problems with defects???

[blind_elk]

Originally posted by ONARUN

yeah it is. 2 sizes above stock is illegal and needs eng cert. 1 size up is acceptable

No its not. Its only defectable if the wheel and tyre combination varies from factory by more than 15mm.

The reason behind the width bit is mainly the change in loading on wheel bearings.

[ix9]

can ANYONE point me in the direction of the ADR's So i can print them out and hand them to a pig next time I see them!???

[JiMb0]

You can find a heap of shit on the RTA Website - Here's just a snippet of the information you might want to look at .......

List of ADR's can be found in this PDF HERE

List of Engineering Signatories can be found in this PDF HERE

List of Guidelines for Light Vehicle Modifications can be found in this PDF HERE

List of Guidelines for Alternative Wheels and Tyres can be found in this PDF HERE

List of Guidlines for Windscreens and Window Tinting can be found in this PDF HERE

and finally just for those who want cool Windscreen Washer Lights a list of Guidlines for Flashing Lights and Sirens

can be found in this PDF HERE

[blind_elk]

Originally posted by Strich9ine

can ANYONE point me in the direction of the ADR's So i can print them out and hand them to a pig next time I see them!???

You need to send about $23 to the Federal DOT (www.dotrs.gov.au/land/vehiclestandards/adr/subscriptions.htm ), and they will send you a CD-ROM of the ADRs.

[Guest DAZSPC]

can ANYONE point me in the direction of the ADR's So i can print them out and hand them to a pig next time I see them!???

Do that, and have an attitude whilst you do it and the cop WILL hand your ass a defect notice regardless.

You might be able to talk your way out of it if you do it very tactfully, but if the cop suspects for a second you are trying to make him look like a dumbass, he'll stitch you up. I'm not a cop, but thats what I'd do if you gave me attitude, so it figures that they would too.

When i was 19 driving a worked 351 clevo powered 2Door Falcon, I get pulled all the time (of course), and I got sent to the pits too often becuase I was 19 and did not know how to shut my mouth.

"OK sir, I think those headers are illegal, as is that carb, and your wheeels are definitely too large"

"As if mate, what would you know, I read up on this stuff and it's all legal"

"Oh really"

"yeah really, so why don't you go bust some real crims huh, and stop picking on us guys with hotted up cars all the time"

"OK, but before I go bust some real crims, here's a defect notice that instructs you to present your car for full mechanical inspection"

*under breath* "Shit!"

Me at 27 pulled over in a turbocharged 351 Clevo powered 78 falcon that apart from stock body and wheels, was pretty much street/drag sleeper.

cop instructs me to pop the hood

"whats all that extra piping in there?"

"To be honest officer, I don't know, I'm a computer nerd, I actually know bugger all about cars. All i know is it has that LPG feul thing as well as normal feul. Saves you heaps that does mate. Do your cop cars have that too? It's save you guys heaps, driving around all the time like you do"

"OK no worries, just take it easy next time alright?"

"sure thing"

Although it was next to impossible to "take it easy" in a car that made close to 400RWHP, I think you can see the moral of the story.

Disclaimer: The turbo'd V8 project was undertaken, when turbo's where still mainly used by heavy machinery and trucks. You could buy an EXA Turbo, and Godzilla had eaten up bathurst, but your average man on the street had no clue what a turbo was, not like now, so I prolly ould not get away with that these days.

[Squizz]

I've had those bonnet washer led doobies since long before the QLD skidpan day ages ago. and , heaven forbid, I even have blue neons in my foot wells.

[JiMb0]

God no !!! Have the boys in blue taken you to the disco yet ?

[Squizz]

Just one of the many things leading to me having no licence

[JiMb0]

Damn, they took you to the disco, spiked your punch and tore your party skirt ! Bastards :lol:

[meggala]

BTW that car r32 pictured cant be complied as its to old so forget it has to be 6 month 92 or later for r32's

meggala

[JiMb0]

I'm lost ?

[GTR-80Y]

Once and for all.....even though i can't find the rule indicating anything about 1inch over they WILL defect you for having more than 1 INCH over! So for the last time all us gtst WILL get defected for 18's. I know because i have, even though my wheel and tyre combination wasn't 15mm over.

1inch taller, and 1inch wider.

[JiMb0]

Are you going to get your gold rims engineered ? BTW, What BOV are you running now ? Back on the stock ?

[GTR-80Y]

alas i'm am back on my stock one...i really miss my psssschhht! I keep tryin to scare pedestrians but then remember i have no bov. I'm also backfiring less now, which sucks!

[JiMb0]

Hahaha, are you going to go back to your type 3 once the piggies disappear or replace the stock with an aftermarket plumb back ?

[GTR-80Y]

Been wanting to put the type 3 back on the day it was cleared!:lol: Gotta get a socket thats got a flexi head bit to get to the bottom bolt on the bov.

[JiMb0]

How much in points and $$$ did the defect for rims and BOV set you back again ? Why didn't they get you for a POD ?

[GTR-80Y]

$70 for each defect, but he only gave me one for the bov. Pod?? wat pod??? i dun have a pod Just got an HKS panel filter, the stock air box isn't really that restrictive.

[JiMb0]

Hehe, wasn't sure on the pod but I assumed .... Do you rekon if you had a pod and then made an enclosure around it (like I think bootmeister has done with a carbon enclosure) this would be legal ? Or atleast make the cops think it was standard and not check inside ?