 10:56am
that's like saying why talk to the expert when the self claimed expert who knows it all we paid our money to can do it all for us!.and look where it got you. lesson: ring the REAL expert. do background check on garage before giving them all your money upfront.
rumtime1,
Feb 28, 5:28pm
This garage was not just a wof garage. It was a performance car garage who specialised in car mods! They assured me they had done this work before and were in regular contact with local certifier. Guess we will know for next time!
hopie,
Mar 1, 2:58am
a boss kit steering wheel, racing seats, exhaust and labour for $3900 OMG saw him coming eh.
pnh4,
Mar 1, 5:10am
"socram" just a quick question forgot to ring LVV todayfor a scratchy, single seater, 25mm min to the right of centre, that seat can be fixed aye!
pnh4,
Mar 1, 11:32pm
The whole system needs to be looked at, & layed out for the general public.
Its a bit of a guinny pig process. The inspections are privately run, these guys all answer to a Wellington office, who's breathing down their necks all the time. Prices vary & there's no outlay (on paper) for the general public to see.
Should be one price for a modified mass produced car say $500, & another for a "scratchy" say $600 whatever, The vehicle has to be driven & tested, what if no ones ever driven your vehicle except you & it gets damaged. Youd be pissd aye!
socram,
Mar 2, 3:29am
Sorry, not sure how LVV comes into a single seater!If you mean fitting one race seat to a saloon, 25mm off centre, I don't see that as a problem - but I am no expert!I believe they are more concerned with the seat construction and that it is well secured with the appropriate sized bolts through I would hope, something a little stronger than a single panel floor.Check withan expert!
Tend to agree regarding the process though.If you can't drive your own car to sort it out BEFORE they do, its a bit scary.
I intend taking mine down to Hampton Downs for a lap or two before the final sign offs, but others have said that their certifier drove it 50m just to check that the brakes worked at all. Not their job to actually fully road test the car.That is outside their remit.Car has the real test for WoF but even that doesn't check wheel alignment etc.
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