Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Please note that it is not permitted to have referral links posted in your signature. Keep these links contained in the appropriate forum. Thank you.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055940817/signature-rules
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Export to UK : speedo change?

  • 14-01-2015 1:30pm
    #1
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭


    I can't find the post(s) referring to the speedo having to be swapped to MPH on export to the UK.

    I've looked into this and it seems it will be required on an SVA inspection , but it's not necessarily an MoT fail. So on a standard vehicle exported that doesn't need SVA it seems likely a swap won't be needed. I'd say it would be easy to enquire about this when booking and there are so many test centres over there, you'd surely get round this with ease.


Comments

  • #2
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,712 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    corktina wrote: »
    I can't find the post(s) referring to the speedo having to be swapped to MPH on export to the UK.

    I've looked into this and it seems it will be required on an SVA inspection , but it's not necessarily an MoT fail. So on a standard vehicle exported that doesn't need SVA it seems likely a swap won't be needed. I'd say it would be easy to enquire about this when booking and there are so many test centres over there, you'd surely get round this with ease.

    Is it an KM/H only speedo, or a dual KM/H & MPH?

    We've (temporarily) exported a couple of cars to the North in the past few years. Both had KM/H only speedo's and both had to be changed before they could be re-registered in NI. We also had to send confirmation from the dealers that did the speedo swaps that the speedo's were swapped - invoice and a letter on both occasions I seem to remember.


  • #3
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    it's hypothetical. km/h only as of course a dual one would be acceptable. how was the km/h only speedo picked up by th Authorities?


  • #4
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    R.O.R wrote: »
    Is it an KM/H only speedo, or a dual KM/H & MPH?

    We've (temporarily) exported a couple of cars to the North in the past few years. Both had KM/H only speedo's and both had to be changed before they could be re-registered in NI. We also had to send confirmation from the dealers that did the speedo swaps that the speedo's were swapped - invoice and a letter on both occasions I seem to remember.

    What if someone would source speedo second hand and swap it himself?


  • #5
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,712 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    corktina wrote: »
    it's hypothetical. km/h only as of course a dual one would be acceptable. how was the km/h only speedo picked up by th Authorities?

    I can't remember for sure, but I think it may be part of the information on the Certificate of Conformity, that needs then to be filled in on the horribly complicated form for re-registration.
    CiniO wrote: »
    What if someone would source speedo second hand and swap it himself?

    Would probably need a report from an Engineer or a main dealer to say it was done correctly and is functioning as it should.


Advertisement