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sorry if this has already been covered somewhere else but i was curious to see if anyone knows if mod plates are australia wide or just specific to each state.

on my skyline i have mod plates for the engine conversion, gearbox, diff and drive train however i bought it with these in QLD and am worried that when i get around to taking it to the pits they are just gunna tell me that i need to get them all re done

any thoughts??

cheers

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I myself cant answer those questions, I think you need to get them reissued. But my 4 door is registered with the RB25 in it no engineers certificate was needed. They asked if I had an engineers certificate but didn't tell me I needed one.

Cars has been defected once for the exhaust and had no issues re the RB25. You might not have the same luck as me as yours is a NEO. But just thought I'd let you know.

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Pretty sure mod plates are specific to the state of Queensland. I haven't heard of NSW, ACT or VIC having mod plates.

Did you ever meet Rob's mate Ben? He works at Vehicle Safety Standards and from what I recall him saying, it is up to each state or territory to manage their own legislation about vehicle modification. So you'll probably need to ask someone at RegoACT.

However since the R32 did come with a RB25 variet, it may be one of the modifications that do not require certification.

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Mod plate= modified vehicle = Dickson only inspection.

Qld mod plates are excepted in act, had afew Nissan elgrandes with mod plated as campers I forwarded to Dickson and they got rego etc.

Dicksons funny newish rule BOV or FMIC, can't have both.

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Thanks for the everyone looks like putting it in my name will suck saying that though on my way Home today just cruising along something went really wrong not sure what or how yet but the car made a really strange glugging sound then wouldn't hold power n then stopped :( I managed to crawl her home but the car now won't rev above 1k will try posting a vid an see if anyone has any ideas

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