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in certain context, lime scooters on a footpath are far more dangerous than say a moderately looked after p10. seen some with absolutely bald tyres

that second link from NZTA talks about tyre load and speed ratings suitable for the vehicle but do tyres on the same axle have to have matching ratings? it doesn't seem to mention it, so just to be sure. i mean, i'm guessing most tyres for typical passenger cars would have the ratings well above the required load and speed.

semi-related, how much of the guard has to cover over the tyre/wheel for it to be legal. most guards are widest at the top and tapers in down at sill level?

how often does this happen. if i was a layman who don't know nothing about cars (pretty much true), what am i meant to do?

who writes VIRM? having an interesting (but very trivial, to be honest) discussion with NZTA at the moment but they should ve been sent back to school first...

For installation of monsoon shields (and a whole bunch of others, quite often) VIRM says "In-service requirements for condition and performance must be met." What does it actually mean? The specific question I have though is, if there are any transparency requirements, can it be opaque (I think I've seen ones made out of metal, for older cars) for monsoon shields, If the area of the side glass where monsoon shield overlap needs to meet 35% VLT combined etc.

for NA vehicle, like a van or a wagon, is a cargo barrier requirement?

at least they are not 5¼" or 8"

"10. A lens is missing, or has a hole, crack or other damage that allows moisture or dirt to enter." asking for a friend. do i read it as crack is a fail or a crack that allows moisture or dirt to enter as a fail? in any case, if the crack is repaired, is it a pass or does the lens require replacement as a whole?

sorry. just wof.

the scissor jacking points on the sills are bent over and have some (what looks like surface) rust on them. the sills themselves look (and feel) fairly solid - i.e. jacked it up there and didn't crumble or crush any further than the existing damage. would it be ok just to wire brush and rust treat or do i need to reshape/unbend or whatever else to the original profile for WOF?

looked at virm, it reads like mirror tint on any glass is banned, including sunroof? don't some pulsars have them on back glass?

is harris pipe any good?

re: door cards, are there any other relevant sections in virm, other than interior impact?

@tortron https://www.trademe.co.nz/4229625791 says 5 speed manual and a busted engine. i need a gearbox not sure how good a shape it is in though.

that second photo has the unit is placed such that if you look thru that part of the glass, the vision is already obstructed with the bonnet, the right guard and the A pillar. but then i had a wof guy telling me A pillar gauges are interior impact fair as well. a bit off topic but i keep getting these wof guys telling me the sticker needs to be upper right of the screen (unless there is no screen or whatever), whereas i like it lower right, where it doesn't get in the way of my vision (especially at the lights) these days i dont bother arguing and just reposition when i get home.

Yes I get that but isn't it also bad having too long bump stops, which would be called into action far often than necessary, creating situations where the spring rate would go higher than necessary (but not as high as infinite in case the suspension bottoms out)? A genuine question, 'cos I don't know. In any case, I'm assuming WOF inspector would pass any bump stop that looks OE, e.g. factory bump stop for lowered version of the same car, because they don't know any better what length bump stop is meant to be there in the first place, right?

ok so there are generic ones with various length available? i thought i d just trim OE bump stop when lowered but i dont understand why modification s not allowed thats all. for what they do, that seemed like the logical thing to do.

The daily failed WOF on rear bump stop. Had a look at it and most of it is there (ok the bottom bit is a bit worse for wear) It's not missing much when compared to the online parts catalogue (parts ordered so will be able to see the actual difference on Monday) Is it fail? Also, I'm gonna get the car lowered by around 2 - 3 inches, what do I do about the bump stops - VIRM says they cannot be modified but if a car is lowered then bump stops should be shorter to suit the new ride height, else it'll ride on bump stop when it isn't intended to?

I looked up kilmat on the web and they seem all out of stock? Is it gonna be a permanent thing, if so what is the alternative go-to sound deadening?

took it to AA expecting fail on loads of stuff but just two, 13% VLT tint and rear bump stops - apparently bump stops are flavour of the month, according to a shop I took it to get it done.

yeah the fact they failed the old tyre they didn't pick up on recheck and saying the speed ratings dont match when its load ratings dont says much about them. as soon as i told him that i got the tyres myself and others jobs as well, the guy suddenly became picky on recheck. im going how come you didnt pick up on low tread on the other tyres but suddenly its a problem? oh well, enough dealing with dodgy outfits.

Im pretty sure I got fed BS by a wof inspector on recheck. 1. It failed on tread depth on 2 tyres, I got replacement ones and turned up he now says the other tyres are bad. 2. Then the ones I replaced had 91V rating (vs 94V on the opposite side, which didnt fail) and said its a different speed rating. I checked its actually load rating is lower. 3. I think he s just sour I didnt give him any work, cos I didnt buy any tyres off him (and a couple of other stuff - exhaust flex joint was leaking, which he pick up but it turns out the failed rear engine mount was yhe cause. Also I did brake pad change myself) So how do I report this guy so he doesn't try on another sucker

i suppose my cul de sac does make a good place to park parts cars. any of w10 stuff fit y10 at all? there is a white one at avondale with quad round head lights and some bodykit ish stuff on it.

hoping that one end up at pick a part soon, it seems to be out of wof and reg all the time