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Just to let you know from August 1st "car owners will be limited to raising or lowering their suspension by no more than five centimeters" and even this will require an approval certificate from an RTA engineer saying it meets safety standards

Currently you dont need approval upto 5cm and can go upto 15cm with proper approval

Sydneykid Grand Master

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Typical press release from politician who has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. Michael Daley quite obviously hasn't got a clue. A very confusing press release with conflicting wording and contradictory statements. We will just have to wait for the pubic service bureaucrats to sort out another mess created by their minister.

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Gary

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so anyone who has already lowered their car up to 5cm will also have to get a cert or risk being fined/defected from Aug 1 ? What the hell... Mine's lowered only 2cm or so from stock and I was planning on dropping it another 2cm when i put new springs in.

Any ideas how much the engineers cert for the suspension might cost ??

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Sydneykid Grand Master

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Someone will need to tell him that every used car is lower than a brand new car, it's called settling and it happens to every car. The older the car, the more k's the greater the settling. The Recognition Documents for cars that are lodged by their manufacturer with DOTARS (for ADR approval) shows their new height. So his ministerial limo needs approval because it's lower than its recognition document height. Arrest him he's a hoon. :)

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Gary

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Why cant an automotive engineer or similar write these type of laws? Even a little input would be good, politicians have no idea, what a joke. Anyway the article...

Permission now needed to lower cars

16 July 2009

NEW laws making it an offence to raise or lower a car's suspension without proper approval is about saving lives, New South Wales Roads Minister Michael Daley says.

From August 1, car owners will be limited to raising or lowering their suspension by no more than five centimetres, and all modifications will need approval from Roads and Traffic Authority engineers. Currently, a car can be raised or lowered by up to five centimetres without approval and by up to 15 centimetres with approval.

Mr Daley says while drivers may think a lowered car looks "cool" it really is dangerous and any adjustment of more than five centimetres doesn't belong on the road.

"I don't want to see young hoons putting their lives or the lives of others at risk, just because they think their car looks better 15 centimetres closer to the ground," Mr Daley said.

"Raising or lowering a vehicle's height can put the driver, passengers and other road users at risk.

"It can affect handling, braking and safety features such as electronic stability control."

Any vehicle that is raised or lowered after August 1 will have to carry a certificate stating that the modifications confirm to safety standard requirements.

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So wait ... they gave everyone 2 weeks to get an engineers certificate ? I suspect there are tens of thousands of lowered cars, how's that gonna work in 2 weeks? Unless of course this is just another cash grab because they know it's not gonna happen in such a short period of time.

If they want everyone to comply, they should make it free of charge to go to the RTA and have an engineer look over it and issue a certificate/defect.

DAS KAMU Veteran

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isnt the RTA for nsw..?

jason your gtr is safe

oh........

well let me send my best wishes to n.s.w import owners

it will be a sad day for all

can we all pause for 1 minute of silence for our fallen brothers.

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thank you and may you all have fond memories of being low

89CAL Grand Master

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I may be missing something but how does lowering your car decrease performance to a state where it is dangerous?

I mean fair enough if its dragging along the ground but an extra couple of centimeters lower? really?

Birds Grand Master

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"Any vehicle that is raised or lowered after August 1 will have to carry a certificate stating that the modifications confirm to safety standard requirements."

So, by interpretation of that statement...cars that have been lowered before that date do not have to carry the certification. Go out and buy a set of adjustable coilovers...

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wishful thinking ... I'm pretty sure they meant any car not at stock height after 1st August ... not any car that has the mods DONE after 1st Aug.. How on earth would anyone know the date of when you lowered your car ?? They wouldn't, so your interpretation can't be right.

Birds Grand Master

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Invoice from a workshop for the installation?

I'm just pointing out that it's incredibly flawed. The fact that so many existing lowered cars would have to go out and search around for / buy some stock height suspension, it's a complete wank.

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