Does this affect you?
Link:- https://leaders.myelectorate.com.au/crm/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url....

Think it will affect my dad's hot rod.
It's a 1937 hudson terraplane and is
considerably lower than standard.

original height

I had a quick read and to be honest it sounds fairly reasonable for the most part. Less than 50mm can be self certified, by a competent person. But what I cant see is how a person is deemed competent? Maybe I missed something?

Do we have a publication date yet??

On page 5 it says:

"This VSI No. 50 applies to vehicles modified and notified to the RTA or presented to an AUVIS after [publication date + 6 months]"

So we essentially have 6 months post the publication date, which at the top of page 1 is "TBA" to get things lowered under the current rules.

Just as well I'm about to get mine done, not that I would have a problem under the new rules (although with at least a 2 inch drop it would need a blue slip), but how much more of a pain would it be

as it sits now. It will come back up alittle
as he has not finishe the fabrication of
the suspension. He stopped working on
his to help me work on my type three.

it says no to drop spindles, could affect a few vws

is this document just for NSW or is it going nation wide? i'm a little worried, i'm restoring a 59 cadillac, heres a promo pic and as you can see the "trim" is deff in the negative prospective. no engineering trickry here, its a factory promo picture!
vee-dub boys note that dropped spindles are OUT!!!

It's not retrospective.
So if your car has been modified and then rego'd, it sounds like it's ok.
My apprentice was in a rush to get his airbaged hilux signed off on when they announced it, so it wouldn't affect him.

Have they passed this yet?? Or are we in the + 6 months??

Were drop spindles ever legal in nsw?

you can go more than 50 just need eng cert. but not more than 150 . still has thw 100mm law , think most of this is towards newer cars and 4x4's old cars would more than likely be in a case by case .

Hi

I think this new VSI50 is a step in the right direction, 150 mm is almost 6 inches.

Never been keen on dropped spindles.

The hot rods have very strict rules about what is a hot rod and will never allow that to change, even for US style cars post 1948 and would never allow a VW to be treated as a hot rod.

Steve

It hasnt been passed yet.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/vehiclestandards/raise_lower_vehicles....

alot of business will be lost if it does pass , 6 inch drop is not much for a splitscreen bus , most of that is with the change of tyre

allegedly, a young bloke has his air baged car parked in a car park, car nearly sitting on the ground,while he is at work and gets a defect for his being lower then 100mm.
the car has a engineers report and a adjustment of records on the rego papers matching the engineers cert saying air bags fitted.
So my question is why the defect for being lower then 100mm??????????????????????????????
allegedly the police do the rite thing as he had to check the car and owners detail on the net to write out the defect notice.??

Hi

I guess that if the car has air bags fitted it must still comply with minimum height requirements of 100 mm, whether its driving or not.

Steve

I dont see any air bag cars like that, they all sit down low so

Hi

I followed a Hi Lux the other day, it was dragging the arse on the ground with the front in the air, what happens to headlight aiming in that case, up in the trees I would guess.

Before Rose says anything about being online, I've been working on my bug all day.

Steve

A Type 3 is equipped with "variable height suspension control system" (aka splines) and so can be slammed to minimum clearance see point1, on page 4.

Also the "Ground clearance over peak in road" method is totally dependent on wheelbase. So a large car can not be as low to the ground as a much shorter vw.

Go the Type 3's.

Ho hum.

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Originally posted by bus914 A Type 3 is equipped with "variable height suspension control system" (aka splines) and so can be slammed to minimum clearance see point1, on page 4. Also the "Ground clearance over peak in road" method is totally dependent on wheelbase. So a large car can not be as low to the ground as a much shorter vw. Go the Type 3's.

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Originally posted by ian.mezz Quote: Originally posted by Special Air Service Quote: Originally posted by 1303Steve Hi I guess that if the car has air bags fitted it must still comply with minimum height requirements of 100 mm, whether its driving or not. Steve The way I read it, is that adjuctable ride heights must not be able to be adjusted whilst the vehicle is mobile. Dumping it on the ground while staionary in a car park etc should be legal. Thats how I read it. Which I think is the current regulation on that issue anyway. Cheers Brendan yeah allegedly this car was park and the owner was at work, the young bloke come in late to day when we were leaving work to go home, He had to get the defect cleared and it was as easy for him to just push a button. and the car was 100mm maybe we didnt get the whole story.

There's nothing grey about it, a car park is a road-related area and hence your car must be registered and comply with all roadworthiness rules. If it was on private land such as a driveway, then you could legally argue that they have no right to defect you, but in a public road or road-related area, parked cars are fair game.

As far as I can work out, the main reason that you're not allowed to leave parked cars slammed to the ground is that it makes it too difficult to tow your car away if your are parked illegally. Rules are rules nonetheless.