MOT and ARB removal

Likewise, I run without one. Slightly more body roll, and two MOT's passed without it.
As everyone else says, it's supposed to fail without it fitted, but unless you leave droplinks or something hanging around, or the tester knows the car well, how are they to know?

if you know and get on with the tester, and problems do arise after the test,"the roll bar was removed after the test " :whistle: cannot be proved otherwise

Mine passed MOT yesterday with ARB removed... even had a chat with the tester about it... he said it's difficult with a modified vehicle, i.e. to tell what should be there and what shouldn't, he said as long as there's no sign of it - i.e. no brackets left, there's nothing for them to test...

I also explained I will be refitting it soon too, modified with a JimnyBits ARB quick disconnect -



www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/jimny/suspensio...t-kit/prod_1392.html

So that it will be nice on the road, and still flexy off!



Just two bolts to undo and it's disconnected... a nice original idea from JimnyBits!

Dave

Bits4Vits wrote: Mine passed MOT yesterday with ARB removed... even had a chat with the tester about it... he said it's difficult with a modified vehicle, i.e. to tell what should be there and what shouldn't, he said as long as there's no sign of it - i.e. no brackets left, there's nothing for them to test...

I also explained I will be refitting it soon too, modified with a JimnyBits ARB quick disconnect -

www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/jimny/suspensio...t-kit/prod_1392.html

So that it will be nice on the road, and still flexy off!

Just two bolts to undo and it's disconnected... a nice original idea from JimnyBits!

Dave

Now my J was undersealed when the ARB was fitted. I took it off with the brackets but there is an imprint in the underseal so you can see that some was there before. Maybe I need to get scraping

That quick disconnect looks like its off-centre, in which case its not going to work evenly on both sides when connected.

Rhinoman wrote: That quick disconnect looks like its off-centre, in which case its not going to work evenly on both sides when connected.

Not with you there... it's not my design though, it's from jimnyBits... but when it's connected it just becomes a "solid bar" ?

And when disconnected the two (unequal) halves will just move independently?

No? :S