

Your states roadworthy laws
#41
Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:51 AM

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#42
Posted 21 September 2007 - 10:52 PM
No the sedans dont, but i think the utes do.
The Utes, Wagons and Panos have the old style bump stops above the axles on the chassis rails.
The Sedans use the shock absorbers to limit rear axle travel in both directions
#43
Posted 21 September 2007 - 10:59 PM
You wont even pass a roadworthy if your door trims are different colours...
That's just not true - colour of door trims is not on the list to be checked - if the trims are torn you'll have trouble.
Some inspectors will go easier if you are you are using the certificate to register the car for yourself than if you are going to sell it...
#44
Posted 22 September 2007 - 12:49 AM
That's just not true - colour of door trims is not on the list to be checked - if the trims are torn you'll have trouble.
Some inspectors will go easier if you are you are using the certificate to register the car for yourself than if you are going to sell it...
It was all over the news when they started it, and i know people that have been knocked back because one door trim was a different colour... the idea behind it was to deter people from buying stolen car parts (because apparantly it is impossible to buy door trims the same colour as you already have - that's government thinking for you)
#45
Posted 17 January 2008 - 06:18 PM
As has been said, SA has no RWC, and no rego to sell a car. Engineers certs are awkward though, as not only do you have to fork out the $3000 for the cert process, but pay extra for the emissions test. I followed it up a year or so back and SA will only accept certs done and tested in SA or in NSW, which I was also told by the head honchos here in SA, would be free in NSW... but you'd have to take the car over here on a trailer and bring it back again.
Most cops will simply check the lowest point of your car here, no less than 100mm. They don't care too much for bump stops and wish bones, etc. Only if you get nicked and have to go over the pit do things like that get checked.
They are however, fairly strict on BOV's, pods, turbos and gauges. Seeming as all of these things are becoming more popular, they like to pick on people for them. Mind you, 90% of people out there with gauges tend to stick them in a place that will block your view of the instruments or the road.
Your comments are completely true but officer's of the law always check the steering wheel and handbrake too but its all pretty much the same everywhere just S.A. doesn't do RWC at all.
Well said.
#46
Posted 21 February 2008 - 08:19 PM
#47
Posted 21 February 2008 - 10:17 PM
#48
Posted 18 March 2008 - 07:48 PM
HAHA Rick Kelly the buck toothed little fairy, that jerk off could eat an apple through a picket fence.....LOL
oh you referring to the Roland Dane grizzle guts sooki la la likes to play in a crib all day nancy pants ???? lol
#49
Posted 14 September 2008 - 02:50 PM
#50
Posted 19 November 2008 - 01:11 PM
SA can do just about anything to your car as long as its no lower than 100mm, exhaust doesnt sound like a friggin lawnmower like these douchebags with their 4" cannon exhausts which sound like sh!t, bald tires, and there isnt any large oil leaks.
Another thing they dont like is random crap like a bent oil sumps (even if it doesnt leak) and the wheels cannot hang out the wheel arch

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#51
Posted 23 December 2008 - 09:28 PM
#52
Posted 02 January 2009 - 08:30 AM
#53
Posted 02 January 2009 - 10:12 AM
When all the numbers line up (ie no engine changes) it will not even get inspected at the transport dept, u dont even have to bring in the car, just the paperwork.
Saying that my engine has a different no to the VIN and the old duck came out with her stick of chalk and a torch and just confirmed the no.s where the same as written on the sheet of paper.
As i found out the state laws for lowering any vehical in QLD is that the distance between the wishbone and the bumpstop must not decrease by more than a third of its factory height (EG 100mm cannot be decreased below 66mm between the wishbone and the bump stop.)
many people cut them down a bit to get around this but i have never seen or heard of anyone getting flagged over because of it.
I would suspect the when selling a car then the RWC inspector would be a bit more zealous with his scrutineering.
Tinting laws are no less that 35% visability loss - T35 tint on all windows and no tint can be fixed to the front windsheild below the bottom of the sunvisor line
Edited by n00bus m@x1mus, 02 January 2009 - 10:15 AM.
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#54
Posted 09 January 2009 - 01:44 AM
#55
Posted 09 January 2009 - 07:13 AM
I wouldnt expect there to be much difference, maybe u will have to have an engineer sign it off aswell.
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#56
Posted 07 March 2009 - 07:40 PM
#57
Posted 07 March 2009 - 08:20 PM
does anyone here in SA know whats involved to change to v8 and keep it legal. its already got disc brake rear. thanks in advance
Depends on what year. If it is an 85 XF, you are exempt from some of the pollution ADR's and can get away with having the car run on petrol. If you have an 86 or later model XF, you will have to put it on gas as it will be required to pass stricter pollution testing.
I'm in the process of dropping a 302c into an 85 XF myself.
I spoke with 3 different people at TransportSA in regards to what must be done and got 3 different answers. The first one told me not to worry about it and register it as a 6, just don't get caught. The second guy told me all I was needed was 4 wheel disc brakes, and then finally I asked to speak to the bloke, Alan Whitaker, who is in charge of the modification side of things, and he told me the correct process.
What you need to do is fill out the "Application to Modify a Motor Vehicle" (link at the bottom of this reply) and send it in to TransportSA. They will check the form out and send you a list of all the things your car needs to have done to it in order to be registered with a V8. Once you have completed everything on the list, you book a time and arrange to have the car transported to a location to get inspected by some TransportSA chaps. If your car passes, you take the piece of paper they give you, to your local rego office and register the car with the V8.
There is no cost for the application process, but there is a $215 fee for the inspection. If you fail, you will be given a list of what needs attention and will need to pay the $215 fee for a later inspection.
You can also purchase a permit which will allow you to drive your unregistered car to the location of an inspection and home again. Especially handy if you don't have a car trailer or other means of transport, but costly.
Anyway, here's the form you'll need. I do suggest that you contact TransportSA and ask them the process. They will ask for the specifics of your car over the phone and be able to give you advice on any extra steps you may have to take.
http://www.transport...tor Vehicle.pdf
#58
Posted 07 March 2009 - 09:06 PM
but there is a $215 fee for the inspection. If you fail, you will be given a list of what needs attention and will need to pay the $215 fee for a later inspection.
so no grace period to get anything needed before you have to pay for another inspection?


#59
Posted 07 March 2009 - 09:06 PM
so no grace period to get anything needed before you have to pay for another inspection?
From what I was told... no.
#60
Posted 07 March 2009 - 09:11 PM


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