A Caterham Seven Blog

Number Plates
Giles and me having a Blat
Redacted IVA Speed Check
Redacted IVA Test Report
Redacted IVA Test Certificate
Redacted IVA Emissions Test
Looking a little happier this time with the IVA test certificate
Selfie of the car back at the start and with the various test stations stretching out into the distance
Could “look” happier, but I certainly was.
Car on the noise test grid
I brought the car into the test centre
Arriving at the test centre and parking in the SVA lane
Me trying the wiper switch repeatedly – the wipers are dead though.
It’s getting wetter!
Tools packed ready for the IVA test
Milky fog lights with IVA trim glued on
Cutting up some IVA trim
Indicators and Start Button labels
Drilling out A-Frame #2
Bits of rear fog light lens on the floor
Rear fog light lens with bolt stems epoxied back in place
Close up of my rear fog light epoxy effort
Dashboard lights and horn labelling
A Caterham 7 Bonnet Badge
A fully calibrated 850N force applied with pin-point accuracy
Left hand side of A-frame rail shows my new kink
PPF has a lip where it stops on the paintwork.
The Bonnet Badge
5/16 hose rounded at one end to be used as IVA treatment for the front hose to calliper fixings
IVA treatment for the front brake hose to calliper fixings
Brake bleed with pressurised pump and the obligatory jam-jar
Car on axel stands and wheeled outside for brake bleeding session.
Speedo earth lead for cars with dodgy speedo readings
Speedo sensor illuminates at its end to show it is picking up the tessellated armature
Weeping coolant from the radiator
From the back, on the ramp
On the ramp in the shop
Off the trailer waiting to go into the shop
Another patriotic shot at Williams
Looking good on the low loader. Couldn’t resist a patriotic pic
Loading up for PBC
Uh oh! Looks like I’ll need to take a look at a coolant leak at some point too
The Purplemeanie Unleashed (from the rear)
The Purplemeanie Unleashed (from the front)
Washer fluid on the floor
Sof cap added to front flexible brake hose where it meets the bodywork
Rear Exhaust Bracket needs caps on the nuts and “dashboard” IVA trim on the leading upright edge
Bodywork protection removed to see the full the can in its fully glory
Dashboard IVA trim installed on lower edges to steering rack cross member (left to right) above the oil pipe (middle top to bottom)
RHS Repeater Installed
Dashboard IVA trim added to the leading edge of the Catalytic Converter
Caps added to the bonnet spring mounting screws
?nut covers added to the rivnuts installed in the roof of the passenger footwell. These rinuts are what the air filter attaches to
Nut covers added to the back of the heater on both driver’s and passenger side
Grommets added to the door brackets
Probably the most bizarre IVA requirement, the reverse spring brackets are too “pointy” to pass IVA to so you have to over them with washer bottle tubing
Washer bottle tubing added to repeater wires where they pass through the bodywork
Fuse box cover installed with IVA trim. No velcro.
Fuse box cover installed with IVA trim. No velcro.
IVA trim added to fuse box cover. I opted for a 12v socket to be included in the options I selected
Concentrated washer fluid added then toped up what water
LHS wiring for lights and indicators
RHS wiring for all the lights and indicators
Heat shrink all the way to the repeater. I’ve added some more Sikaflex at this point too.
Grommets for the repeater wires as they exit the wing stays