The Defected Thread...

[pistol-pete]

I have similar lights and I went through regency 3 times to get my car right they didnt even touch the lights.

Also the ummd and rrrrrd about the nismo intake but i didnt have to change it

Nice to know brad. Wasn't planning on changing the intake, don't see how they can complain about that

[Matty Sherlock]

Hey pete if you still need my wheels just let me know. Only trouble is i still have your jack stands so it would be a case of if your gt-c's fit the 32

[pistol-pete]

Cheers Matty.

Does anyone know the number I can all to find out about gettin a permit to drive it to All Japan Day? I realize I have to go into a centre to get one, just wanna make sure beforehand that they'll actually give me one.

[gilly-R33]

just ring transport SA but you might struggle cause when i rang up they said only to move residential adress and point repairs... goodluck though champ

[Rolls]

Cheers Matty.

Does anyone know the number I can all to find out about gettin a permit to drive it to All Japan Day? I realize I have to go into a centre to get one, just wanna make sure beforehand that they'll actually give me one.

They wont give you one unless you lie and say you are moving house or need mechanical repairs etc.

[pistol-pete]

They wont give you one unless you lie and say you are moving house or need mechanical repairs etc.

yeah they said it was only for going to and from workshops to get the repairs done. i wouldnt want to risk driving it to glenelg on the weekend like that lol

[sean133]

are you out of ajd then pete? or can you trailer it down ?

[harleyhansen]

Hey guys if anyone needs a S13 catback exhaust to pass regency im selling one for 50 bucks. i bolts to a 3 inch cat and passes with flying colours. if interested pm me or txt 0439989468

[DamageInc]

Hey guys if anyone needs a S13 catback exhaust to pass regency im selling one for 50 bucks. i bolts to a 3 inch cat and passes with flying colours. if interested pm me or txt 0439989468

might be needing that^

anyways..

got a couple questions for the knowledgeable

got a 180sx thats on defect and im thinking of taking it through my favourite place in adelaide

thing is , it has r33 brakes all round and no handbrake what so ever.

previous owner didn't do the conversion 100%... nor is it 5 stud.

can I get a hydraulic handbrake engineered without the need for a factory handbrake or how would I go about fitting a cable handbrake to make it legal in regency's eyes?

Edited March 15, 2012 by DamageInc

[Tim M04]

Hi new to the site. I'm currently in the process of fitting a 25 into my 32. To make it street legal I've been sent a list of things to make the car comply to aust rules and regs. I have a 3" hi flowed exhaust the whole way through. I'm wondering if this is going to cause my car to b too loud and also if this will effect the emissions?

Any help would b appreciated thanks

[Rolls]

Almost certainly, get an exhaust shop to measure it.

[sean133]

cant you just borrow/buy a standard exhaust to get it legal then put whatever you want on it after?

[Dohmar]

Hi new to the site. I'm currently in the process of fitting a 25 into my 32. To make it street legal I've been sent a list of things to make the car comply to aust rules and regs. I have a 3" hi flowed exhaust the whole way through. I'm wondering if this is going to cause my car to b too loud and also if this will effect the emissions?

Any help would b appreciated thanks

give dark.sky a PM - he did the exact same conversion and could probably tell ya everything there is to know

-D

[Rolls]

I also did the 25 swap, I had to put 33 brakes on, stock ecu and stock injection system. Had a FMIC and 3" exhaust that was borderline legal but they didn't test it, same with the suspension, had sagged below legal but it was stock so they didn't measure it either. The process is pretty easy to pass providing the car looks and is pretty much stock, I managed to get through with a GCG highflow as it looked stock lol.

Get the emissions test done by a workshop, most of them will just make the numbers up for you and stamp it providing the car is stock, PM me if you want to know who I got to do my idle emissions test, the laws were fairly lax back then so if you have a brand new cat you should pass the idle test pretty easily anyway, as long as you get the exhaust fairly hot first.

Edited March 30, 2012 by Rolls

[Tim M04]

I also did the 25 swap, I had to put 33 brakes on, stock ecu and stock injection system. Had a FMIC and 3" exhaust that was borderline legal but they didn't test it, same with the suspension, had sagged below legal but it was stock so they didn't measure it either. The process is pretty easy to pass providing the car looks and is pretty much stock, I managed to get through with a GCG highflow as it looked stock lol.

Get the emissions test done by a workshop, most of them will just make the numbers up for you and stamp it providing the car is stock, PM me if you want to know who I got to do my idle emissions test, the laws were fairly lax back then so if you have a brand new cat you should pass the idle test pretty easily anyway, as long as you get the exhaust fairly hot first.

[NEseri]

Bit of a cockup by rego department and boys in blue.

Bit of a long story.

Bought an r34 gtt from NSW drove it here transfered it got the S style plate (old reissue one R and S aplha numeric) drove around for 2 weeks.

Easter monday missus and I decided for a drive through Glenelg than heading north along the beaches.

near West Beach caravan park tucked behind the fence was a police car checking the speed.

I was travelling approx 40kmh cruising and checking the scenery.

Went past no issues, police officer glanced as i went passed but nothing unusual. every now and then I check in the mirror to see if the police car had moved. nope was still there.

3 round abouts later out of nowhere I have a police car up my rear end with lights flashing................ here we go .

by the way the car just went through regency inspection for ID as it is and no issues. nothing to defect, as mostly stock or nismo factory option items. only aftermarket item 19" wheels.

Wasn't speeding, wasn't doing anything wrong so my assumption was: targeted due to the car and wanting to defect it.

as I parked in the carpark the police car boxed me in (so i don't bolt )

got out of the car and walked towards the police car to see what is the problem.

The younger police officer quite rude yells at me:

Why em i driving a defected car and demanding my drivers licence.

Quite shocked by the response I handed over the licence and replied:" sorry no its not defected" and tried explaining the story how i know the car is not defected.

It was on deaf ears and I have been ordered to get back in my car till he does some checks. 15min later he comes out asking for paperwork and still sticking to his story about my car being defected and why i'm driving it and why did I remove the sticker.

All new to me.

I found the paperwork in the car with inspection pass, rego papers and original NSW rego paper and handed over saying to him check the car is not defected and I'm not accepting his accusations.

he took the papers and again I was ordered to sit in my car for another 15min.

He approached me and started saying why did I paint my car from black to white, why I'm driving it as its still defected etc......

At this point I was very frustrated.

I replied to him car was never black always white from factory, never had flares never had any other mods that he mentioned. kept telling him this is not the car he thinks it is.

than I was told off for trying to clear up things and not to argue with him.

So i responded OK I wont interrupt till he finishes the story of what he thinks has happend to this car.

story goes.

I had the car defected, took it to NSW got it off defect there as its easier, drove it back here got it through id and got new plates. and then bought it of female owner on paperwork pointing to the paperwork i gave him.

at the same time resprayed the car in white and to him car is defected and needs to go through inspection and i should be fined for driving it.

At this point I busted laughing. saying to him that he has no clue what so ever.

The female owner that I allegedly bought the car from is my wife, sitting in the car at the time. pointed out the car rego and my drivers is under same address.

pointed out that our car again was never black and he can feel free to go over it.

told most probably the issue is are the number plates. possibly they were on a black skyline that was defected and never cleared but rego lapsed. I bought the damn plates and in police system showing defected. told him to check the Vin and engine number that they will be different against the defected car

His reponse to that the vin numbers match this paperwork therefore it is this car. I replied that i know they match cause they are for this car with these plates i was refering to other car. but again didn't listen.

he couldn't figure it out he got realy pissed off but eventualy let me go after almost 45min.

He did warn me that he will check in the office and will be knocking on my door.

no defect. no rbt nothing just 45min lost arguing and still no door knock.

Next day rang the rego dept and story gets better.

not that my car is defected now its also stolen.

seriously what tha F#@.

anyway the rego department had figured the issue out.

we have alpha numeric plates.

the famous defected black skyline had custom plates with same slogan as mine. how tha hell does that happen.

not only was defected but stolen. (by the way the police officer never mentioned stolen)

basically it was my fault for buying the plates online (regardless that I went to rego department to pick them up and assign them to the car) apperently if i ordered them over the counter they would have warned me about it or refused the slogan.

argued the point not my fault that they shouldnt be selling stuff thats not cleared or exactly same as their other plates.

so either I change the plates which im refusing as I want my money back and new plates reissued for free.

or I have to go to the police tell them the problem again, try to clear up the custom slogan plates so rego department can cancel them and restrict them from being used.

or put up with possible constant pulling over and explaining the issue over and over to the boys in blue.

what a freaking joke. they quick to get he money but wont fix the problems or even clear their stuff properly.

still to go to the police station to try clear it up maybe tonights job.

so yeah i wonder how many more plates are out like that. wonder how mamy WRX ### aplha numeric plates match WRX ### custom plates.

visual difference old R & S plates have either just "SA" (which is what we got) or newer style "SA the Festival state" with SA logo while custom have different colours with "South Australia" and SA logo. so not much difference.

moral of the story.

try find out history of the custom plates before purchasing. if you want them tell them to clear it all up before hand.

or

just get normal current issue $21 plates and no problems.

[Hadouken]

That is a seriously f**ked up the sphincter of the universe flamin mongrel story.

Haha I love this filter

[pistol-pete]

the moral i got from that story is that sapol are about as incompetent as transport sa

[Sawers_88]

Ok this may have been brought up before. If so I apologise. Just wondering if anyone knows what the go is about the following. I bought a car year ago to use as a track car as it is defected. At time

Of defect it had expired Vic reg and was being driven on Sa permit. And got defected in Sa... Do defects carry over from state to state? And was the cop who defected it well within his right to seen as it was on permit? (note that the car had straight pipes, on it's ass and in general was just asking for a defect).

[pistol-pete]

vic defects mean nothing here no but if youre driving it around on a permit here and you get defected then thats just like anyone else driving an sa reg'd car and getting defected. a permit doesnt make the car immune to defects