Image Gallery - November 2018

ITV import sticker for 2020 VW Golf outside ITV VW Golf Cabrio in workshop
ITV sticker must displayed on the windscreen and provides a visual indication as to when next inspection is due on this VW Golf. Unlike the UK the first inspection is at 4 years, vehicles that are between 4 and 10 years old are inspected every 2 years and from 10 years old every year- November 2018 Volkswagen Golf on UK plates passes it's ITV test in Murcia and will soon become a Spanish registered vehicle. The import process for this vehicle was carried out whilst the customers were in the UK. We'll securely store the vehicle for them until they arrive in Spain early next year - November 2018 VW Golf has brand new original rear lights fitted at our workshop in Murcia. These lights were extremely difficult to source due to European stock shortage, but were fitted to the vehicle within minutes of them arriving with us. This car passed it's ITV import later the same morning - November 2018
BMW 330i below ITV sign BMW 320i on workshop ramp Mechanic inspecting headlight unit from Landrover
BMW 330i on Irish plates awaits the start of Spanish ITV import test in Murcia. This customer from Alicante region came to our workshop just prior to the test to have his headlights realigned and a free pre-import inspection carried out - November 2018 BMW 330i Cabriolet on Irish plates has suspension checked as part of free pre-import check. We also realigned the headlights on this vehicle for free to comply with European driving regulations, to ensure that the vehicle would pass the import test first time - November 2018 One of our workshop mechanics inspects headlight unit from Landrover Discovery. Our customer had paid a Landrover dealer for the headlights to be adjusted in the UK before he left, but they hadn't in fact been adjusted at all and had actually been broken, probably during the process - November 2018
Landrover Discovery at ITV Landrover Discovery on ramp at ITV Ford Mustang at ITV
Landrover Discovery from Malaga region undergoes rear brake test on rolling road at ITV station in Lorca. This vehicle would require unexpected workshop time to fix and align front headlights that had possibly been damaged at a Landrover dealer in the UK - November 2018 Landrover Discovery is inspected whilst on elevator ramp at ITV test centre in Lorca. This customer drove up to us from Malaga region on the day his UK MOT was due to expire, to ensure that his vehicle would be imported in the shortest time possible - November 2018 Ford Mustang on UK plates during import test in Lorca region. This client from Murcia purchased the vehicle with the intention of bringing it to Spain to enjoy some roof down action. We love this car but it's a difficult one to import and will require all our resources to achieve - November 2018
Ford Mustang at ITV Mercedes CLS320 with new Spanish plates Mercedes S320L on weigh scale
Ford Mustang on UK plates but previously imported from the USA is about to begin it's import test in Lorca. It's another difficult import for our team as the car is technically complicated from an import perspective, but we have a great client who patiently understands the complexities - November 2018 Mercedes CLS 320 has it's new Spanish registration plates fitted at our customer's home in Murcia. This was a difficult registration and required a fair amount of hard work from our imports team to ensure that we successfully registered this vehicle on to Spanish plates - November 2018 Mercedes S320L starts it's import test on weighscale at our ITV test station in Murcia. The vehicles overall mass along with individual axle weights will be taken during this phase of the import test. This vehicle came to us on temporary German plates which expire after 14 days - November 2018
ITV technician inside Mercedes S320 L Mercedes S320 L at ITV station Mini Cooper Cabrio with new Spanish plates
ITV import technician makes etching of stamped chassis number on Mercedes S320 L during import test in Murcia. This car was purchased by customers from Denmark and arrived with us on German plates  - November 2018 Mercedes S320-L on temporary German plates is about to undergo it's import test at our test centre in Murcia. We fixed a brake caliper piston issue on this vehicle to ensure these Danish customers left with a pass certificate - November 2018 Mini Cooper Cabrio formerly registered on UK plates has it's new Spanish number plates fitted, close to our workshop in Murcia. We replaced headlights and carried out a free pre-import inspection on this vehicle prior to it's ITV import test - November 2018
Volvo V70 outside ITV test centre Volvo V70 on brake rollers Ford Transit with ITV techician
Volvo V70 currently registered in Denmark passes Spanish ITV import test at first attempt. It was necessary to have the tow bar removed prior to the test as the vehicle has to identical to it's original factory specification to pass the very stringent Spanish import test - November 2018 Volvo V70 estate on Danish plates undergoes brake test on rear wheels during ITV import test. This customer from Iceland came to us after her unsuccessful attempt to do the import herself, using her own solicitor. Needless to say, we were cheaper and managed the full process too - November 2018 Ford Transit on Turkish plates has stamped chassis number etched by ITV technician whilst on weigh scale at the start of it's import test. The stamped chassis number is located under the offside front wheel arch. This vehicle can only be imported as part of a change of residency - November 2018
BMW 420d passes import test ITV technician etching chassis number BMW 320d at import test
BMW 420d Coupe on Swedish plates passes it's ITV import test at our test centre in Murcia and will soon be registered on to Spanish plates for this customer from the Alicante region. We had to remove and refit the tow bar as part of the import process for this customer - November 2018 ITV technical inspector makes etching of stamped chassis number on BMW 320d from Almeria. This particular stamped chassis number is located on the driver's side suspension housing which makes for an easy job for this technician. Others can be difficult to find and are sometimes rusted off - November 2018 BMW 320d on weigh scale at the start of it's import test in Murcia. We fitted new headlights to this vehicle and carried out a free pre-import check just before it's evening import test to ensure that our customers would leave with a pass certificate and the car would be registered on to Spanish plates - November 2018
BMW 320d has headlights aligned Inspectors check suspension on Peugeot 3008 Peugeot 3008 with new Spanish plates
BMW 320D on UK registration plates has it's new headlights fitted and aligned at our workshop before it's ITV import test later that evening. Our customers traveled up from Almeria region and left later the same day with their import test pass certificate - November 2018 Range Rover Evoque has it's new Spanish registration plates fitted at our workshop in Murcia Region. This vehicle had a very unusual history and our team had to work hard on this one to ensure the customer was able to import their vehicle on to Spanish registration plates - November 2018 Peugeot 3008 from Mazarron area has it's new Spanish registration plates fitted at the test centre where it originally passed it's test. This customer very kindly came back up to the test centre to have their plates fitted whilst we were carry out import tests on other vehicles - November 2018
Opel Zafira has new headlights fitted Dacia Sandero on weighscale Dacia Sandero with import staff
Opel Zafira has new headlights fitted at our workshop in Murcia. It was all hands on deck to ensure the fastest turn around so that we could keep our test appointment. We'd previously inspected this vehicle to ensure that it would pass the import test without issue - November 2018 Dacia Sandero registered in Sweden begins it's Spanish import test on weigh scale. Both axles will be weighed individually as part of recently introduced testing legislation. This vehicle passed it's test first time thanks to our mobile vehicle window and glass specialist partner - November 2018 Dacia Sandero on Swedish plates from Benidorm area awaits it's import test with a member of our import team staff at an ITV centre in Murcia. This vehicle had it's rear tinted windows certified for use in Spain by one of our mobile partners whilst waiting to be tested - November 2018
Honda CR-V with new Spanish plates Spanish number plates Seat Leon on customer's drive
Honda CR-V parked outside our workshop and now sporting it's new Spanish number plates. We aligned headlights, rewired rear fog lights and carried out the import test on the same day. This vehicle was registered on to Spanish plates just 4 working days later - November 2018 The latest "KRM" and "KRN" Spanish registration plates, ready to be fitted to customers' vehicles. Plates can be fitted at our workshop, our customers' homes and sometimes sent by courier if this is the fastest option. In all cases new Spanish vehicle documentation is fully explained - November 2018 Seat Leon has photos taken at customer's home in Murcia region to enable our engineer to complete the technical documentation required for import. This vehicle will also require replacement headlamps and a rewire of existing rear light units prior to import test, to provide a left hand rear fog light - November  2018
Honda Jazz with new Spanish plates Mercedes S320 L Brabus below ITV sign Opel Zafira at ITV test centre
Honda Jazz has new "KRM" Spanish registration plates fitted at our workshop in Murcia. We supplied and fitted replacement headlights, rewired rear fog light and found very competitive insurance pricing as part of the import process for this customer from Alicante region - November 2018 Mercedes Benz S320 CDI L Brabus Edition parked below ITV sign at ITV testing station in Murcia, about to start the import process. We realigned the headlights and rewired the rear fog light to the left hand side to enure that this vehicle passed it's import test first time - November 2018 Opel Zafira on UK registration plates passes it's ITV import test in Murcia and will soon be registered on to Spanish number plates. We replaced headlights on this vehice and rewired the rear fog and reverse lamps for our customers from Alicante region on the same day as the test  - November 2018
Mercedes S320 in queue at ITV Hyundai i30 at ITV Mercedes S320 L rear
Mercedes S320 CDI L Brabus waits in line to be inspected at ITV test centre in Murcia. This vehicle had it's headlights realigned and rear fog light rewired to the left hand side as part of our service. Our customers are importing this vehicle as part of their change of residency - November 2018 Hyundai i30 on Irish registration plates but previously registered in Spain starts it's special rehabilitation test and will soon be registered back on to Spanish number plates. Purchasing an ex Spanish vehicle can be problematic and all details should be checked in advance by an expert - November 2018 One of our mechanics finishes off fog light re-cabling on Mercedes S320 L CDI Brabus D6. We also aligned the headlights on this vehicle on the same day as the import test. This vehicle is being imported by our customers as part of their change of residency process - November 2018
Peugeot 308 at ITV Replacement headlights (boxed) Nissan Qashqai outside ITV
Peugeot 308 sits on weighscale at the start of it's ITV import test in Murcia. Each axle will be weighed individually at this stage of the test as well as the overall vehicle. The Spanish import test extremely thorough and all aspects of vehicle safety and conformity are rigorously examined - November 2018 A range of European specification headlights, in stock and waiting to be fitted to customers vehicles at our workshop. We are one of the largest suppliers of aftermarket headlights in Spain and are also specialists in headlamp realignment and fog light re-cabling and adjustment  - November 2018 Nissan Qashqai passes ITV import test at first attempt at our test station in Murcia and will soon be registered on to brand new Spanish plates. Our customers visited us from Granada region and stopped overnight, before returning home with their ITV import test pass certificate - November 2018 
Mercedes S320 Brabus Car Transporter early morning Nissan Qashqai diagnostics
Mercedes S320 L CDI Brabus on UK plates has headlamps realigned by our Mercedes Benz trained technician at our workshop in Murcia. Headlamp adjustment on this model is fairly quick and straightforward and our customer will not be charged for this work - November 2018 Covered vehicle transporter arrives early Sunday morning with a Ford Focus Convertible from Ireland. We arranged both collection and delivery of this vehicle for our customer as part of our import service, using one of our trusted partners for their complete peace of mind - November 2018 ITV import technician checks diagnostic information on his tablet during iTV import test in Murcia. From last month, new regulations meant that all Euro 5 and Euro 6 vehicles must have diagnostic data checked as part of a range of new measures introduced that month - November 2018 
Nissan Qashqai at import test Nissan Qashqai with ITV technician Nissan Qashqai below ITV sign
Brand new UK registered Nissan Qashqai from Granada region has early morning test at ITV centre in Murcia region. Our customers came to us from Granada region to ensure the fastest possible import and registration of their vehicle on to Spanish number plates - November 2018 Nissan Qashqai on brand new UK registration plates is inspected by ITV technician during import test in Murcia. We had to realign the existing headlights and replace one rear LED light unit on this vehicle prior to successful import test and susbsequent registration on to Spanish plates - November 2018 Nissan Qashqai has a very early start at ITV test centre in Murcia. This vehicle arrived at the test centre well before the 7am opening time to ensure the vehicle was returned to the customer as early in the day as possible as they were driving back to Granada region the same day - November  2018 
Mercedes ML320 at ITV Lorca ITV Technician etches stamped VIN number BMW 328i with headlights removed
Mercedes ML320 CDI registered on temporary Belgian export plates passes ITV import test and will soon become a Spanish vehicle, just days after arriving in Spain. This is the second vehicle our customer had asked us to import / re-register on to Spanish number plates - November 2018 ITV technician makes etching of the stamped VIN number, located under the rear seats on Mercedes ML320 CDI during ITV import test. Our customer had purchased this left hand drive vehicle in Belgium just a few days earlier and drove the vehicle back to Spain for import - November 2018 BMW 328i on UK registration plates has brand new European spec headlights fitted at our workshop. This vehicle will require a new rear suspension arm, ABS sensor cable replacement and other mechanical work before it passes it's import test and becomes a Spanish registered vehicle - November 2018 
Nissan Qashqai at ITV test Mercedes ML320 at ITV Mercedes ML320 CDI at ITV import test
Brand new Nissan Qashqai has 7am start at ITV station and is weighed at the beginning of it's import test. Our customers travelled to us the previous day and left the vehicle with us overnight before returning to Granada region the next day with their import test pass certificate  - November 2018 Mercedes ML320 has rear axle weighed during ITV import test. The owner of this vehicle flew to Belgian, purchased the vehicle and drove to Spain over the course of the weekend and attended the pre-booked ITV import test on the following Monday morning - November 2018  Mercedes ML320 CDI on temporary Belgian export plates awaits technical inspection during import test in Lorca. As part of the test, chassis numbers are cross referenced including the stamped VIN number, located underneath the rear passenger seat - November 2018

 

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