Police Operations To Stop Modified Vehicles!

[Daz]

LMAO well its been 7 months since my cars been on the road, got done hard whilst i was just heading to work under the speed limit (random stop) should be back in the next few weeks.... Melb sucks big time +1 for voting Bracks the C#$T OUT

[W H I T E]

I haven't get bought a skyline, but on your 'P' plates can you modify exhaust system (including putting a cannon on the arse of it) and things like pod filters ??

[adam-__-]

Not if you get your licence after July you can't. At the moment you can, but the police will still dick you for it if they want. They have too much power, we can't do anything about it.

[scathing]

I haven't get bought a skyline, but on your 'P' plates can you modify exhaust system (including putting a cannon on the arse of it) and things like pod filters ??

When the law was introduced to restrict NSW P platers from driving "high performance" cars, a part of the law was that they cannot drive a car with "engine performance modifications".

So I always find it laugable that P platers buy an NA car because they don't want to get busted, but then put exhausts on them. You're still breaching your license restrictions, and its just as obvious.

It also means, by the letter of the law, if you drive a dead stock car rated for regular unleaded petrol and you put premium in there....you just modified your engine output, and you just broke the law. Or if you bought an old car and the OEM exhaust rusted through, so you popped an aftermarket exhaust that's so quiet is more restrictive than stock, technically you just "modified" the engine output too.

Nice, well-thought out, piece of legislation, huh?

[4drlvr]

Sorry to barge in here but on the topic of an engineers cert, vic roads only has selected engineers that we can use to get these certs. Anyone had any experiences with them. Are they really picky on stuff or how does it work???

[Spunky Munky]

Sorry to barge in here but on the topic of an engineers cert, vic roads only has selected engineers that we can use to get these certs. Anyone had any experiences with them. Are they really picky on stuff or how does it work???

Good question - anyone?

[R31Nismoid]

How about you ring them to find out?

Its impossible to gauge as each mod/cert is taken on the merits of whats being approved.

So talk to an engineer BEFORE the mods are performed.

A close friend of mine has advised me all through my build so i dont have heartache when it comes time to get a cert etc.

Doing mods and then chasing a cert can often lead to you looking a bit red faced.

[Spunky Munky]

How about you ring them to find out?

Its impossible to gauge as each mod/cert is taken on the merits of whats being approved.

So talk to an engineer BEFORE the mods are performed.

A close friend of mine has advised me all through my build so i dont have heartache when it comes time to get a cert etc.

Doing mods and then chasing a cert can often lead to you looking a bit red faced.

YEah mate, that is a valid point - however, I tried ringing Vicroads to ask them and they didn't give me much information... who or whom should I ask?

But yean, definitely a good point - everyone should check before performing the mod as when the cops get you - you'll be running your backside off to get it demodded and this is both costly and time-consuming!