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On the basis of your earlier posts if you follow the legal requirements, such as airbags had to be an option, remove all the bits then why to you need the airbag removal to be engineered.
Surely the vehicle is back as built as a standard non optioned vehicle and meets all ADRs. If there is anything in the vehicle documents or tags such as compliance plates then I could understand the engineering requirement.
Good luck with it.
Garry
You live in Canberra Gary, you dont have to deal with Vic roads:(Quote:
Originally Posted by garrycol
Vic Roads are a pain in the but when you want to get anything done that is not just registering a standard vehical with nothing changes from when it rolled off the line.
I have heard of them knocking back a Hilux for having BFG Mud terrains that were only 32" and no other mods not even suspention.
Also on an all wheel drive Jeep they ok'd a RWC with different brand, tread and measured size tyres on it when I complained that it wasnt a legal RWC so I went through head office and got it over the pits where they found a lot more stuff the dodgy RW mech didnt do, by the way, if they had just left the 4 Nankang tyres that were on it when I signed for it I wouldnt have been such a mongrel about it.
There are good and bad people that work at VR's but if you get a bad one they will not do a thing for you.
It is easier sometimes and even in some cases cheaper to just go to an engineer as if you roll up with an engineers cert they rarely know where to check if it is legal or not either.
Quite interested in this thread as I am coming back to Aus next year. I will be bringing back my 1991 Discovery as it's not worth anything over here and it's still in good nick. However my problem is as follows.
Car was a 1991 3 Door (200 series) first registered in SA. After living in Aus for 3 years it was shipped back to England. But, about 4 years ago someone side swiped me with a trailer and drove off. To cut a long story short we fitted a 1996 300 Series ES bodyshell. This came with all the ES goodies and Airbags. The Airbags appear to be operated by a pair of sensors fitted to the end of the chassis rails. I have also fitted my winch bar which also came from Aus but was not designed for an vehicle fitetd with Airbags. I was just wondering if I am going to have problems registering it when I bring it into Aus. Will be registering it in Brisbane.
If it sounds like it's going to be a load of trouble I'll just take the airbags out and fit non-airbag bits.
Rgds
Ivan
The problem is Garry that we are assuming that the parts are identical between the two model variants.Quote:
Originally Posted by garrycol
He want solid proof, not assumptions.
While I believe it is getting a bit ridiculous, he is correct.
He engineering cert is also his career / livleyhood / liability
The removal of the airbags is still abit of grey area when it comes to body lifts. Everyone shys away from it.
He wants to make sure that the car is still at the same spec as it was when it was crash tested as a model variant without airbags.
Anyway, im not whinging, just got to doing then get the cert.
At the end of the day, its only time and money :)
Cheers.