the ministry guidance is along the lines of”if another defect is spotted on retest that would justify failing then fail it”and is summat mostly seen when testing a car that’s already been tested elsewhere.we try to make sure the same guy who tested it originally retests it but this isn’t always possible and so weve had similar.as a minimum we have to sort em another test out cos that’s the end of the free retest,by and large weve always sorted some arrangement to suit both parties to avoid any hassle with the ministry but it aint compulsory.the components your describing are summat of a grey area inasmuch as theyre bolted on and could technically be considered as separate from thesubframe but that puts us well into hair splitting territory.the bottom line is that pass/fail/advise whatever the original test either missed it or didn’t at the very least advise it so its over to the guys who did the original test and/or the ministry.good luck
