Disco 2 UK to AUS conversions

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Having been through this, I believed that seat belts had to be compliant with the relevant Australian standard, that is, had to bear tags declaring compliance with standards. I have been made to change belts on imported vehicles to achieve compliance.

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Yes, our grey import Nissan Civilian bus had to have the seat belts changed. The front park lights were supposed to be changed from amber to clear lenses but Nissan wanted hundreds of dollars for new ones - so some clear lenses were borrowed.

I understand that you will also need to have the equivalent of a safety certificate (MOT inspection?) prior to the vehicle leaving the shores of the UK.

I know of someone who had an LR in South Africa and they had to take their UK registered vehicle to Aus via the UK to get a MOT.

Someone they knew didn't and had to send it back to the UK, as it wasn't allowed in without the MOT inspection. ($5k round trip).

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Originally Posted by bsperka

I understand that you will also need to have the equivalent of a safety certificate (MOT inspection?) prior to the vehicle leaving the shores of the UK.

I know of someone who had an LR in South Africa and they had to take their UK registered vehicle to Aus via the UK to get a MOT.

Someone they knew didn't and had to send it back to the UK, as it wasn't allowed in without the MOT inspection. ($5k round trip).

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I had alot of this before I bought my 90 over

Alot of forum people saying

I had a mate who blah blah blah

Most of it turned out to be wrong and miss imformed

A couple of things

Yeah as said as long as the car has kph on the speedo then it is legal

My 90 seat belts did not need to be replaced and they have the correct ADR numbers on for compliance

I did get an MOT before I left the UK but only for my peace of mind so that I knew when it went for it's roadworthy in aus I knew there was not going to be any problems. I was never asked for one and never showed one

Ali

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Originally Posted by p38arover

The front park lights were supposed to be changed from amber to clear lenses but Nissan wanted hundreds of dollars for new ones - so some clear lenses were borrowed.

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Never understand the park lens thing as the disco has orange lens' for both park and indicators in one.

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clubagreenie what vehicle do you want a speedo for? The one in the wifes 90 will be available shortly.

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D2, if anyone wants to swap.

If you hold down the trip button then the Odometer changes to KM's :D

When we moved from South Africa we had two new cars. It worked out to be far cheaper to sell them and buy new ones in Australia due to the amount of work required when bringing them over - custom inspections, seat belts, tyres, a lot of paperwork and wait time, etc. That was 13 years ago now, probably even more these days!

If you have proof that you owned it for 12month and have been in the same counrty as it, it is what's known as a Personal import, as long it RHD it will be pretty right, Roadworth and speedo change a side. It is different to a grey import.

John Greene at Probe engineering Burke St Wynnum in Brisbane can confirm what is required. He is a QLD DOT approved engineer, he does this stuff all time. Mostly just paper work and a plate attached to say it doen't have an Oz complaince plate as it is a personal import.