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L7back Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#967626
This is a bit of a concern.Bought 1x Sprintstar wheel last week as a spare and found this sticker on the side of the box. Makes me wonder whether these wheels are safe or even legal in Australia. Any thoughts?

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rickp Officially Full-On Dubber

200 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#967632
everything is illegal in california
😂

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#967634
rickp wrote:everything is illegal in california
😂
I'd rekon we could add, 'and Australia' to that statement.

I'm no expert on the subject, but I'm thinking if they aren't off a factory vehicle they are probably meant to have some AS/xx standards approval.
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,787 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#967642
yes - rather than AS it should have ADRxxxxxx on it

A lot of VW parts have "for off road use only"

Even quality parts from germany that are TUV approved are not legat here until you have been engineer approved

That all said - safe and legal are two entirely different conversations
Futue te ipsum!!!

fish26 Fahrvergnugen

903 posts · joined Jul 2007 ·

#967785
I say delete all trace of this thread and run the wheel........😂
bitten by the bug..........several times

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#967787
If you drive your car with a blown tail light your car is illegal and unroadworthy. The sticker is a lawyer clause same as medicines they list ALL possible side effects that way if you take them to court you cannot say you were not warned. My2c
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#967801
I can't remember seeing that label on any parts etc I have bought
but its shown on US WEBSITES and US VW Magazines and US VW Parts Catalogs etc
and its on Most [virtually ALL] aftermarket stuff sold for air cooled VWs.. plus some standard parts that were used on North American Beetles EXCLUDING California..
California Had VERY STRICT Non pollution Laws.. well before everyone else.. So, modifying any vehicle made it illegal to be driven on California roads

it means that it ISN'T legal in the state of California and must not be used on public roads in the state of California..

So, its OK in the other Lower 47 states plus Alaska and Hawaii..
and Australia..
they are just covering themselves from any liability..

although to be really Legal in Australia , it should have an Australian approval etc number.. but do You think there is a listing somewhere for a tail light lens approved for Australian beetles??

I don't think so, plus most of those tail light lenses with an Aust approval number on it would be well and truly gone now... apart from the glass lenses.. lol ..
and I don't believe anyone checks anyway...

The tail stop lights need to be RED and the rear blinkers Amber..
to be legal in Australia.. that is all that is looked at... Plus a reflector

Nothing non original on Our beetles is really legal.. but they are not checked etc... a wheel that sits outside the mudguard is illegal regardless of where it was made...

cheers

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 ·

#967804
It's on most of the empi stuff.... I think it was even on an oil filler neck I bought on the weekend. Just ignore it

GottaSplit Seriously Crusin Dubber

101 posts · joined Nov 2010 ·

#967819
fish26 wrote:I say delete all trace of this thread and run the wheel........😂

😂😂😂..... my thoughts exactly Fish
1960 11 Window

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#967834
As i have said before alot of aftermarket parts sold in Australia by resellers have not been approved for legal use on public roads, , this leaves the end user responsible for that including the engineering, ask before you by.

bugzla Custom Title Time!

1,164 posts · joined Jun 2007 ·

#967873
just don't get the shits with the copper that pulls you over and fines you because they are not adr approved

L7back Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#967973
Interesting stuff. I come from an Electronic wholesaling background where it has always been the importers responsibility to provide safe and legal product to consumer. Eg, we have to have easy access to all reports and test procedures ( regarding safety standards ) carried out on all products that the company makes available to the general public. If I was to buy this wheel over the internet, sure, buyer beware, but this wheel was purchased from a local importer that has the responsibility of providing a safe and legal product!

Either way I'm going with Fish26"s suggestion and running the wheel. please note this thread may self destruct at any moment.
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bugmaniaar Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#967974
Hmm ..
You see on the news at times that some government department has raided/seized dangerous toys be it for small parts/paint or some non compliance....
What would the difference be with car parts??

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#967976
Unfortunatly reseller is under no obligation to comply the parts they sell to you, this is not like the electrical whole sale bussiness that is regulated to the max so nanna does not get electocuted, the responsability lies with you , he just forgot to mention to you that they do not comply when he sold it to you, have you asked the bussiness for the engineering paper work that he received when he submitted the wheel for destructive testing. buyer beware, if everbody asked that question when buying parts it would soon sort out the issue.

pfillery Insano Dub Head

734 posts · joined Dec 2011 ·

#968016
1916baja wrote:It's on most of the empi stuff.... I think it was even on an oil filler neck I bought on the weekend. Just ignore it
Yep, also on scat stuff like decorative chrome things for your engine, oil breathers and full flow parts, even the bolt for the generator pulley has it on the pack.

There is also a lot of LED lighting that states the same because its made overseas and doesn't comply here, even though if you look logically, it puts out a better light than a bulb, technically its not allowed.

Covering themselves, thats all, like putting "Caution, contents may be hot" on the side of a takeaway coffee cup or "Do not fold and stow in boot with infant in place" on a pram (yes I'm serious, sewn onto a label of a pram we owned).

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#968021
pfillery wrote:
1916baja wrote:It's on most of the empi stuff.... I think it was even on an oil filler neck I bought on the weekend. Just ignore it
Yep, also on scat stuff like decorative chrome things for your engine, oil breathers and full flow parts, even the bolt for the generator pulley has it on the pack.

There is also a lot of LED lighting that states the same because its made overseas and doesn't comply here, even though if you look logically, it puts out a better light than a bulb, technically its not allowed.

Covering themselves, thats all, like putting "Caution, contents may be hot" on the side of a takeaway coffee cup or "Do not fold and stow in boot with infant in place" on a pram (yes I'm serious, sewn onto a label of a pram we owned).

LOLOLOL 😂😂😂

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