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1 hour ago, xsspeed said:

a bit newer and pricier but E12 Note Nismo, anyone driven one? 140hp 1.6 5spd manwell

little bit tempted to try one to see if it could fit the bill for school drop off/town commute

Have certed 3 of them as they are technically, modified . Rear discs, engine, suspension,  wheels and trim are different. 

Not particularly fast but as far as late model cars go , pretty fun to drive with a proper manual box 

Yes. 

Adrenaline r are good, I have a single 3.5" at the back on my car

When I was doing noise testing they were a muffler that actually worked, rotaries usually needed a couple of them though. 

The other thing with China is they make a thing, ie coilovers , and over time it will have multiple different brand names attached to it but it's the same shit in a different colour

1 hour ago, Toddy415 said:

 

All valid points on both sides of the argument, most of my family have cars over 2000 so yearly wofs and some of there cars are falling to bits rough as guts, all my / wifes cars are earlier than 2000 so all on 6 monthly wofs we have some immaculate cars and look after them pretty well. Really doesn't make sense why we are on 6 month wofs and the ones who don't care about their vehicles are on yearly with cars. every car should have the same wof frequency.

The problem I have with certs is how many of us actually have the money to build the car we want in one go? For instance we certed one of our cars for coilovers and wheels adjustable arms etc. a year later we changed wheel size, we should be going to get cert updated for this but haven't yet. We have now also done more mods so will go for re cert in the near future but it is just another thing to keep up with. In the perfect world you would cert everything in one go and be done with it but that is not a reality for most of us car people. I am not sure how the system could be improved regarding this but just my thoughts.

if i recall correctly, the reason for going to 12month wofs was to encourage people to buy a later model, safer car

now that time has passed, 2000 isnt a newish car any more...

i did read something recently that suggested that the year should be changed again to make cars over 10 years old or whatever number they came up with go back to 6 month wofs

i agree the cert thing would be better if it was cheaper to do cert updates, and i think that was part of the idea going to the new EDP system, but it unfortunately has not happened, it still costs a certifier the same amount to submit a cert every time, and due to some inconsistencies with different certifiers, it can sometimes take longer than just starting from scratch to do a re cert

A good rule of thumb is if the manufacturer won't even put their name on the product= bad 

Dunno about other certifiers, but I wouldn't cert them 

It's quite interesting how much hp it takes to drive a supercharger- there's a lot of load on the front of the crank

Sometimes you can get a tiny bit out of it if there's no adjustment, by loosening all the bolts in the rear suspension and put a ratchet strap around the bottom of the wheels , tighten it a bit and do all the bolts up again

That sheet is in degrees and minutes- that means 2°30' is your max not 2.50°

So only one side is over on the rear

I'd just raise it a whisker and avoid having to buy arms

yep hes under way

0273468708

i think he got the green light, but then got sick or something

not sure if hes into it yet, just messaged him

There is a new guy- Jody Thompson 

He's a good sort

*laughs in slammed double cab straight piped turbo courier/bounty*

Bulkhead fitting ?

https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/hansen-tank-fitting-male/p/159364?store=26&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2pyuBhBKEiwApLaIO3ylA2TZp5aZN_0GjGP7HZyi9tBLyo3FJdkqQQZsAr4Lq32JKvCY0hoCFzMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Unfortunately that would really cock over the geometry, cause bump steer and less than ideal camber curve

I dunno why but tyres in the US seem to suffer from perishing /dry rot worse than other places? 

Maybe in non rainy areas they keep the cars outside more 

Many years ago I bought a fake auto meter monster tach off trademe, I thought it was the real thing 

This was before fake stuff was commonplace 

It was shit, it lagged way behind actual rpm 

O S Nats are on in March, there's a cruise to a museum in Cambridge that's worth checking out

2 hours ago, BlownCorona said:

fucking hell she must have fleeced alot of $$. pretty sure you wouldn't get jail time for doing an actual petrol drive off (nor should you unless serial offender)

lold at people vandalizing their own cars to avoid paying rucs. hope that's a wof fail and they get stuck paying for some kinda certified sparky to reinstate. surely it would need some kinda airbag removal / fuel system bodge style cert anyway to reregister as fuel only, might aswell lower it and fit a decent engine at the same time.

Had someone email me the other day wanting a cert for removal of the charge point

Lvvta is still figuring out with NZTA if it needs cert/can it be done/ what category a certifier would need  

2 hours ago, Alfashark said:

Yeah, the wife was working for an outfit that took care of all that jazz. It's a bit of a fuck around, but pays to do it if you're a heavy user and despite the apparent ability to game the system to your advantage, it's nothing like that in reality - Serials, model numbers, figures of fuel consumption per Km or per hour and if things don't add up, then you get a visit that usually ends in tears. 

 

Is it only for businesses,  or can anyone claim it back?