9 replies to this topic

[Brown Mini]

Do I have to have door or wing mirrors for MOT ?

This is on a 1980 MK3

Obvioulsy I have the rear view - but that's it

[rozzer1275]

you need rear view and drivers side or drivers side and passanger side

[taffy1967]

A 1980 Mini is also a MK4 and not a 3.



See: -

http://minimark.brav....com/index.html

[daryl_crossley]

you need at least 2 mirrors for it to pass an mot.......just bolt drivers one on and take it off after

[Dan]

you need at least 2 mirrors for it to

... be road legal. If you remove a mirror you are almost guaranteed to be pulled for it, they are kind of obvious.

[Brisa]

A friend of mine has a fiat 127 special which was luxury coming with one drivers side mirror. Wonder how that stands with the law?

[dave21478]

Legally, you need a drivers side mirror and at least 1 other - either interior mirror or passenger side.

[Dan]

Wonder how that stands with the law?

Laws apply to cars differently depending on when they were built. If it was legal when it was built it's legal now.

[Brigbeale]

Reently purchased a '92 Sprite auto which only had the driver's side mirror - no passenger side.

The holes were there and were covered with a small plastic rectangle with two pins which located into the holes.
Each threaded hole had red paint in them which matched the cars paintwork and was undisturbed, so this one never had a mirror fitted - either that or the door had been replaced in the car's history and the cap put on instead of the mirror.

It has got one now!

I found this on www.motuk.co.uk under tester's ,manual, seection 8.1 Mirrors

Obligatory mirrors
Obligatory mirrors are
a. an exterior mirror fitted to the offside (right-hand side when seated in the
drivers seat), or

b, an exterior mirror fitted to the
nearside fleft hand side when seated In the drivers seat), or

c. an interior mirror.

Passenger vehicles with no more than 7 passenger seats first used before 1 August 1978 must have any one of the above options.

Passenger vehicles with more than 7 passenger seats of any age, and all passenger vehicles first used on or after I August 1978 (not being a minibus as above), must have two mirrors, one of which must be option 'a'.

So essentially, this means yes, you must have at least two mirrors fitted.
One on the driver's side and an interior mirror at the very least if you don't have one fitted on the passenger side.

Edited by Brigbeale, 26 January 2009 - 04:18 PM.

[taffy1967]

Reently purchased a '92 Sprite auto which only had the driver's side mirror - no passenger side.

The holes were there and were covered with a small plastic rectangle with two pins which located into the holes.
Each threaded hole had red paint in them which matched the cars paintwork and was undisturbed, so this one never had a mirror fitted - either that or the door had been replaced in the car's history and the cap put on instead of the mirror.

It has got one now!

The plastic rectangle was factory item, as the Sprite (like the City before it and many a basic LE) didn't come with a passenger side wing mirror as standard.