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ok so i'll tell the story later but i got done good in mascot last ngiht....it was quite funny all up.

anyway one of my 5 defects is that my battery is not in a 'sealed yet vented enclusure'!

does anyone know what that is and is it standard for a R33??? my car never got complied with a box for the bettery in the boot???

also what is the rolling diameter of a stock R33 Gtst's wheels?

more details of this funny story to come...

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the usual "if in doubt hand it out" mentality was obviously in play here.

what he is saying is this

battery's which aren't sealed units that are mounted i the car need to be in a box which vents outside the car

which your car obviously doesn't have because R33s come with the battery in the boot but not in a box

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yeah see my problem here is i was taken as part of an 'operation' to an RTA inspection station! this was done at 8pm and i went to this place where thewre was like 20 dudes all sitting around....clearly nothing better to do on a friday night...lol

any my defects were issued by the RTA and then i copped fines from the copper...

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yes five fines! $81 each!

1. battery not in box or vented to atmosphere

2. ground clearence (by 1mm on resonator of exhaust, car is 110mm high)

3. stealth fx BOV (set to recirculate, but doenst matter)

4. turbo timer

5. rim size (this is bullshit as its all about rolling diametre size and not rim size...tyreplacrd says 17", i have 19")

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you can fight em in court if you think its worth it

1 is bullshit we know that for sure

2 sounds about right, cause has to be 100mm from the lowest point which seems to be your exhaust

3 gonna have to cop that one

4 turbo timer, i dont know the legality on this

5 you car came stock with 16s AFAIK you have to measure the stock rolling diameter and then measure your current one, is its no more that 15mm more your in the clear.

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5 you car came stock with 16s AFAIK you have to measure the stock rolling diameter and then measure your current one, is its no more that 15mm more your in the clear.

I thought there was another rule that for the rim that you can only go 25mm wider and 25mm more in diameter. So if your car came with 16x8, then you can go as far as 17x9 (unless you get it engineered of course).

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Don't you have that plastic thing in the boot which blocks your battery from view? Then put the standard strut brace infront of that as well, your timer is illegal unless wires to hand brake , just relocate it to a more hidden area, I got this single din cover with a flip lid which hides my profec ebc and timer + edfc and never had anyone inspect there

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one more thing you either got ripped off or the cop was a stupid sod, it should be 81 in total I got defected for 3 things once and the total was $81

Incorrect. You can receive up to 5 infringement notices. Every defect can bedealt with individually

oh and also with regards to the 25mm rim rule in NSW there is no such thing.

This is directly quoted from the RTA

Wheels up to 26mm wider than the largest optional wheel recommended by the vehicle manufacturer for the

vehicle can be fitted without the need to notify the RTA.

The outside diameter of the wheel and tyre combination must be no more than 15mm over the largest diameter

wheel and tyre combination specified for the vehicle and not more than 15mm below the smallest diameter wheel

and tyre combination specified for the vehicle.

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