Monday, 15 December 2025

Headlight alignment, wiring and O2 sensor testing

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 OK, now my IVA date is set, my brain is working overtime. I'm hoping that making a list of small jobs I want to do will let me sleep at...
Monday, 8 December 2025

IVA application and booking

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 Here goes, time to get stuck into the paperwork. I'm doing it online and I don't know whether I'll come to regret that decision...
Sunday, 9 November 2025

IVA (brake fluid sticker, front grill and centre tunnel cover, bulkhead and handbrake bolts)

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 Start with an easy one, the brake fluid sticker; And the front grille is now compliant (and in my opinion looks really ugly now); Staying w...
Monday, 3 November 2025

IVA work (interior corner trim, rear suspension and handbrake)

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I have a plan. I want to get the IVA done before the Malvern kit car show, but November/December are typically busy times for me and the fam...
Thursday, 30 October 2025

IVA work part five (lock nuts, brake pipe clamps, steering wheel face, boot lock, rear light shells)

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 The front castle nuts now have pins; And the wheel axle nuts have been 'staked'; Brake clamps worked really well and keep everythin...

The final to-do list?

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 I've now gone through the IVA manual line by line, and these are the gaps I have left; 01 Noise. Must have a measured sound level not e...

Corner trim

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 One thing I had forgotten was that the interior trim isn't IVA compatible. For some reason I thought about it a while back but then ...
Monday, 20 October 2025

IVA work part four (brake pedal wiring, ID plate, gearbox wiring, horn button, fuel pump covers, steering alignment)

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 This morning started well, AWS seems to be poorly and most of my work is Amazon based.. thankfully this blog isn't so I might as well u...

Photoshoot

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 Decent weather plus 99% finished car means photos!