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Sneaking Past The "turbo" Law

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By Guest Xinhua,
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supadan Rising Star

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Xinhua why do you have to come down here every weekend you only need a some sort of mail to go to your bros house and thats about it or if he puts you on the lease it is even better. but you shouldnt have to come down every week end

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funkymonkey Grand Master

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I highly doubt the RTA would hire a private investigator to follow some 17 year old kid around. They have multi million dollar road development projects etc to worry about before they get to you.

Just don't drive like a tool or modify your car to attract attention to yourself and you should be fine.

ignuz Mentor

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Lol.. I'm stock and have a gts.. I got pulled over 4 times in one night and followed a few times, mainly cause I was on quiet roads I guess, but still, sometimes you gotta take the quiet roads.. and they are pretty consistent with me.. blah blah where's the turbo, 5 mins of explains it's a gts.. Then them probably double checking everything.. They will... check you.. if they see the red P plates..

funkymonkey Grand Master

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So what if i have 18" chromes, exhaust, lowered and a custom plate? whats illegal about that? why do they pull me over..

18" wheels are 2" over the maximum factory supplied wheel diameter.

Exhaust may not meet the DB levels for ADR's, and your catalytic converter could not be functioning properly allowing illegal levels of CO into the atmosphere.

Lowered suspension could make the lowest point of the car below the ADR approved limit, coilover suspension is illegal in most states where not supplied by the manufacturer etc

There's a million and one reasons that could be used to pull you over. Keep in mind they only need to suspect something is amiss on your car to pull you over and question you or inspect your car. The less reasons you give them, the better obviously.

Alien Grand Master

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i never get pulled over, and even when i do, they dont bother with anything... my secret...

NO FULLY SICK EXHAUST TIP OR BLOW OFF VALVE that immediately pisses off coppers.

if u get caught driving it, just make up an excuse saying you got no car other then the GTST and u need it to get to work and bacl, otherwise ur gona have to turn to the doll without the vehicle.

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br3tt Mentor

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How many people have been pulled over for a stockie GTS? does it get annoying? and what do you say to the cop?

Cops can't tell that it is a GTS though mate, remember that. Until they physically look under the bonnet. They don't know.

..And even then they still ask "Where is the turbo?" -_-

Stock looking GTS would still probably get you pulled up, especially with cop magnets such as a huge loud exhaust and massive rims.

Obviously the more stock it looks, the better for police sake.

scathing Grand Master

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You sure? :cool: I have heard that its defectable

Some cops may defect you for it, but that's mainly because they don't know the law and want to give you a hard time.

The RTA's VSI 06 (guidelines on light vehicle modifications) say that your replacement wheel may not be more than 25mm wider than the largest rim for that vehicle, and the track cannot increase by more than 25mm, while still being classed as a "user certified" mod or in other words something you don't need an engineering certificate for.

It says nothing about the diameter.

I believe that in the RTA's implementation, "widest rim for that vehicle" is the widest rim listed on the tyre placard. Victoria has a similar law, but the "widest stock rim" is based on the chassis (if I remember the article in Motor Magazine's "Hot Tuner" editions correctly). So in NSW a Commodore Executive can have a rim 1" wider than the SS' while still being legal, whereas in Victoria the same car can have a rim 1" wider than a HSV's.

All I remember for certain about that is that Victoria's laws were more generous than NSW's.

AMS Grand Master

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Some cops may defect you for it, but that's mainly because they don't know the law and want to give you a hard time.

The RTA's VSI 06 (guidelines on light vehicle modifications) say that your replacement wheel may not be more than 25mm wider than the largest rim for that vehicle, and the track cannot increase by more than 25mm, while still being classed as a "user certified" mod or in other words something you don't need an engineering certificate for.

It says nothing about the diameter.

I believe that in the RTA's implementation, "widest rim for that vehicle" is the widest rim listed on the tyre placard. Victoria has a similar law, but the "widest stock rim" is based on the chassis (if I remember the article in Motor Magazine's "Hot Tuner" editions correctly). So in NSW a Commodore Executive can have a rim 1" wider than the SS' while still being legal, whereas in Victoria the same car can have a rim 1" wider than a HSV's.

All I remember for certain about that is that Victoria's laws were more generous than NSW's.

Thakns for that :geek:

nzm033 Proficient

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And.. furthermore.. I wonder how many people actually got skylines ( turbos ) when they were 17..

I'd imagine the majority got them around 19-20ish when they had some money etc..

I got my turbo r33 when i was 17 and learnt till i got my P's.....very hard to maintain at that age

ignuz Mentor

ignuz

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So what car are you getting xin?

In other news I pick my car up on Friday after being off the road for.. around 5ish weeks or more I think.. :) Can't wait! I organised a new front bar with my repairer and am looking forward to seeing what it is :mad:

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