Help Needed To Pass My Rego. Taking Out My Coilovers.

[putraged]

hey guys

i own r34 25gt and next week im going to inspection place for my rego. i currently use hsd coilovers on the fronts, and i need to replace it with the oem.

does anyone here can do backyard job at my place in Bruce? i got all the tools except car stands & coil compressor. if so, can u PM me?

and one more thing, i just moved my free-maintenance battery to the boot along with my sound system. is it gonna be a problem for the inspection? are they gonna be fussy w/ that?

cheers.

[Randon_I_Am]

i just put in coilovers in my r34 gtt and have the originals here... you could borrow them if ya need

[putraged]

thanks for the offer, but i got the OEM as well. just need to pass the rego for 1 day and slap them back again.

i did the coilover bymyself, i cant put back the OEM because it needs spring compressor. ROFL.

[shotter]

thanks for the offer, but i got the OEM as well. just need to pass the rego for 1 day and slap them back again.

i did the coilover bymyself, i cant put back the OEM because it needs spring compressor. ROFL.

I have a set of spring compressor's if you want to borrow them, But i wouldn't have to time to help you swap them over.

[putraged]

I have a set of spring compressor's if you want to borrow them, But i wouldn't have to time to help you swap them over.

thanks for the offer guys. i really appreciate it.

i did try the supercheap's compressors but it was too big when i tried to fit it thru' the tie rod.

Edited January 6, 2010 by putraged

[Kwyjibo]

You shouldn't have to use the spring compressors until the whole shock/strut assembly is out. Also with coilovers you should never need them at all. What you will need them for is putting springs back onto your original struts.

Cheers,

Adrian

[CeJay]

hmm I cleared an unrelated defect with my coilovers in the car.

[Sinista32]

hey guys

i own r34 25gt and next week im going to inspection place for my rego. i currently use hsd coilovers on the fronts, and i need to replace it with the oem.

does anyone here can do backyard job at my place in Bruce? i got all the tools except car stands & coil compressor. if so, can u PM me?

and one more thing, i just moved my free-maintenance battery to the boot along with my sound system. is it gonna be a problem for the inspection? are they gonna be fussy w/ that?

cheers.

In relation to the second battery in the boot for your sound system. Providing it is secured properly and is in a breather box you shouldn't have an issue at the pits. Even the no/low maintenance battery's do need to be in the Marine box with breather. I've been down that road. No certificate required.

Cheers

S!N

[RB ONEVIA]

why dont you just raise them to a legal height and take it through? where are you going?

[putraged]

You shouldn't have to use the spring compressors until the whole shock/strut assembly is out. Also with coilovers you should never need them at all. What you will need them for is putting springs back onto your original struts.

Cheers,

Adrian

yea, i have no problem with installing coilover to my car but if u're putting OEM its gonna be a real deal.

OEM suspension's are longer than coilover's. hence u need to compress around 6-8 cm so it would fit.

[putraged]

hmm I cleared an unrelated defect with my coilovers in the car.

how can they pass it? since its illegal without engineer cert.

or u just got lucky the inspector didn't realize it?

[putraged]

In relation to the second battery in the boot for your sound system. Providing it is secured properly and is in a breather box you shouldn't have an issue at the pits. Even the no/low maintenance battery's do need to be in the Marine box with breather. I've been down that road. No certificate required.

Cheers

S!N

thanks for the info, sin.

i've secure it down with 4 point holders. i drove the car under extreme condition (drift esp.) and it still stay in the place.

what do u mean by a breather box? the whole battery needs to be covered in a box that have the access to fresh air?

where can i get the box from? can u show me the pic of ur boot?

cheers.

[putraged]

why dont you just raise them to a legal height and take it through? where are you going?

i'm going to my friends place in o'connor for inspection.

i don't think u can do that. basically it is still a coilover with adjustable height & softness, even though its on the legal height limit. i just asked my friend regarding to this matter.

its not easy for a coupe skyline to pass the inspection because some of them simply "pick" on us for being imports. i went to a mechanic shop in belconnen mall (forgot the name) and i asked a quote for swapping coilover with oem, they put $200 marks for the front shocks (labour only) until they realized its for r34 skyline (i went there w/ my friend's XR6T). for skyline they quote me $350. its not fair, because they think imports = must have lots of $$$ and they take advantage of that.

[CeJay]

how can they pass it? since its illegal without engineer cert.

or u just got lucky the inspector didn't realize it?

Lucky I guess, first time when I swapped over rego they didn't say anything about them, just told me the car was the lowest possible height allowed (they asked me if I had an engineers certificate, told them I bought it off the dealer I assume he may of had one)

2nd time was for a defect, they even told me that my rear coilovers were leaking. So not entirely sure coilovers are illegal, who knows, perhaps they just need to be locked into position.

Both of them I assume had enough knowledge about the car.

[NJR 34GTT]

My 34 passed an inspection at Dickson when I initially bought it with the coilovers installed. That was a few years back though. Shrug.

[putraged]

Lucky I guess, first time when I swapped over rego they didn't say anything about them, just told me the car was the lowest possible height allowed (they asked me if I had an engineers certificate, told them I bought it off the dealer I assume he may of had one)

2nd time was for a defect, they even told me that my rear coilovers were leaking. So not entirely sure coilovers are illegal, who knows, perhaps they just need to be locked into position.

Both of them I assume had enough knowledge about the car.

i just talk again with the inspection guy in o'connor. he said there's no other way to pass the inspection with coilovers installed except, u weld the height & damper adjuster. i guess they want the suspension to be fixed and not interchangeable.

oh gosh, since when rego-ing the car become more complicated. ACT doesnt have big long road like in WA or QLD anyway. why they bother it soo much.

[putraged]

My 34 passed an inspection at Dickson when I initially bought it with the coilovers installed. That was a few years back though. Shrug.

y u have to go to dickson? 1st hand imports?

man, those regulations becoming mooooreee ridiculous every year.

[NJR 34GTT]

y u have to go to dickson? 1st hand imports?

man, those regulations becoming mooooreee ridiculous every year.

It didn't officially need one, I just asked the previous owner to get a cleared inspection report from Dickson to confirm I wouldn't have defect issues.

[putraged]

It didn't officially need one, I just asked the previous owner to get a cleared inspection report from Dickson to confirm I wouldn't have defect issues.

good for you, mate. i bought my car from a dealer in vic and rego-ing interstate car in act is just horrible, time consuming, and tricky!!

[putraged]

anyone can help me do this backyard? i'm gonna pay for it anyway, and some cold beer as well . just because i wont spend that much money to fit it in any mechanic shops, they rip me off big time.