How Stock To Go

[dmonic1]

well my car is off to see u know who. i just want to know what i should get away with in regards to what i can leave on my car. S2 Stagea by the way

fitted ATM

front mount utilizing standard return pipe sitting neatly behind bumper but unfortunatly only one mount could be used so it moves ever so slightly.

xenon globes (they are the standard item)

3 inch from the turbo back (no cat at the moment but will fit asap) pretty quite and will be quiter once cat fitted

R33 front discs and callipers ( had to bend the dust covers back to fit the bigger discs and had to use braided lines ) back brakes still standard. still have standard fronts at home

fully adjustable coilovers. still have standards at home

upgraded sway bars

shift kit (auto trans)

pod filter and hard intake pipe are removed already to allow for plum back BOV to be returned

now my biggest problem is my turbo. seeing as it now has a garret core in it i had to use braided lines. it still has the original nissan comp cover on it but the exhaust side looks slightly different than a standard one.

cheers for any advice

[Matty 31]

well my car is off to see u know who. i just want to know what i should get away with in regards to what i can leave on my car. S2 Stagea by the way

fitted ATM

front mount utilizing standard return pipe sitting neatly behind bumper but unfortunatly only one mount could be used so it moves ever so slightly.

xenon globes (they are the standard item)

3 inch from the turbo back (no cat at the moment but will fit asap) pretty quite and will be quiter once cat fitted

R33 front discs and callipers ( had to bend the dust covers back to fit the bigger discs and had to use braided lines ) back brakes still standard. still have standard fronts at home

fully adjustable coilovers. still have standards at home

upgraded sway bars

shift kit (auto trans)

pod filter and hard intake pipe are removed already to allow for plum back BOV to be returned

now my biggest problem is my turbo. seeing as it now has a garret core in it i had to use braided lines. it still has the original nissan comp cover on it but the exhaust side looks slightly different than a standard one.

cheers for any advice

Front mount u might get away with

Xenon globes may be an issue

Exhaust - its gotta be below 90db so get tested beforehand just in case

Coils will have to go. not allowed to be adjustable at all

Swaybars will be fine

Turbo may be an issue

thats just my guess at reading this so far and hearing whats been going on lately

[Inline 6]

no cat is a big fine if they find you dont have 1. but your not a mechanic and shouldnt be expected to know if it has 1 or not would be my defence if they wanted to play that game.

whats ok and not depends on weather and if its that time of the month

coilovers wont pass 1 of their fav things to look for.

Edited December 28, 2008 by Inline 6

[rad100]

yeh wats the go with braided oil and water lines from turbo?

[heslo]

Turbo will have to go, possibly the braided lines also, no sure if they are too keen on them. Also the suspension and the xenon lights... Calipers SHOULD be fine however unless the braided lines are ADR approved they too will have to go. Don't see a problem with the exhaust so long as it's not too loud or the FMIC either so long as no reo bar has been cut in order to fit it.

[dmonic1]

i still have the stock turbo and all the lines but i really dont want to change it all over cause i know i will never change it back which means somebody on here will be able to pick up a bargain. i will just change everything else back to complience state other than the exhaust and fmic and see how i go. if i have to do the turbo i will but i will try and get it through first. im glad it hasnt been in to get the nistune board yet or they would find that to.

[PREISS]

My 34 has xenon lights and they passed.

[heslo]

Lucky there Craig, they usually will pick you for it as they are illegal. I know when my 33GTR went though I had to remove mine. Apparently it all has to do with the fact that there is no washer jet for the light assembly. Load of shit I know but thems the rules

[CRoNic...]

Turbo MUST be standard. Why don't people understand this?!?! They CHECK the housing numbers, etc on the turbo. Chuck on the STOCK turbo unless you want to go through Regency again. They affect emissions. You cannot get away with putting in a different turbo in Regency. You can grind off the housing numbers, put a beanie on the turbo, etc but it won't get past the inspection!!!!

I told this to the dude who owned the 32 GTR who got done, he ended up leaving his N1's in and they found it. Had to go through again.

Make sure your turbo is the stock model.

Steel wheel is fine, high flow should be fine as they can't check inside the turbo.

Preiss, most 34's, if not all, came out stock with Xenons hence why you passed.

[Inline 6]

is going through a second time really that bad? they usually make you go twice anyway to make that extra buck. they always find something stupid over looked like a small grease stain or something like that

[Matty 31]

why spend more than you have to tho dan? its 170 the first time or something horrific like that, id want to get the buttsecks over and done with the first time

[CRoNic...]

is going through a second time really that bad? they usually make you go twice anyway to make that extra buck. they always find something stupid over looked like a small grease stain or something like that

Uh... well.... you do have to pay another inspection fee, drive around longer with a defect notice on your car, etc etc etc

That's like saying "I wont take off my atmo BOV because I know I'll go again... so whats the point?!"

It's plain stupid.

[nos man]

well i don't care if i don't pass the first time! i've learnt my lesson already i wasted alot of money to pass the first inspection but then i had to come back anyway for something stupid, the front indicators have to be 350mm from the ground and mine were 345mm. next time i'm just gonna go in as is and let them give me the list of what needs to be changed or fixed. helps with the money wasting bit of changing something that didn't need to be

[Inline 6]

im saying they usually find something stupid to bring ya back for a 2nd trip anyway and you end up fixing stuff that dont need fixing etc which can be a pain in the ass running around with permits if you dont have registration.

while it is ideal to get through the 1st time its often not the case cause they find something stupid like o theres a lil crack here on this plastic, and going nutz making every single stupid thing stock again that didnt need to be can be painful when its not needed.

also if you correct what the original defect was for youll get yaself like 48 hrs to drive it from the the time you go in so you do get to enjoy it for a bit anyway. i did 500k's in that time

you go in get a list of shit to do and thats all you gota do for the 2nd trip they hardly look at the car. and you'd be surprised some of the thing they dont check the 1st time such as seat belts wtf 1 of the most important safty parts on the car

Edited December 28, 2008 by Inline 6

[SkyHi_33]

See personally I don't mind having to go back because they found something. I went to my first ever inspection a week and a bit ago and they went over every little part of the car in detail, It costs $135 to get it looked at first time and $67 i think he said if you gotta come back.

For one, a quality workshop would charge around $150+ anyways for a complete check over without fixing anything and secondly at regency you get told the facts about legality of modifications, you can ask them questions of what is and isn't illegal.

I think the prices are fair and they might find something important that you might not have spotted or overlooked like they did on my car.

Of course, this doesn't justify them being anal about engine/suspension mods but you should have been prepared for a defect when you decided you were gonna put them on.

[dmonic1]

ok so i spoke to a guy who works at regency, he is the step dad of one of my mates.

my brakes will be fine as long i get a request to upgrade form filled out and have some braided lines made up that have ADR approved stamps on them.

as the turbo looks stock from the outside it should be ok. it still has all the original heat shields fitted and has a nissan comp cover on it.

everything else but the zorst and frount mount has to go.

cheers guys

[mid life crisis]

if you ring regency they will tell you a fmic is ok . i know this becouse my son got done for fmic and pod filter i rany regency and was told niether of those items are a defectable item so we went to the eliz police station they rang regency and removed the defect.

still charged us 30 bucks tho lol.

[bezender]

all i know is braided lines must be ADR approved. from memory there is only one or two brands that are

nfi if this is a repost... cbf reading it all

[nisskid]

yeh wats the go with braided oil and water lines from turbo?

pretty sure the lines arent illegal but they will lead the inspectors to check ur turbo.

[rad100]

so if you get ur lines modded to fit stock turbo visa versa it would be sweet? thinking of having a stock turbo hiflowed as my defect turbo LOLand that way i can leave the braided lines there