IVA The Results


  1. Fail- Floor line radius
  2. Fail- Steering Wheel Spoke radius
  3. Fail- Top to dash radius
  4. Fail- Rear Wing radius
  5. Fail- Off side head light alignment
  6. Fail- Handbrake has little or no reserve
  7. Fail- Rear view mirror coverage (even if both were there)
  8. Fail- Steering self centring.
  9. Recommendation- Grill the side pods behind the front wheels.


So items 1,2,3 & 4 are just need stick on trim to resolve, might go for a better cleaner look on the steering wheel.


Items 5 & 6 are just adjustment issues.


Item 7 will take a little creativity and milling / turning power.


Item 9 is actually something I had pondered after watching just how much goop flies off the wheel and attacks the body work. The inspector made a few phone calls and advised that this “Would not be a fail at this time”. Ominous words for the future maybe?


This just leaves the problem of front wheel alignment and is the biggest head ache and requires the most research. Little help please?

Oh I am a happy bunny..... I hope.

IVA Fail Item 4: Rear wing trimming was time consuming by simple.

Happy 2012

This year the the promise will be kept.

The Beast will go to 24 Du Mans.

Wing End plates fitted with rubber trim.

Rear Wing Mounts with Rubber Trim.

Next job is to attack the wing mirrors. Firstly they need to be much more secure and secondly they need to pass the IVA with the required coverage. The later can be achieved by raising the mirrors by 4 inches and some adjustable blind spot inserts placed on the main mirror.

Fist job is to fire up the mill and manufacture some mounting plates so the mirrors are firmly mounted to the car. Then the lathe gets a new year spin to make the 4 inch extension stems. The mounting plates are bonded to the fly screen over the existing wing mirror mounting hole.

Wing Mirror Mounting Plate

Plated Bonded + Extension Stem.

Wing Mirrors Solidly Mounted With Extensions with Extended View

Time to break out the paint again and spray up the new parts and that will be that job done.

With the addition of some nut covers and the rubber trim giving a Radius > 2mm and soft the wing problem is completed. Item 4 TICK.

IVA Fail Item 1:

Not actually the order in which the jobs were attacked but easier to keep track of if they are laid out on here as ordered.

The floor radius has been taken care of with some ally radius extrusions bonded to the outside floor line of the car. Plenty of clamps required and a nice brushed aluminium finish that can be sanded again after minor scuffs.  

Ally Radius Extrusion.

Bonding the Extrusion Radius to the Floor Line.

As an added bonus the new floor line trim is actually an improvement to the look of the car. Plus it is far more robust than the GRP edge. Item 1 TICK

IVA Fail Item 2:

Steering wheel trim. Very simple with some chrome U channel trim with very powerful self adhesive. The centre boss mount is trimmed with 4mm rubber piping. Item 2 TICK

Steering Wheel Trimmed.

IVA Fail Item 3:

The top of the dash needed a special type of soft trim that seemed almost impossible to source. So the old SAAB 900 boot trim got attacked with a scalpel then 2 pieces of 4mm rubber piping were inserted into the remaining D section to from a 90 degree D channel that acts as a complete rubber trim. Item 3 TICK.

Modified SAAB Boot Trim.

Top of Dash Trimmed to IVA Regs.

IVA Fail Item 5: Head light adjusted. Tick.

IVA Fail Item 6: Hand brake adjusted. Tick.


IVA Fail Item 7:

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Full painted mounting plate and extension stork. Item 7 TICK.

Chrome ‘U’ trim around the bonnet at the floor line has been used as the bonnet raises up and straight edges would foul the front splitter. This is bonded onto the bonnet. Again the bonus here is that GRP edge chips will be a thing of the past. Well done IVA ! Who would have thought it?