I remember when I was mis-guided & had a dimma strip, the wipers used to foul the strip & it showed as it actually wore the strip down, yet the test station I took mine passed it ok, they werent fussed tbh, even with a shagged wheel bearing!

It depends really on where you take it & if the MOT tester got any off his missus/lover the night before

I think this law has recently changed..
It used to be either 6 or 8" down the screen.. Now its if the wipers sweep over it at all..

i spoke to the MOT helpline.

From the drivers seat you must have 215mm of clear vision,

but basically as the other guys were saying can't block the wipers.

as a rule of thumb - teh same length as teh sunvisor, cause that can't be illegal, can it?

i spoke to the MOT helpline.

From the drivers seat you must have 215mm of clear vision,

but basically as the other guys were saying can't block the wipers.

as a rule of thumb - teh same length as teh sunvisor, cause that can't be illegal, can it?

yeh mine passed and my wipers come realy far onto my sunstrip....

wen i had mine on they passed wen the wipers actually went over the sunstrip.

jus depends where u go

I had a border around the full windscreen of my cav on the inside and they made me take it off.... it did'nt obscure the wiper path... :mad: Ill always wonder if the fact that the MOT man caught me with his daughter have anything to do with it:boggle: somethings are best left unsaid:lol:

Nope, The rule is that NOTHING is allowed in the swept area of your windscreen (ie the bit the wipers sweep over). I know cos the MOT guy that failed me told me

if it covers more than 8 inches of the screen (depth that it, not the length) it will fail.

guess am alrite then, it dunt touch the lettering:thumbs:

if the wiper touch the lettering at all when on or vertical (same thing really, lol) it should fail for it. If it does they will just take em off n u can get new ones put on.

I've not got one, but from what i've heard, provided your sunstrip/lettering doesnt come below the tip of your wiper when its vertical, you're ok...

did urs have a background and/or gro really far down though?

mine failed for a sunstrip all they did is just removed it for the pass!!

nope, unless it goes like rlyfar down

i have my MOT soon, i dont have many mods atm (partly coz av just passed my test) but i do have a silver vauxhall sticker across my windscreen, it has no background, it is just the letters really if ya get me. would i fail for this?