Bought 32 Gtr From Qld

[NSNPWR]

Hi all, heres my situation...

I bought a 32 GTR from QLD, came with RWC, Registered etc etc etc

I get it here to SA and take it for its 'I.D.' check yesterday...im told by these clowns at Transport SA that the Blue QLD Mod Plate is not considered a Compliance plate and therefore I have to apply for an Exemption from fitting a Compliance Plate and the car has to undergo a full inspection not just a simple ID check...more $$$ and have to raise it up etc etc etc...pain in the ass.

The car was one of the first lot brought into to Aust being an 89 model...it was issued its QLD mod plate in March 2004, 'Awesome Imports' is the business on the plate and the letter I have from QLD Transport is addressed to Dominic Bonasia...

My question is, does QLD still issue these blue mod plates to IMPORTED VEHICLES (I know theyre issued for modified cars) or are they issuing proper Compliance Plates now? Im told there was a rule change at some point, appears after my car was complied...can I get a plate made up??? All the numbers match there is no problems there at all, its just they will not recognise the QLD mod plate ffs..

Any info appreciated.

[Isola]

Well, my 32 has a mod plate in it from 2005. So, after yours, but only one plate. The blue one - with an LO1 mod code on it.

I know NOW that they have purple colored ones, but I don't know when that came in exactly.

Obviously QLD rego rules are different from SA ones though, as it was perfectly fine for my car to be registered.

I wouldn't say that it was "one of the first brought into Australia" though if it was complied in 2004. Skylines have been here a LOT longer than 6 years. There would still be quite a lot of 89 models over there (mine got done in 2005 for example, so it came over after yours) and I'm sure some R34s would have beaten both of ours over.

Looks like SA Transport just have stricter rules, so it's possible that even with a purple plate they might have still found something to bitch about.

Edited April 22, 2010 by Isola

[NSNPWR]

Sorry, should have been more clear, didnt mean it was one of the first brought here but wasnt there some 15 year rule where they couldnt be registered here until they were 15 years old because NISSAN sold them here locally? So what I meant was, it was the earliest year to register a 32 here...

Anyway, what are these purple plates? Are they just engraved like the blue mod plate or are they stamped like a Compliance Plate? Cheers.

[NISSAN GTR]

This is my story hope it helps . i have just been through the ringer same thing as you , i bought my GTR 1990 in Queensland through a private seller , took it to Regency for an ID check , the blue plate does not mean shit in S.A they still do this in system in Queensland mine was done 6 months ago , In Queensland the minimum requirement is seatbelts hence the mod plate which will pass the vehicle inspection which is done by a local certified mechanic for RWC lol. At regency they told me to get an," exemption from compliance form" same as you , which was eventually sent to me describing in detail what works had to be carried out before i could send it in for a full inspection - crap. luckily for me my car was so stock it was running totally OEM . ,. Anyway my troubles started when i found out none of the Australian Design Rules had been carried out in Queensland - seat belts only , which means i had to carry out ADRs myself - side intrusion bars , child restraints (bullshit) , high mount stop light , leaded fuel restrictor (wank) because no one sells leaded anymore , list goes on and on and on , so im thinking how the f.... do i fix all this myself . Did what i could on the list and then got in contact with a guy on main north east rd to carry out the rest of the work , went to alot of trouble to find someone to comply my car , PM if you want his name and number as this guy is a legend does great ADR work good prices also sends it through regency himself ! Cost me $2500 includes inspection cost ,but he did heaps of quality work and that was with a stock car . I tried getting the left over rego money back in Queensland , but was totally f...kd around , they told me i would have to pay stamp duty again in Queensland and fill out a new customer form WTF ! i gave up .i wish i kept the plates . I hope the ADRs are done already unlike my car , but dont panic until you get that exemption form listing all work reqiured on your car, and then panic .My car eventually was passed after my compliance guy took the car 3 times to regency inspection all in the same day after ball joints failed , wheel allignment failed , If you fail to pass the same day its another 300 bucks , compliance guy took all the stress out for me - legend ! Any questions Pm .

Edited April 22, 2010 by NISSAN GTR

[NSNPWR]

Champion, thanks mate, will be in touch once I get this form back from these clowns...

[Beelzebub89]

Paragraphs man...geez. tl;dr

[NISSAN GTR]

Paragraphs man...geez. tl;dr

dont be a dick mate im trying to help this guy out

[Isola]

dont be a dick mate im trying to help this guy out

He makes a valid point though. It'd be much easier to read if you used paragraph structure. Thus, would help the guy out even more

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

This is my story hope it helps. i have just been through the ringer same thing as you. i bought my GTR 1990 in Queensland through a private seller , took it to Regency for an ID check, the blue plate does not mean shit in S.A they still do this in system in Queensland mine was done 6 months ago.

In Queensland the minimum requirement is seatbelts hence the mod plate which will pass the vehicle inspection which is done by a local certified mechanic for RWC lol. At regency they told me to get an," exemption from compliance form" same as you, which was eventually sent to me describing in detail what works had to be carried out before i could send it in for a full inspection - crap. luckily for me my car was so stock it was running totally OEM.

Anyway my troubles started when i found out none of the Australian Design Rules had been carried out in Queensland - seat belts only, which means i had to carry out ADRs myself - side intrusion bars, child restraints (bullshit), high mount stop light, leaded fuel restrictor (wank) because no one sells leaded anymore, list goes on and on and on, so im thinking how the f.... do i fix all this myself. Did what i could on the list and then got in contact with a guy on main north east rd to carry out the rest of the work, went to alot of trouble to find someone to comply my car, PM if you want his name and number as this guy is a legend does great ADR work good prices also sends it through regency himself! Cost me $2500 includes inspection cost, but he did heaps of quality work and that was with a stock car.

I tried getting the left over rego money back in Queensland, but was totally f...kd around, they told me i would have to pay stamp duty again in Queensland and fill out a new customer form WTF! i gave up. i wish i kept the plates. I hope the ADRs are done already unlike my car, but dont panic until you get that exemption form listing all work reqiured on your car, and then panic. My car eventually was passed after my compliance guy took the car 3 times to regency inspection all in the same day after ball joints failed, wheel allignment failed, If you fail to pass the same day its another 300 bucks, compliance guy took all the stress out for me - legend ! Any questions Pm .

Fixed for future reference

[Isola]

Fixed for future reference

champion

[NSNPWR]

ffs....thanks again NISSAN GTR.

[hrd-hr30]

same thing happened to a mate in NSW who bought my GTR. I think the cars brought in under the old 15yr rule just had compliance certified by Mod Plate in QLD, and it was only a minimal compliance requirement for them. My GTR and Safari were both brought in under that scheme. Unfortunately QLD Transport mod plates only mean anything in QLD. So he had to go through the compliance process again in NSW before he could register it there.

Later imports (and all cars since the 15yo rule was shut down) have full compliance done and no mod plates.

[PWND]

but as the car has been registered before, i didn't think you needed to go through compliance...

was the car was imported when the 15 year old rule was in effect, hence it shouldn't need to be complied, so you should not have to comply it now. do you have all the import papers?

sorry if i missed something, i just skimmed through the post

[KrazyKong]

Makes one wonder why the Australian motoring authorities make it so difficult to import and RWC cars. I mean it's not like these are beasts of the Veyron capacity. There are plenty of V8s from Ford and Holden that smash most of our Skylines in terms of horsepower and other factors. A car is a car, but the very word import seems to make these bogans think it's a hodgepodge built of lacking in safety areas. Seems like just a money grab for them, and also to make it as difficult as possible to try and stop the flood of imports. I've heard New Zealand does it well and from memory years ago when I visited there, I remember seeing an incredible amount of imports driving around.

[NISSAN GTR]

but as the car has been registered before, i didn't think you needed to go through compliance...

was the car was imported when the 15 year old rule was in effect, hence it shouldn't need to be complied, so you should not have to comply it now. do you have all the import papers?

sorry if i missed something, i just skimmed through the post

it is irrelevant whether the car is registered or not in Australia, if a car is bought from Queensland and taken to another state it is treated as an import ,therefore compliance and full inspection , same as if it come straight off the boat .

Its as if Queensland is not part of Australia and has its own bullshit rules which make them exempt from Australian Design Requirements , hence the modification plates - what crap !

Edited May 1, 2010 by NISSAN GTR

[PWND]

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no comment. just doensnt' make sense to me. i think i would be one argumentative motherfucker over there

[BASHO]

it is irrelevant whether the car is registered or not in Australia, if a car is bought from Queensland and taken to another state it is treated as an import ,therefore compliance and full inspection , same as if it come straight off the boat .

Its as if Queensland is not part of Australia and has its own bullshit rules which make them exempt from Australian Design Requirements , hence the modification plates - what crap !

I've had two imports the first was a 90 (I think) Rx7 FC3C the second is the 98 R34GTT Skyline I curretly own I know the Rx7 had intrusion bars fitted as they did a clumsy job and also the unleaded fuel filler thingo cause they rooted that as well and the friken thing leaked.

My point is that I thought compliance was a nationasl sorta SEVS/compliance thing with only minor variations for state law differences on mods, like the ubiquitious pod filter which seems to be OK in the bumshine state but like the clap elsewhere.

Could it be that cars that are complied by certified importers have a different set of (backhander) compliance criterea to cars imported by private individuals or that pre 15 year imports had less stringent compliance requirements than later models and therefore cop a caining ?

Now I'm confused.

[NISSAN GTR]

I've had two imports the first was a 90 (I think) Rx7 FC3C the second is the 98 R34GTT Skyline I curretly own I know the Rx7 had intrusion bars fitted as they did a clumsy job and also the unleaded fuel filler thingo cause they rooted that as well and the friken thing leaked.

My point is that I thought compliance was a nationasl sorta SEVS/compliance thing with only minor variations for state law differences on mods, like the ubiquitious pod filter which seems to be OK in the bumshine state but like the clap elsewhere.

Could it be that cars that are complied by certified importers have a different set of (backhander) compliance criterea to cars imported by private individuals or that pre 15 year imports had less stringent compliance requirements than later models and therefore cop a caining ?

Now I'm confused.

i thought SEVS/compliance was applied right across Australia , but there still are so many cars only with seat belt modifications ( only ) coming out of Queensland , so how do they get registered in the first place without the rest of the ADRs , is it because you only have to get a RWC for registration , in S.A we have to take to Regency for inspection by government officials - we get raped . lol