Petition For Not Banning Suspension Mods

[hrd-hr30]

sounds like that 50mm is not only suspension lift, but total lift including tyres and bodylifts as well. ie it says 50mm lift to trim height, which is the edge of the gaurd/flare. That would suck for 4WDs. Any links to actual info about the proposed change?

[warps]

I haven't actually read the proposed legislation - just the comments on the link from the first post. I hope that those so vehemently against this have read the legislation, so they understand what they're protesting against.

I agree with your point about the 4WD's, hence my earlier comment. Not that I'm all for jacked up mud racers on our roads, but on a 4WD it doesn't take any extreme mods to blow that 50mm out of the water. Like always, a blanket rule across all vehicle classes is not the answer.

Beseides, there's already legislation in place to limit excessive lowering of cars. Not too many standard road cars would handle more than a 50mm drop and still be able to maintain the required 100mm ground clearance.

[Nee-san]

Signed, What a joke, I'm in my 5th year of mechanical and automotive engineering at QUT and its depressing how little the people who actually make the decisions know.

[BlackR32]

Signed

[God_speed]

- Signed -

[mickey]

maybe they change the rules to allow 100mm change with 4wd

so the GTR will be safe

[pfcr33]

Signed!

[SHANE666]

signed.

[R TUNE]

Singed,

Looks like labour found a way to follow the labour fed goverment.

im also out of the state, but as said previous once done the rest will follow.

[FineLine]

And signed.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

signed!

[RusH_]

signed

[sneakey pete]

Why does a road car need to be raised / lowered more than 5cm anyway?

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Maybe hardcore offroaders need the extra lift, and I'm not going to argue against that.

Well there you go.

[warps]

Bravo for the selective quoting. Looks like you'd make a good journo.

[sneakey pete]

My point is, there's reasons why you'd want to raise/lower your car more than 5cm, as you said yourself Extreme 4wd'ers. While skylines might not need to be lowered 5cm for track work, i'm sure there's some cars out there that could be safely lowered, with a benifit, more if they were to be used on a track aswell. no need to force people to buy a trailer if they don't want or need to.

Now, if someones driving around in a dangerously lowered car with distasteful rims, wouldn't the current laws mean that they'd be defected anyway?

[mark33gtst]

Not everyone can afford a track car and a daily. Or at least people should be able to drive to the track. Just because you see no need for a car to be raise or lowered does not mean it should be illegal to do so...

There are already laws in place for lowering (100mm lowest) and raising car ( not sure exactly how high is highest)

If they really want to improve safety they should be stricter on tyre manufacturers and ban the Chinese plastic fantastic tires. Now they are dangerous..

[Panko]

or...maybe I really like how my car looks when lowered.

[Mayuri Krab]

Signed.

Even though this lowering ban won't affect me much I'm sick & tired of the government's fantasy fetish to "ban" everything they don't like.

Now whats this BS about increasing registration cost of older cars so we are all forced to drive white goods grandpa spec Camrys?

[zoomzoom]

Bravo for the selective quoting. Looks like you'd make a good journo.

Well lets be honest, your line of thinking is flawed.

The default should not be unlimited power to government then justify why a law should not be implemented.

What is it about vehicles raised or lowered more than 5cm that warrants prohibition?

Give them an inch and theyll take a mile, they wont stay at 5cm. The only length I want to give them is some hangrope.

[Whoneedstherapy]

Signed