Thread: qld vehicle modification rules

Don't get to excited to think you have found some black or white...... There are so many buts, if's and maybes.....also due to the ruling in the LVC, and the category that LR's fall under, some rules are applied from the heavy vehicle code. On top if all that it is determined by the individual you are dealing with, and even then DOT have final say.

Originally Posted by uninformed

Don't get to excited to think you have found some black or white...... There are so many buts, if's and maybes.....also due to the ruling in the LVC, and the category that LR's fall under, some rules are applied from the heavy vehicle code. On top if all that it is determined by the individual you are dealing with, and even then DOT have final say.

I thought that might be the case given that even with the short read I had I saw serveral points that could be taken different ways; and it gives a refrence point to start from.

I would like a ruling on whether a RR clasified as a higher spec model to a disco, given that the chassis was the same? (1990's) if so you dont need it engineered if you change from the 3.9 to the 4.6 if the brakes are changed as well?

Originally Posted by blitz

I thought that might be the case given that even with the short read I had I saw serveral points that could be taken different ways; and it gives a refrence point to start from.

I would like a ruling on whether a RR clasified as a higher spec model to a disco, given that the chassis was the same? (1990's) if so you dont need it engineered if you change from the 3.9 to the 4.6 if the brakes are changed as well?

its good to throw questions out here, but at the end of the day the only way to be certain is to speak to either a DOT approved engineer or DOT...from what I have found there is way to much miss information on the net from people that have had mates do this or know a guy that did that etc etc, and no mater how correct some one here is, if the DOT wont let you then its no go.

I know a guy that has had some stuff engineered and DOT approved, but I wont use him as an example for stuff I want to do, as it may make DOT look harder at him and then renig on his stuff.....thats how silly it is because its one big grey area.

Originally Posted by uninformed

its good to throw questions out here, but at the end of the day the only way to be certain is to speak to either a DOT approved engineer or DOT...from what I have found there is way to much miss information on the net from people that have had mates do this or know a guy that did that etc etc, and no mater how correct some one here is, if the DOT wont let you then its no go..

Yep go to the approving source sounds good to me, so how do I find the engineers that have experience in modifying 4wd's?

I've tried yellow pages/google but dont seem to be using the right sets of words or maybe my brain is on holidays as I keep drawing a blank; any help appreciated