sunstrip plain black 7inches down legal?

[stacky]

basically want to buy sunstrip as cars completly stripped and suns starting to piss me off, found most standard are 7inches by 55 and obviously need cutting, but 7 inches is perfect in width , reckon traffic would leave me alone, i mean its not as bad as some you see nearly halfway down cheers opinions ans past experiences ?

 

[James.f]

If its in the wipers view then it wont pass MOT, but i had one about 5" down, looked good but then got rid due to hassle of MOT

 

[Struggler]

i have one, and im pretty sure its 7 inches, (car is stripped out too)
and theyve never pointed it out,

it IS technically an MOT fail if the windscreen wipers go over it, but im yet to find any MOT station that bothers!!
im sure if they did bring it up and you offered to tear if off there and then, they would let you!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

If they're inside, they're legal tho, right ? I appreciate that 7" inside will require some cutting around the interior mirror....

Invest in some decent sunnies

 

[James.f]

If its inside or outside and in the wiper view its still a mot fail nice try though,

 

[Struggler]

If they're inside, they're legal tho, right ? I appreciate that 7" inside will require some cutting around the interior mirror....

probs more hastle than its worth tbh,

seriously i live in Essex and enjoy the cruise scene so my car gets a lot of police attention,
and ive never had it mentioned to me at all!

and if it botheres you that much, get shorter wipers so that they dont go over the strip,
then its 100% legal! (providing the wipers clear the screen)

 

[stacky]

god help me please, i cbf with the hassle of getting pulled you know, some police forum said 6inches down the limit so fixed rule it seems, i mean from the inside it will look gash but good from outside?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Fair enough chaps. I thought it was 'if the wiper touches it' therefore assuming outside..... I don't have this problem as I don't drive a Touring Car.

 

[MarkCup]

Mine's almost 12 inches at the sides I think...narrowing to about 8 or 9 in the middle due to the curvature of the screen.

Never had a problem with the five-0, but I do rip it off before each MOT, then put a nice fresh one on straight after. I think the fact that it's mat black helps as it doesn't really stand out that much.

Having said that, I never got any attention when I had bright orange or the yellow one on either.

 

[stacky]

lol fair enough do they look better fitted from inside or outside, most look good from the outside when fitted on the inside post pics up please?

 

[Grant89]

I've just put one on mine that's a bit smaller than marks at about 10 inches in matt black and it looks awesome, I used to have one on my Zs and never had any problems, fingers crossed this ones the same as only fitted it Saturday!

Personally, I think they look good on the outside and are so much easier to fit as you don't have to remove the interior mirror.

 

[stacky]

get pic up mate 10 inches down really?

 

[chrispy.clio]

Here's how big my tw@ strip is.

But my car doesn't need a mot, as it will be living it's life on the track now 

 

[Grant89]

Mines pretty much the same as chris's but I'll try and upload one now, I'm on my phone so I'll try but not too sure how to lol, looking good btw Chris

 

[stacky]

cheers but rd legal cars with pics cheers

 

[Grant89]

Can't upload one atm, sorry mate.

Mine is a road car lol but like I said very similar to the pic above and in matt black aswell, possibly a little bit higher up the windscreen

 

[chrispy.clio]

This was my old sun strip when the car was road worthy. I think it want through a mot like that

 

[stacky]

looks about 7 inches chrispy, did the job on track etc?

 

[MarkCup]

Got a pic of mine and have measured it as well...12 inches at the sides, and narrows to 10 inches in the centre.

Perfect.

 

[Knuckles]

That looks very large... And could you park any closer lol

 

[MarkCup]

Better picture...

Closer? Nope, they're touching LOL.