Thread: Insuring an imported Td5 90

Originally Posted by Reads90

mmm i was talking about steering guards , tread plate rear wheel carrier and bolt on stuff like that

Not 40"tyres portals and stuff like that .

When i got mine tested it took 2 mins and cost me near $300 for the compliance plate and import and modification plate. The chap who i was told by the transport department (afterwards) that he was the strictest in QLD. But all he did was check that the glass was glass for cars. The seat belts had the correct kite mark, and the engine and chassis numbers matched with the import papers. And that was it. He did not care about the rear wheel carrier or the rear NAS step and tow hitch, the A Bar or the so called roll bar in my 90 soft top. Same thing happen with the Queensland transport when they looked at it . And as for the roadworthy well compared to the UK MOT it is an absolute joke
All the " experts "on forums worried the hell out of me before i imported mine and becasue of that i did not import my other 90 which i whish i had now
BTW my 90 had at the time of import steering guards , A BAr, Rear nas step and tow bar , Diff Guards, So call roll Bar and not one of them to my knowledge was ADR


Ask Psimpson7 he had the same when he imported his 90 and his 90 is alot more modifieid than mine .

Well i am going off a landy i registered from another state (so the same country,) they had me angle grinder the roo bar and the side steps off etc.
he argued that i had extended the chassis and did not have a engineers cert. even though 130 defenders are standard kit ...so assuming one from outside Australia would cop heaps more heat ....but maybe it's just W.A. that have fascist vehicle examiners ?

Originally Posted by lardy

....but maybe it's just W.A. that have fascist vehicle examiners ?

Nope - they have a branch in Adelaide too