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China will put whatever standard they feel like on a lens to sell crappy light to round eyes You will probably find they won't meet wof beam pattern requirements though

I'm not sure what's up with redline saying they can't be certified, it may be an ass covering statement, so they don't have to warranty any that fail cert. It's not a loaded arm so should be OK provided the welding is good, sometimes the robot who does the welding at hardrace forgets to turn the gas on or forgets how to weld, then the grinder robot has to come over and grind it out for the welder robot to have another go Also sometimes there are bind issues with hardrace stuff. Generally it's OK though. I'd steer clear of anything aluminium if you can, that can be challenging to certify unless you can get proof of what it's made of and there's no doubts ie don't buy anything that could have been made in China. Lower arms are no good due to them being loaded ie they support the weight of the car , and there's a threaded rod end that has a bending load on it. Can't be certified unless you get an engineer to supply calcs they are suitable, none of the arms checked meet the loading requirements as far as I've heard

There's a YouTube video which shows it a bit better, there's another wave shaped part that pulls the piston back down

I like the fairing,where did you get it from?

I remember your bagged c10 from a long time ago, i also quite liked that hilux , was a bit tempted when you had it for sale , i have half heartedly thought about selling my c1500, and modifying a hilux in a similar fashion

I like how you dont muck around. Some rhd conversions have pretty rugged workmanship hiding in firewalls and wiper panels... Are you a diesel mechanic?

Hi gibbon do you need a new best friend

I spent quite a while trying to get some proof that the chassistech spindles i had for my chev were chassistech ones, in the end i gave up and bought new belltech ones

Nope. Just cleaned it Trans got the same treatment

As far as paint goes? I painted this 10+ years ago with bunnings enamel paint from a tin When i put it in the green car i just cleaned it and gave it another coat of the same stuff. Block is iron but the heads and manifold are aluminium It holds up pretty well

Nope. Could not get used to balloon spec tyres, thought it looked yuck every time i pull the cover off so put 205/60/14 back on the front. Wof time again too,should be ok ive only driven it 3 or 4 times since the last one

Probably a question best left for when you have the parts , attachment to the vehicle and where that attachment is are as important as the parts themselves I generally avoid telling anyone any parts are ok based on photos , i have been threatened with legal action in the past because i told someone some arms looked ok, they bought them and they were shit , and they wanted me to pay for them

that falken thing was fairly short lived it was only valid for a specific model of tyre which has been discontinued apparently it was one countries office of falken that released that alternative size chart, and once the main office of falken found out, they said nope, cant be used any more. lvvta continued to accept the falken sheet for that model of tyre. i havent seen any for a long time though

Correct, but depends on the car. Some vehicles that have the bump stop on the shock are designed to have more load through the shock , so need less/no strength added

If its an aftermarket belt ie Autoliv, then you can swap for a webbing type one, they make them all the same

Yes has to be a matched set

Sometimes putting a slight rounded edge on the pads where they contact the disc can help with squeals

Yes, recert, any post declaration mods would have to be to current standards, mods on the declaration would get an exemption from some things , there are sections in the CCM for pre 92 mods It is pretty rare to see cars that match the declaration, usually they have some mods like different wheels over the years

Related there was an accident recently which involved a car with a declaration, which did not match- it had been modified further after the declaration there was some rumours that NZTA wanted to make declarations void after that, but i dont think anything happened, apart from this Inspection news (nzta.govt.nz)

this the aliexpress bags have quite a low pressure rating which may not be suitable in some cases internal design features are not ideal on some of them

Does it have a cert on it, and some red suspension arms? It looks familiar

If the vin tag shows signs of being tampered with, it can cause headaches Common signs of this are spinning the rivet head when you drill it out, the tags get damaged easily They are also glued on, when they are scraped off the tag gets damaged in a way that makes it obvious its been removed

In regards to what? Cert rules? Or wof ?

Or whittle up your own copies of original lower parts that arent forged or cast, then you could weld them straight to the tube

Another idea into the pot Instead of welding to some standard cut down struts Get a couple of flat plates cut out with the bolt pattern to suit, and weld those directly to the BC strut tube? Might be something to discuss with your certifier/ might need design approval