Import SVA question
13 July 2006, 09:59 PM
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As Dave has pointed out already: many importers have an 'SVA-kit' which they transfer from car to car, refitting the original parts afterwards. This used to be common with Evolution self levelling HID lamps due to their cost but its beyond a joke now.
With this particular car Id say that it more likely that the vendor is mistaken, or that the originally fitted conversion has failed.
Simon
With this particular car Id say that it more likely that the vendor is mistaken, or that the originally fitted conversion has failed.
Simon
14 July 2006, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by esp ltd
I'm very suprised you had 9 duff delimiters David but i suppose you get through a few 
I've used loads and never had a problem unless i fitted them incorrectly, check your fitter isn't colour blind 
. Out of interest i've never ever come across a 'variable' delimiter......who makes these as i asked the guys down at the SVA test centre earlier and they'd never heard of one either.
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ps....your STi sounds superb and i also recently sold a Type R with one of your engines in it.......absolutely fantastic re-build, was so impressed i was going to write in to you but as per usual i forgot but will be comming to you if i ever need another engine!!
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I've used loads and never had a problem unless i fitted them incorrectly, check your fitter isn't colour blind . Out of interest i've never ever come across a 'variable' delimiter......who makes these as i asked the guys down at the SVA test centre earlier and they'd never heard of one either. Dave.
ps....your STi sounds superb and i also recently sold a Type R with one of your engines in it.......absolutely fantastic re-build, was so impressed i was going to write in to you but as per usual i forgot but will be comming to you if i ever need another engine!!
Dave.
We use a ' speedmate' that is made and supplied by a company in Nottingham. Once size does all cars and you programme it for whatever car you need, from a vast range of info on a palm pilot that comes with your first order for 10 converters.
So the one gizmo fits any car, by setting it up on a car you then have the opportunity to reset the speedo calibration to take accout of 18 or 19 in wheels or whatever or even if the car has had a diff change.
It automatically delimits most cars but in the case of some Imprezas you need to run a cable across to the ECu and interrupt the speedo signal to take the 112mph limit out.
They are fabulously accurate, a delight to fit and I cannot praise them enough.
The SVA centre is Southampton fits new mph faces to the speedos on cable drive speedo Imprezas and leaves the odo reading in Km's which I guess must be legal. But they also do the SVA MOT themselves so maybe they just stretch the rules..... What the new face DOESN'T do is de-limit the car.
I think the wording is that the speedo must read in mph and Km's which by changing the speedo face it does. but leaves the odo ticking up in Km's.
The problem, comes later when someone wants to de-limit the car. By making the odo read correctly and to delimit the car by a fitting gear drive converter in the cable, the needle will now read wrong in relation to the new dial that has been fitted.
At that point, to delimit the car you either need the original speedo face back, or a new original WRX speedo, or try to fit a set of Lockwood dial faces and hope that they ever work again [ any of the dials in the Lockwood case ]
The fitting of the mph speedo face is very cheap they cost about 3 quid and fitting can be done in about 20 minutes. for the purposes of SVA it makes the car pass. After that the SVA centre don't care.
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14 July 2006, 06:07 PM
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Long story Davey. Work move popped up out of the blue so I though it not sensible to be buying something, and its all gone silent now! I have now just decided to hell with it 
Its a good time of year to sell the S too!
MB
Its a good time of year to sell the S too!MB
14 July 2006, 08:19 PM
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Bl**dy hell Mark,did going to the rolling road day on sunday make you miss scoobies that much.You won't want 1st refusal on mine now.Did you get my PM about the water?.I am having my car looked at on the 26th July to see what's happening with the boost,(probably VTA dump valve problem!).Don't get rid of your car mate until I've had a go
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.Did you get my PM about the water?.I am having my car looked at on the 26th July to see what's happening with the boost,(probably VTA dump valve problem!).Don't get rid of your car mate until I've had a goCheers
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14 July 2006, 11:03 PM
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HPI check won't pick up JDM mileage will it ie when in Japan? That's a downside of JDM, not able to verify stuff that happened (or didn't happen) in Japan ...
Originally Posted by Dark Blue Mark
should be able to tell if its high mileage - and hopefully an HPi will pick this up too.MB
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David.
I'm looking for a JDM STi & prefer a white one so I'll be in touch when my current car sells!
TX.
I'm looking for a JDM STi & prefer a white one so I'll be in touch when my current car sells!
TX.
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APi have a White 2003 STi 9 for sale ready to go trackered, alarmed, decatted ecuteked, janspeeded, VERY quick and with graphite grey alloys PFF-7's looks the biz, taxed, MOT'd etc etc
Scott Lowe front lip spoiler, 7000 warranted miles from new with no issues over history or mileage. AND a Warranty.
Generally, the speedo chip we use is recalibrateable to allow for larger or whatever wheels.
We used to use those small cheap converters and after 9 duff ones gave up the time fitting and refitting cost too much so we went with one that works every time.
http://www.apiengines.com/car_sales_detail.php?id=18
Call if I can help, price has been lowered from the ad price.
David APi
Scott Lowe front lip spoiler, 7000 warranted miles from new with no issues over history or mileage. AND a Warranty.
Generally, the speedo chip we use is recalibrateable to allow for larger or whatever wheels.
We used to use those small cheap converters and after 9 duff ones gave up the time fitting and refitting cost too much so we went with one that works every time.
http://www.apiengines.com/car_sales_detail.php?id=18
Call if I can help, price has been lowered from the ad price.
David APi
15 July 2006, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Terminator X
HPI check won't pick up JDM mileage will it ie when in Japan? That's a downside of JDM, not able to verify stuff that happened (or didn't happen) in Japan ...
To put another old chestnut to bed too, we very rarely get much history on a car from Japan. People advise ' don't buy one without provable history'. In my experience, over the last 22 years buying and selling Jap imports, I reckon I've had provable history with less than half of them. Not an issue, the cars are bought and vetted by APi Japan and then offered to me. never yet had a bad one. EVER.
Earlier this year we had a suspiciously low mileage car sent to us with head gasket failure. The engine and mechanicals were all on their last legs. The car looked and drove very tired. The car owner had only just bought the car from a ' bombsite car dealer' in Epsom, Surrey or thereabouts.
The mileage check at the auctions in Japan revealed that tha car had gone through the auctions in Japan 3 months previously at 119,000 Kms @85,000 miles - and it now read 49,000 miles !! Bit of a ' haircut ' that.
Anyway after threatening the dealer [ not really a dealer but anyway ] with trading standards etc they got their money back.
Watch out for a cheap but horrible dark blue 4 door in that area of London.
Cost of the mileage check £29.99, worth every penny and yes I can do it for anyone on any car. If it comes back with no history it still costs the same.
Good luck guys David APi.
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