Will I pass the NCT if I leave this part off.

PeterTheEighth

Hi there everybody.

Just a quick question. VW Golf MK4 petrol 1.4, the front trim (the plastic bit under the front bumper) came off a few months ago. I left it off cos it's always scraping off something or other. But will I need it on to get it through the NCT. Thanks.

I have an image of the piece I'm talking about post here.

https:// vital.tinytake.com/sf/MzMzMzI0XzE5NTExNjI

(I can post a direct link to the image cos I'm a new user)

Alanstrainor

You'll be grand. It's usually only an issue when there's sharp edges left as a result.

FobleAsNuck

you will be ok

PeterTheEighth

Alanstrainor wrote: »

You'll be grand. It's usually only an issue when there's sharp edges left as a result.

Thanks guys... That's a good point about the sharp edge. I think there is a few jagged edges of plastic underneath I'll sort them out.

I remember I had a van a few years back that failed on one thing: the back cowel of the door mirror was cracked a small piece of plastic was sticking out.. guy at the NCT centre said "shur if you hit a cyclist with that, it'd kill him"... He didnt indulge my point that if it was cracked and I hit a cyclist that it would still kill him, and that I wasnt planning on hitting a cyclist.

stefanovich

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Thanks guys... That's a good point about the sharp edge. I think there is a few jagged edges of plastic underneath I'll sort them out.

I remember I had a van a few years back that failed on one thing: the back cowel of the door mirror was cracked a small piece of plastic was sticking out.. guy at the NCT centre said "shur if you hit a cyclist with that, it'd kill him"... He didnt indulge my point that if it was cracked and I hit a cyclist that it would still kill him, and that I wasnt planning on hitting a cyclist.

Blunt tramua versus getting cut in half.

_Kaiser_

On a related point.. I have an intermittent yellow engine light but no other problems and it's been like that a while. Sometimes it'll stay when the car is fired up, then it might disappear the next time.
Fixing it though will require expensive surgery. Will it go through an NCT though in the meantime?

delly

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

On a related point.. I have an intermittent yellow engine light but no other problems and it's been like that a while. Sometimes it'll stay when the car is fired up, then it might disappear the next time.
Fixing it though will require expensive surgery. Will it go through an NCT though in the meantime?

For petrol cars, it is not a fail to have EML on.

colm_mcm

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Thanks guys... That's a good point about the sharp edge. I think there is a few jagged edges of plastic underneath I'll sort them out.

I remember I had a van a few years back that failed on one thing: the back cowel of the door mirror was cracked a small piece of plastic was sticking out.. guy at the NCT centre said "shur if you hit a cyclist with that, it'd kill him"... He didnt indulge my point that if it was cracked and I hit a cyclist that it would still kill him, and that I wasnt planning on hitting a cyclist.

I wouldn't go cutting anything that holds the splitter on. You may want to attach one again. It looks wrong without it IMO.

PeterTheEighth

Just one bad tyre. No retest fee... :-)