Adoom Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 My steering rack tie rods are slightly bent, right where the thread ends. They are now no longer available. Can I use heat and a long pipe to bend them less bent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 I recently tried downloading the NZ Car Construction manual by following the link on the LVV page but never received it via email? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Checked junk mail? If not there, just try another email, got mine instantly last time. After I lost it on my PC somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 I doubt it, not without extra strengthening. The factory shock mount is whats taking all the load,the two other holes will do very little. Id bet it would flex the way it is That style upper arm cant be certed either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 The shock mount on the lower arm would probably need some work too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARDRB Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 A lot of the stuff that Stab Fab guy does is kinda scary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Cops are clueless and shouldnt have the authority to “inspect” shit they know nothing about. now it’ll be a costly RE check right 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 23/04/2023 at 19:04, cletus said: The reason you can't modify bump stops without cert, is there are many situations where if you trim the bumpstop, something bad could happen. Shocks bottoming out, ball joints binding, etc etc The manufacturer sets the bump stop length to prevent these bad things happening It is a big problem with coilovers, people do not understand how important bumpstops are 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Put it back to stock and live happily ever after. You'd potentially find that it can't even be certed as you have modified it anyway as you need to have a working suspension system with acceptable suspension travel to pass cert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Funny thing is, my car never featured bump stops, so doesn’t have any at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linearentropy Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Increasing steering angle. I get quite fuzzy with the terms thrown around in the standards. Specifically toyota lower ball joints as pictured below. You can get cast items, not cut and welded that increase steering angle. (And i'd assume quicken up steering?) Is this something that is legal? Assuming there were no other issues caused, so rubbing of guards, frame rails or contact with control arms, is there any reason these cant be certified. I'm guessing they change ackerman but thats over my head at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 @cletus What's the deal with making seat mounts like this? I have Sparco sliders that I'd like to bolt to them. Is welding them with end plates like that ok? I don't need them to be removable, and I'd only be able to put doublers in the trans tunnel, not in the sills. Should be way stronger than the stock mounts that I was going to make an adapter plate for, since they are just spot welded in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 That’s how rallycars have their seat mounts usually. no cert required when running authority card. but street cars would require cert for them. both ends would require a plate welded to the mounting point. have read the requirements in the msnz manual somewhere. im considering doing this set up in the wrx and do away with the NZKW mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Hill Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I've done a couple mk2s like that, they are authority card cars though. Mounting plate has to be a certain size and I think 3mm, rails need to be a minimum of "x" dimensions too. All pretty straight forward You also want crush tubes obviously, and the last guy I worked with wanted an example of the tubes I used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 You buy a kit from palmside for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 23 hours ago, Kerry-TGI said: @cletus I do get it, I'm probably venting. What's my best course here? Download the Car Construction manual and check your truck against the requirements. You might be ok if its not super low. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 10 hours ago, linearentropy said: Increasing steering angle. I get quite fuzzy with the terms thrown around in the standards. Specifically toyota lower ball joints as pictured below. You can get cast items, not cut and welded that increase steering angle. (And i'd assume quicken up steering?) Is this something that is legal? Assuming there were no other issues caused, so rubbing of guards, frame rails or contact with control arms, is there any reason these cant be certified. I'm guessing they change ackerman but thats over my head at this point. Likely to be a case by case thing that will have to go through Design Approval process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 16 hours ago, shizzl said: You buy a kit from palmside for them https://palmside.co.nz/collections/seat-brackets/products/seat-mounting-kit-x-members This kind of thing? Would not require crush tubes as it's not bolting through an open section. I'd wonder about which is strong enough though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Yup that’s it. they hold up fine in rally cars even after cartwheeling down a bank. the weld on tabs are good, allows you to move the seat inline with the steering wheel if it’s on the piss from the factory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 1 hour ago, shizzl said: Yup that’s it. they hold up fine in rally cars even after cartwheeling down a bank. the weld on tabs are good, allows you to move the seat inline with the steering wheel if it’s on the piss from the factory Sweet, hopefully Clint comes back with the go ahead for certing purposes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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