edz
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2" rule - has more problems
The motoring council and car clubs in the ACT have complained about the ridiculous nature of this law as ACT RTA are looking at it. I've been involved in the protest.
Rod, there is a way around it for some- the words are 50mm from the trim height - defined as 'wheel centre to top of wheel arch opening' - simple, drop the wheel arch opening - with a bit of cut and shut! (might be tricky on the 'no bling beast')
There are 2 major points that have been missed in this discussion - if your vehicle deviates from the specified trim height at all, it must be engineered, blue slipped (have a registration inspection) and then have the change in height noted on the registration papers. This is noted in the 3rd and 2nd last paragraphs. If not, the Police can defect it! Saying you're okay if your vehicle is already registered is incorrect, it clearly states that if you modify the height, this change applies!
That brings us to the final point, the police and RTA use data on your vehicle height that has been recorded wrongly. All Australian manufacturers enter the data on cars on a Federal Govt website (Dept of Infrastructure) with up to 5 variants recorded in the same page. However, due to a poorly designed site, the only trim/ride height shown is the first of the 5 variants entered. - here's the site called the Road Vehicle Certification System (RVCS) so you can check this out yourself. It's a bit 'unuser friendly' but this a link to a VE commodore http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/perl/35628_696760R_RVD_08Sep2006144439.cmd to see what I'm talking about, note V6 and V8's mentioned, yet at the bottom only the first varient is shown under Suspension'. I know this for a fact as the guy I am working on protesting against this with in my car club used to enter the data on the webpage! This is the one the police/rta see when checking your car.
The motoring council and car clubs in the ACT have complained about the ridiculous nature of this law as ACT RTA are looking at it. I've been involved in the protest.
Rod, there is a way around it for some- the words are 50mm from the trim height - defined as 'wheel centre to top of wheel arch opening' - simple, drop the wheel arch opening - with a bit of cut and shut! (might be tricky on the 'no bling beast')
There are 2 major points that have been missed in this discussion - if your vehicle deviates from the specified trim height at all, it must be engineered, blue slipped (have a registration inspection) and then have the change in height noted on the registration papers. This is noted in the 3rd and 2nd last paragraphs. If not, the Police can defect it! Saying you're okay if your vehicle is already registered is incorrect, it clearly states that if you modify the height, this change applies!
That brings us to the final point, the police and RTA use data on your vehicle height that has been recorded wrongly. All Australian manufacturers enter the data on cars on a Federal Govt website (Dept of Infrastructure) with up to 5 variants recorded in the same page. However, due to a poorly designed site, the only trim/ride height shown is the first of the 5 variants entered. - here's the site called the Road Vehicle Certification System (RVCS) so you can check this out yourself. It's a bit 'unuser friendly' but this a link to a VE commodore http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/perl/35628_696760R_RVD_08Sep2006144439.cmd to see what I'm talking about, note V6 and V8's mentioned, yet at the bottom only the first varient is shown under Suspension'. I know this for a fact as the guy I am working on protesting against this with in my car club used to enter the data on the webpage! This is the one the police/rta see when checking your car.
