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sounds like you've covered it all, if the engine bay is nice and clean you'll be laughing. didnt really need to remove the subs and amps from the boot, as long as its all secured and the wiring is secured every 30cm you'd have been fine. as for the ride height, if its legal then its legal. there shouldnt be a problem with that. dont know about the headlights, personally you can only try ya luck i spose

It was definitely safer - in my opinion - to remove the sub/amp. Whilst the wiring loom under the bonnet is all fused within 30cm of the battery, held in with cable ties and within split loom, and the wiring in the boot is all fairly well taped up and split-loomed too, nothing in the boot (amps/subs) was bolted down which I understand to be a major no-no. It's something I've been meaning to fix up since I got the car, but it's one of those things you never get around to.

The engine bay is pretty tidy, I even cleaned it and degreased it on the weekend to be doubly sure that it looked virtually perfect. Few obvious modifications are the cusco brake stopper, alarm siren, big optima battery with gold battery terminal & the 0-gauge from the battery (though that's all in split loom).

I'm kinda shitting myself over the headlights, thinking I might throw in some lower temperature bulbs (4300K) to try and tone them down somewhat.

Hey what about side indicators guys? do you need them? My R32 came from VIC and was registered/complied and it only has the bulging side indicators from the headlight assembly, nothing specifically mounted on the side. I've heard VIC are more lax about compliance etc than SA but will I pass a regency inspection without them?

You'll be fine, my car passed without them.

Hey what about side indicators guys? do you need them? My R32 came from VIC and was registered/complied and it only has the bulging side indicators from the headlight assembly, nothing specifically mounted on the side. I've heard VIC are more lax about compliance etc than SA but will I pass a regency inspection without them?

i was told about 2 years ago that a 92 onwards needs them but before that they done. this may have changed.

i was approached by oneinspector and questioned on it cause there was no indicator behind front wheel and my response was but its up the front. but the main thing they were after was it had to have a second globe as one for the front indicator and one for the side indicator. i explained that bit and thats what got me the nod.

also ppls there is exhausts out there that are high flowing and rather quiet.

when i gotmy 32 i had a 3 1/2 inch cat back zorst that was quieter that ya dads stock commy.

look for Jazma mufflers. they do the trick. ive kept mine for a reason.

i was told about 2 years ago that a 92 onwards needs them but before that they done. this may have changed.

i was approached by oneinspector and questioned on it cause there was no indicator behind front wheel and my response was but its up the front. but the main thing they were after was it had to have a second globe as one for the front indicator and one for the side indicator. i explained that bit and thats what got me the nod.

also ppls there is exhausts out there that are high flowing and rather quiet.

when i gotmy 32 i had a 3 1/2 inch cat back zorst that was quieter that ya dads stock commy.

look for Jazma mufflers. they do the trick. ive kept mine for a reason.

that would make sense, considering they changed the 15 year rule import rules and forced the later r32 gtrs to import via sevs (which was stricter in many regards)...

-D

also ppls there is exhausts out there that are high flowing and rather quiet.

when i gotmy 32 i had a 3 1/2 inch cat back zorst that was quieter that ya dads stock commy.

look for Jazma mufflers. they do the trick. ive kept mine for a reason.

I've got an Apexi cat back and it has a Jazma badge on the rear muffler, its pretty quite on idle and low revs but really opens up at higher revs. Its also made 318rwkw with a hi flow cat, so its a good flowing exhaust.

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just a well overdue update on mine: cars been defected for well over a year and a half now, couldnt sell it (cause it was defected) and couldnt keep it sitting in the garage either (depressing) so now its at a shop on the west side and its been there for 2 months...

just a well overdue update on mine: cars been defected for well over a year and a half now, couldnt sell it (cause it was defected) and couldnt keep it sitting in the garage either (depressing) so now its at a shop on the west side and its been there for 2 months...

i think u can sell it man u just need to let the buyer know that it is defected. somebody correct me if im wrong? and yeah having a car just sitting there defected is the worst thing isnt it haha

no u cant.. i got a formal warning from the po po about buying a defected car and selling a defect car lol..

oh i thought it was spoken about before in the defected thread that you were allowed to sell it u just had to get them to sign off that they knew it was defected before they buy it. i must be wrong my bad

Less than 9 hours till my car is going through Regency .. f**king shitting myself... *sighs*

Fingers crossed, I was supposed to be driving to Melbourne on Friday - depending on tomorrow is whether I take the R34 or something else :)

'kay .. am now feeling a fair bit reamed..

Headlights got told to replace with halogens 'oh that'll just be a simple bulb change - no stress'... From what I understand - it's major irreversible changes to the headlight housing to fit halogen bulbs. Anyone know where I can get some non-xenon headlights for borrowing or buying ASAP? After ringing around, only guy I found who said he had non-xenon headlights they turned out to be xenons, so no go.

Next drama - rear tie rod ends show some lateral movement. My tyre guy says that's going to be very expensive ($130/side + labour) and he can't get the parts till next week. *sigh* ...

Anyone have any bright ideas?

'kay .. am now feeling a fair bit reamed..

Headlights got told to replace with halogens 'oh that'll just be a simple bulb change - no stress'... From what I understand - it's major irreversible changes to the headlight housing to fit halogen bulbs. Anyone know where I can get some non-xenon headlights for borrowing or buying ASAP? After ringing around, only guy I found who said he had non-xenon headlights they turned out to be xenons, so no go.

Next drama - rear tie rod ends show some lateral movement. My tyre guy says that's going to be very expensive ($130/side + labour) and he can't get the parts till next week. *sigh* ...

Anyone have any bright ideas?

Are the xenons a factory installed unit? Can hardly call a headlight change an 'irreversible change' considering people do have the conversion kits...

Tie rod ends are a vital part of your suspension. You'd want those fixed even if it wasnt a defectable item

$130 isnt that expensive either...

Doesnt sound like youve been reamed at all. I know cats who would have to rebuild their engines if they wanted to pass regency a second time...

-D

I guess it could have been worse, Dohmar - I'm just used to having every mechanic I take the car to compliment how immacuate the car is and that it's straight as a dime and it generally doesn't have issues. Hell, even the inspector complimented me how clean and tidy the car was after getting underneath it.

I dunno, this whole regency thing has sent me for a bit of a spin and I've been feeling sick as a dog from all of the stress. I've always been very vigilant about making sure everything I've modified has been within the law. Unfortunately the exhaust guy who originally fitted my exhaust told porkies about it's legality, and my headlights weren't changed during compliancing (like the documentation I have says they were..). I still reckon my parkers were legal (he says they showed a blue tinge, I disagree - but eh - what can you do - sure, they're white LEDs - but clearly not 'white' enough). Took all of 10 seconds to throw in T10 incandescents I had in my toolkit in the boot. Other amusing anecdote - the car was originally defected for my exhaust loudness, yet the inspector this morning didn't even verify how loud it was - figure that out. He also laughed at the note from the officer about the tint saying it was in the glass and factory and was fine.

Anyways - I ended up going elsewhere than my regular tyre/suspension guy for the rear steering stuff - ended up getting the entire HICAS rear steering rack replaced - cos that was the cause of the minor lateral movement. It wasn't much - but obviously too much for the Regency inspector. The new rear steering rack isn't showing movement - which is what they asked for - so it should pass now.

Only other remaining item is the headlights - turns out H7 bulbs are the easiest fit into a D2R bulb spot, so I'll be converting that over tonight - should be fairly straight forward.

Car is booked in for re-inspection early tomorrow morning, should hopefully sail through with those fixes made.

Fingers crossed.

Thanks for all of the support & assistance from everyone on this forum :)

thats not so bad dude,years ago wen i went thro regency in my old rx7 and they confiscated my keys and i was forced to tow the car home

hope it all goes well for you tomorrow mate

we have a lady amongst us.

i know i can get in a fair bit of poo for buying a defected car, but, 1 its off my brother

and 2, the plates will be comming off it tonight, whacked in a shed never to see the road again..besides on the back of a trailer.

surely its not illegal to sell an off road car?

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