twosmoke Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Question: Cortina has a cert. On the plate it has measurment from top of gaurd to centre of wheel, as they do. When I got my cert I didnt have time/funds for custom springs so it got certed pretty hi in the front. It no runs King springs front I went for VTNZ wof the otherr day and it failed because the height on the cert plate does not match up with the measurment. I was under the impression King Springs did not need certing, where could I find this info to take into VTNZ? The springs are captive. Cheers Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 King Springs on a standard car are fine so long as they don't go below the legal 100mm, you car is cert'd at a particular height so that factor is irrelevant. I imagine you'll have to re-cert or jack it to within tolerance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H05TYL Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 King Springs on a standard car are fine so long as they don't go below the legal 100mm, you car is cert'd at a particular height so that factor is irrelevant. I imagine you'll have to re-cert or jack it to within tolerance. Yup, sad but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 damn. falcon is certed and a different height every wof and have had no troubles with it for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 ^becasue wof inspectors are too busy cleaning there pants up from jizing when they see if to check height etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 haha. jizz/gearbox fluid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 yea tbh most wof inspectors will not check such things , the anuses at work actually failed a car for being too high saw plate and figured why it wasnt at cert hieght , ended up with guy at lvvta telling the zimbabwaen prick to go away and come back when he had some sense . Back on topic though , yup as soon as you get a cert it has to go by that cert . no more oh i might run 14's instead of 17's etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Stink, will put standard springs in for WOF then. Bit of a gay one tho considering the springs are for the struts I have in the car. I guess they do change steering arm angles tho and I have changed all shiz which cert states. Oh well an hour to change springs aint no major. Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 So say I had a car that was to badly damaged/rusted to repair but I had another mint shell that I wanted to transfer all the good bits into. The only downside with the new shell is that it is dereg so is there any way that I can "legally" transfer the live plates tags and chassis number onto it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 i'm pretty sure if you run a chassis the tags should stay with that and body on top is irrelevant if the same, then for monocoque i would argue it to based on a majority of parts say the subframe (where chassis number is stamped and all running gear end up on it) you could argue the the car is made of 70% original parts and therefore its original with, ?%of the body replaced with recycled parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 The car is a monocoque with a big ugly chassis number stamped into the fire wall. I gess im thinking is it possible to change the chassis number that curently belongs to the tags on the wreaked shell to the number that is on the good shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 it is possible and can be done but not so legal and if caught im pretty sure nzta cancel the regos on both cars and cant be re regoed ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Technically its illegal to change plates and tags from one car to another. Its called car conversion and would attract a prison term. The reason it is frowned on is criminals can do it to change the identity of a stolen car.. In reality if you are doing it to keep a car going and you have records that you owned both cars then do it properly,then getting caught would be pretty hard. If someone did catch you - you most probably would get into shit but doubt you'ld get anything more than a huge bill from a lawyer and a criminal record.. IMO - It would be pretty hard to get caught though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Yea theres no legal way, but a real good chop job on the tag and lick of paint and you'll be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Gutted I was really hoping there would be some way to do it legally without having to go for re vin+cert+repear cert+first rego which is some thing stupid like $350 for 6 months. The other car is still wof and reged to so a weekends work for a quick cut and shut is sounding a lot better than $1500+ for a re-vin right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJZ Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 What's the deal with redrilling strut tower tops? I need to drill at least one more hole in the top as the struts I want to put in use a 2 bolt top mount where the old ones were 3 bolt. Any strengthening etc required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I welded up all 3 in my car and re drilled them in a different spot. Can't see it being an issue with strength.. skim of bog and some paint and no one will ever know anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 my viva has a 12a rotary turbo with a suck through carb- when i get it cert'd will the cert plate say exactly that.? Or will it just say 12a rotary - turbo charged. In the future i may like to change from carb to injection but dont want to re-cert it. Also- if in the future i was to go back to n/a, put a nikki carb back in place and loose 40bhp then surely that wouldn't require a re- cert? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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