SVA (Single Vehicle Approval) / IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval)
Vehicles being imported into the UK that do not have a European Certificate Of Conformity (COC) will need to under go either an SVA (Single Vehicle
Approval) or IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval) test to ensure that they meet UK road safety standards normally the vehicle will need some modifications to pass this test.
Some of the most common modifications are:
- Head Light direction,beam pattern and lense color
- Adding or moving reversing lights and rear fog lamp
- Adding Side repeters
- Speedometer converted from kms to mls
- Doors,Locks and Hinges
- Radio Interference
- Protective Steering
- Exhaust Emmissions
- Smoke Emmission on diesel vehicles only
- Lights and Reflectors
- Mirrors
- Alarms,Immobilizers and Steering Locks
- Seat belts and Anchorage
- Brakes
- Noise and Silencers
- Glass
- Tyres
- Interior
- External pertusions
- Speedometer
- Windscreen Wipers and Washers
- Defrosting and Demisting systems
- Fuel
- Vehicle Weight
- General construction of Vehicle
