locked out

[DREAMER]

these are my plans looking to get boot flushed and doors delocked and dehandled then i was looking at a clifford 950 alarm but if battery goes dead ill be locked out. i wud have to smash a window 2 gain entry is there a way of moving the bonnet release catch to sumwere else on car. thanks in advance :y:

[Baz]

i hear you can have a button placed say under the car or something they will unlock the doors etc or something like that

[RootDogg]

You might also want to think..

Your in a crash *god forbid*
you can't get out.. your trapped for some reason..
A nice guy/girl stops as they have just seen you crash..
They try to help
They can't because they can't open your door..

[mrolinc]

dehandled doors will fail mot fyi

[DREAMER]

Will it

[mrolinc]

um, yes :err:

if you need convincing, the first hit for "MOT checklist" on google comes up with it

DOORS

Both front doors must be capable of being opened from the inside and outside and all doors must latch securely.

[djrem]

dehandled doors will fail mot fyi

You must have manual entry to the car.

Use TVR style mirrors which have manual push buttons on the rear to open the doors

That will keep mr mot happy

[mrolinc]

great because when you're burning in a fire or dying in a crash i'm sure people will know to look there

[BENSAX3]

just egt it delocked leave the handles, not much point too much hassle

[antonio]

some lowriders in america have buttons under the sills. chip foose does them on most of his cars. also seen them in the movie "gone in sixty seconds". i know the buttons have electronics but doesnt that still count as manual entry???

[antonio]

great because when you're burning in a fire or dying in a crash i'm sure people will know to look there

cant get the doors open anyway if the driver has locked the doors from the inside, which i do usualy lol. never realy thought about someone trying to save me, only trying to steal my car

[djrem]

i know the buttons have electronics but doesnt that still count as manual entry???

Thats not manual entry.
MOT fail

[antonio]

how do tvrs pass mots??? do they have emergancy handles somewhere?

they cant have 1 mot rule for one car and others for the rest. interesting one :panic:

[Mark51]

my mate has got door poppers on his alarm key fog and a button under the side skirt if all else fails. you just need to run an + and - from your battery to somewhere that is easily accessed such as under your arch so if the battery goes flat you can give it enough power to open the doors

[DREAMER]

on the fone to the VOSA today it is acceptable 2 have door handles removed as long as you can gain entry from inside and outside the car e.g. electronic fob. took his name though just in case

[Qucifer666]

try this thread (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64913)

[Mystic]

You might also want to think..

Your in a crash *god forbid*
you can't get out.. your trapped for some reason..
A nice guy/girl stops as they have just seen you crash..
They try to help
They can't because they can't open your door..

great because when you're burning in a fire or dying in a crash i'm sure people will know to look there

If your crash doesnt break a window & you cant open the door you dont deserve help!



You must have some form of manual door entry for the MOT.


Even if you have manual entry & you battery goes dead, you still cant unlock the door!


You need to run 2 spare wires from the battery to somewhere hidden but accessable in the engine bay (somewhere along the bottom of the bumper or near the front grill etc that you will beable to reach from outside the car with the bannet closed). If the battery goes dead you just need a set of jump leads and a friend which a car (with a live battery) to connect to your hidden wires so that you can activate yout door locks with the fob again. :y: