Bling Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Thanks for that, would certainly have a paper trail to show it was done to the correct specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banga Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I’m looking to swap out the bench front seat in my Cortina with a pair of GT Cortina bucket seats. The issue being that they only mount at the front and the rear slides to give forward/back adjustment- you can set the vinyl patches under the rear in the pic where the rear slides. The front seat mounts have a stopper built in so they can’t flip forward. My read is that I might have issues getting these certified as the way they mount wouldn’t really give the same level of strength as a modern production vehicle? 2.8(2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Advice on places to purchase compliant steering universals , Kruzin customs in palmy are out of the size I need 9/16 36 spline to DD x2 to make my intermediate shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Pg hydraulics G R engineering Suggest using the clamp style joints not the grub screw type, they always come loose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKM400 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Booked in for cert on some coilovers in Christchurch this week, wanting to check I have everything prepared, and if I'm missing any info he will need. Alignment was done this week and has been setup within OE tolerances, have the alignment sheet for the certifier. Access to the strut tops in the rear is behind the seat back. Currently I have the rear seats out as I'm still setting up the damper adjustment/fine tuning the ride- will leaving these out for cert make his job easier, or does he need to see the car fully assembled? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Best option is to ask the certifier what they want you to do. They'll all have their own preferences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiRge Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Tried to search but nothing came up in the first couple pages. Repair certs vs "Getting a panel beater report for repairs"/wait 28 days, fix it yourself, then go for a recheck. What's the flags in the WOF system for noting which stuff requires an actual structural repair cert? How does a regular person know if it's something that will require an actual repair panel beater vs something that can be done themselves (Like for a piece of surface rust that is larger than 3cm etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Repair cert= for unregistered vehicles or ones that have been written off If the vehicle is registered, then it wont need a repair cert to pass wof 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I got told when my car failed on rust, I could either bring back a receipt from a panel shop for the repair or bring the car back with that area in bare steel to show the wof guy the repair. I paid a panel shop and just returned with a receipt and got a wof 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I am looking at options to put some decent brakes on the front of my 1968 Firebird. Summit racing has these kits from Classic Performance that use C% corvette calipers, discs and hubs. The question I have is will the aftermarket spindle pass certification or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Cpp stuff is usually ok, the main concern with aftermarket spindles is what they are made of and what the spindle pin is made of, the fact that kit uses a bolt on wheel bearing kit gets rid of the spindle pin issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 39 minutes ago, cletus said: Cpp stuff is usually ok, the main concern with aftermarket spindles is what they are made of and what the spindle pin is made of, the fact that kit uses a bolt on wheel bearing kit gets rid of the spindle pin issue Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm quite keen on these new Sparco Stradale seats for "oldschool aplications". Issue is that they have no head rest. Is this going to cause an issue? For reference, my current Racepro seats are 810mm on the F dimensions. Here's the only pic of them in a car (Datsun 510) that I can find: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 6 hours ago, zep said: I'm quite keen on these new Sparco Stradale seats for "oldschool aplications". Issue is that they have no head rest. Is this going to cause an issue? If you have anything hard within 300mm of the back of the seat then yes you will need a headrest, I suspect the cage will be your nemesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 16 hours ago, KKtrips said: If you have anything hard within 300mm of the back of the seat then yes you will need a headrest, I suspect the cage will be your nemesis. Ah yep. I imagine even the b pillar would be within 300mm. There are a severe lack of new retro inspired buckets that look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 B-pillar wouldn't be a problem, more what is within headstrike distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A head rest doesnt have to be part of the seat, it could be attached to something else, it is reasonably common for hot rods to have them attached to things like the roll bar or to the body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 4 hours ago, cletus said: A head rest doesnt have to be part of the seat, it could be attached to something else, it is reasonably common for hot rods to have them attached to things like the roll bar or to the body Do you have any examples of this? Could that just be roll Cage foam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 There is a head restraint standard https://lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards/LVVTA_STD_Head_Restraints.pdf As an example, from memory a d21 datsun ute has bolt on head rests, you may be able to use something like that and make mounts to attach to the roll bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thanks. I'll see what I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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