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sva fail on weight

18 Apr 2009, 7:43am
Hi can anyone help me i have failed my sva on the weight of the car
I put 550.00 on my form but the car weighd in at 682.00
The man at the SVA says he will only pass my car if i can get some form of documentation from locost or elsewhere stateing that a locost will weigh heaver than i putdown on my SVA form.
can you sugest anything

Thanks Alan
18 Apr 2009, 8:23pm
Not sure in this case but I think they want documentation that your chassis is designed to support a higher design weight than the actual weight of your car.
Did you buy the chassis/kit or make it yourself?
19 Apr 2009, 6:13pm
sva weight fail

Hi Peterux thanks for your responce.
I got the chassis off e bay from locost builder who made it himself
The man a the sva station says all he needs is some think writen down saying a locost can weigh heaver than i put on my form
I have emailed info@great british sports cars but as yet i have no reply
Do you know anbody that can get this infomation
Thanks
Alan