Skip to content
Aussieveedubbers

Approval from RTA needed to raise or lower car suspension

0 likes
Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit
Log in to reply

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#724387
heard it on the radio this morn

with any luck it may lead to the extinction of bagged mini-trucks and these dickhead P platers in old toyotas with cut springs and autobahn cannons 😂

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#724388
hear comes the fun police😵‍💫
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#724391
Not policing fun but stopping kids with no idea building death traps
you can lower it all you want but it must be done with engineers approval
this will also insure your car insurance wont be voided by unknown or badly engineered work
It might save a life
good idea I say
Keeping it real !

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#724401
cant even do that,
maxium drop is 5cm and thats only if the car still has 100mm clearance

having had a couple of stupidly low cars in my time I can see their point
alot of these cars are so low they have no suspension travel left,
hit one decent bump and it can head off in any direction like into the path of an on coming car

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#724408
100mm from where? the headlight?

I heard this, hopefully it will be as simple as a phone cal and a yay or nay.

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#724420
good more money for me for clearing defects😂
and doing adjustment of records with a engineers report number😊
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#724422
some cars clearance is min 200mm eg those Subaru wagons those young people lower other cars it is 100mm from the lowest part of car eg sump, exhaust , cross members. and you can not remove suspension bump stops .
Joel wrote:cant even do that,
maxium drop is 5cm and thats only if the car still has 100mm clearance

having had a couple of stupidly low cars in my time I can see their point
alot of these cars are so low they have no suspension travel left,
hit one decent bump and it can head off in any direction like into the path of an on coming car
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

BOOMERDOG Officially Full-On Dubber

204 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#724432
so considering my car has been lowered for over 23 years on the same settings this makes it dangerous??,do me a fucking favour!leave it out..
what a bunch of fucking knobheads!
so this now means i need an engineers report for something that was proffesionally built that long ago???
fuck this makes me mad..😬😬
they can go fuck em selves as far as i'm concerned..

WANKERS....
1954 street & strip oval
1967 karmann ghia
1972 type 3 fastback
1977 kombi

http://www.offdrc.co.uk/

polak Everything is alright with enough Vodka :P

913 posts · joined May 2009 ·

#724439
that is frikken crap, my car is 78mm off the ground on the nose and i still have heaps of suspension travel.... this is just a straight out revenue raiser if u ask me.... my car is how it should have come out from factory any car that is higher has clearly been raised and should face the scrutineering hahaha 🤓😁


VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#724440
polak wrote:my car is how it should have come out from factory any car that is higher has clearly been raised and should face the scrutineering hahaha 🤓😁
yep, that must be the case because i've never owned a beetle with more clearence than that either....weird 😎

toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#724441
BOOMERDOG wrote:so considering my car has been lowered for over 23 years on the same settings this makes it dangerous??,do me a fucking favour!leave it out..
what a bunch of fucking knobheads!
so this now means i need an engineers report for something that was proffesionally built that long ago???
fuck this makes me mad..😬😬
they can go fuck em selves as far as i'm concerned..

WANKERS....
so eloquently put, but so true
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#724450
The way I understand it is that it will only apply to mods done after August the first so BOOMERDOG dosn't need to wory about his present ride, after that date then an engineers cert. is required for anything lower than manufacturers spec and no allowance for anything more than 50mm, thing I can't come to grips with is the statement "Mr Daley says while drivers may think a lowered car looks "cool" it really is dangerous and any adjustment of more than five centimetres doesn't belong on the road." how can it be dangerous (without qualifying this part of his statement" when cars built for the track are considerably lower than standard just to make them handle better ie. safer cars.
While I personaly agree that some of those cars out there on the road are just stupidly lowered, once a cert is isued to say the work is done correctly with no advers effects on the vehicles safety then that should be that. There, my 2 cents worth with out one *^@+**^
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#724454
now boomerdog let all out dont hold back let us know how you feel
lol lol lol🤪
👍👍😂🙅🥷😬🤓

BOOMERDOG Officially Full-On Dubber

204 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#724455
sorry everyone for my outburst ,but it is just a blatent revenue making ploy,i don't sit on the fence me...
i've jumped through enough hoops just to get my ride into the country ,the amount of shit i have had to alter/remove/add ..THIS was the last straw for me...
i really do hope it is adjustments to suspension AFTER august?..anyone else confirm this?
1954 street & strip oval
1967 karmann ghia
1972 type 3 fastback
1977 kombi

http://www.offdrc.co.uk/

vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 ·

#724456
Well there goes every car i own😵‍💫
1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#724457
i'm moving to QLD 😂

polak Everything is alright with enough Vodka :P

913 posts · joined May 2009 ·

#724470
BOOMERDOG wrote:express your displeasure here..

office@daley.minister.nsw.gov.au
not a good idea as ill probably get arrested and charged with assult, slander and grievous bodily harm 😂😂🤪


VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years

XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#724472
how can they prove that the car was lowered after August 1?

Doesnt make sense 🙁

Both the Audi and the Bug are on their guts they better not get me to raise them 👎

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#724474
I think it means all lowered cars after August 1, not all cars lowered after August 1...
Pay your debts, CxxT

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#724479
Hi

This just proves that we some sort of modified car association, like the hot rodders have to talk to governments about these things, there is the street machine federation, but they seem to be pretty lame.

We now have another premier of this state who has never held a drivers licence, so this is what we get.

Steve

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#724480
VWCOOL wrote:I think it means all lowered cars after August 1, not all cars lowered after August 1...
What.... retrospective legislation??

Didnt / doesnt apply to any other rules that i am aware of

Indicators, seat belts, ADRs etc etc

Me thinks this hasnt been thunked through enuff
Futue te ipsum!!!

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#724486
Time to get the negotiating bozooka out boys. New slogan for QLD number plates"The Lowered State" Pay those revenue raises Boys and Girls so the pollies will have a bigger trough to gourge on. SOOOOOOeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh! Or just buy a new plastic mobile, forget about being different and drift gently off to sleep.....zzzzzzzz. May you always travel the road well followed and always pay your taxes.😁
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

MISS VDUB Administrator Mrs KOMBIBOB

2,565 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·

#724488
hellbugged wrote:i'm moving to QLD 😂
Spare room at our place buddy!😂

What a load of wank!
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#724493
Bizarre wrote:
VWCOOL wrote:I think it means all lowered cars after August 1, not all cars lowered after August 1...
What.... retrospective legislation??

Didnt / doesnt apply to any other rules that i am aware of

Indicators, seat belts, ADRs etc etc

Me thinks this hasnt been thunked through enuff

Yes. Keep in mind this is not really a *new* rule - you have required Engineers' for this sort of stuff for years and years.

I am not saying I agree with it ...nor disagree, yet ... and I agree, it has not been thunk about much... Does it mirror the Code of Practice? Is it based on empirical research? Stats? Does a 'blanket' number of 100mm take into consideration suspension design and type? etc
Pay your debts, CxxT

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#724496
As a famous man once said
"Abortion - it should be made retrospective"
Futue te ipsum!!!

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#724521
If you think you're angry, go talk to the 4WD brigade!

What is the point of owning a hilux if you cant raise it 3 feet and drop a 308 in it????

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#724532
Yeah, there's another point, why the arbatory 50mm, some cars that would hardly be noticed, others would have them sitting in the weeds, think your right, hasn't been thought through very well, seems like someone opened their mouth before they put their brain into gear.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#724535
how will this apply with the hotrod boys?
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go