Bearded Baldy Posted July 14 Posted July 14 Beauty cheers, I will make the changes then send some photos to local cert man/have him come around and have a look before i zap it in. Needed to know if it was a feasible idea before i started. Wicky. Quote
NickJ Posted July 15 Posted July 15 This popped up today, the kind of geometry and load paths that remind me certs are a good thing. 5 Quote
NickJ Posted July 16 Posted July 16 22 minutes ago, Bearded Baldy said: Yeah, the welds offer quite a range of integrity! What sticks out most to me is the load path from the link on the left would put the rod end on the diff in bending, using standard design logic this is really bad news although can be allowable in rare cases. In this situation, its not a fun time to imagine the reaction of the car to that link failing. 1 Quote
Mof Posted July 16 Posted July 16 I'm seeing the whole axle rotating with suspension movements. What's the rest of the axle attached to? 3 Quote
smokin'joe Posted July 16 Posted July 16 13 hours ago, Mof said: I'm seeing the whole axle rotating with suspension movements. What's the rest of the axle attached to? but the Tuning Book said extreme pinion angles are good for extreme tractions Quote
cletus Posted July 16 Posted July 16 13 hours ago, Mof said: I'm seeing the whole axle rotating with suspension movements. What's the rest of the axle attached to? looks land rovery probably has an upper wishbone attached to the middle of the diff that you cant see 1 Quote
GARDRB Posted July 16 Posted July 16 It looks like a "my kid could fab that" version of what the v8 superutes ran 2 Quote
morkster Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Please what's the story with dpf delete on a newish vehicle? -You get a tune, and a test done like this: And if it passes you're all legal? Quote
AllTorque Posted July 20 Posted July 20 Yes. First NZ registration pre 2010 don’t need the emissions test. 1 1 Quote
Bearded Baldy Posted July 25 Posted July 25 I am 99 percent sure i am overthinking this, but when seat mounting plates say the rivets must be as 'close to parallel to the centerline of the vehicle', it doesn't mean the rivets have to be in the center of the plate does it? Becauae all the pics in the paperwork i can find are like this... I can just put them in the corners eh? Like this. Orange plate being the backing plate obviously. Quote
Bearded Baldy Posted July 25 Posted July 25 Wicked thanks man, i knew i was reading too much into the pictures. Quote
Bling Posted July 25 Posted July 25 Those pictures make more sense if you are using off the shelf doubler plates. I just had top bolt to do in my car so was able to use them. 1 Quote
Bearded Baldy Posted July 25 Posted July 25 Thankfully the seatbelt mountings are all there from the factory. But it is almost like these 35 year newer seats were not designed to be backward compatible. Quote
jessemk2 Posted July 26 Posted July 26 On 20/07/2026 at 10:54, morkster said: Please what's the story with dpf delete on a newish vehicle? -You get a tune, and a test done like this: And if it passes you're all legal? This is the main reason I brought a 2010 Doesn't have dpf and first mod was new exhaust with cat delete and re map. 2 Quote
chasinthemirage Posted July 30 Posted July 30 I've clearly not had my fill of suffering in my life because I'm looking at purchasing a 1965 Land Rover Series 2a. Been a long time since I've bought a modified vehicle so I have some q's: It's been fitted with a Holden 186 and is on paper declaration rather than cert. Are these still valid provided that the vehicle matches the paper? Curently has WOF and reg and is on original plates. 9Is there anything that I need to look out for with declarations? As far as I'm aware NZTA have copies of some of these but not all. At this stage I don't know if the paper is the original or a photocopy, unsure if this matters. Also, it's a 1965 model so I believe it would have had headlamps in the radiator panel from factory. It currently has headlamps in the wings per late 2a's/3's etc. I'd like to change it back to original spec, is this something that would require cert/should it be on the declaration paper? Quote
cletus Posted July 30 Posted July 30 they are still valid If EVERYTHING matches. so for example if it says it had a 179 on the declaration, and now it has a 186 or it had 15x6 wheels but now it has 16x7 then it would need to be re certified. they are also quite vague and leave a lot of detail off, like the headlights, it is very unlikely that a declaration would have had that on there this is just because the expectation of what should be covered by a cert has changed a huge amount over the years, even when the cert system started, the level of detail was very very different to what is expected now, this has changed even in the time ive been involved also a declaration was never a statement of the vehicle being safe, it was only to prove that the mods were done prior to the rules coming in, in 1992, so the motor could be mounted with baling wire and cut up gumboots, and it could have a declaration tbh modified cars seldom last this long without something getting changed so i dont see them very often that are still legitimate 5 1 Quote
chasinthemirage Posted July 30 Posted July 30 @cletus thank you that's good to know! Will make sure I'm very careful to check everything matches if I do end up buying it. Assume if it doesn't match then it's either put it back to as on the declaration or just get it certified? Probably easier to just get cert and be done with it tbh though. What's your opinion on the headlight placement? Would you have issues if a vehicle was bought to you having had the front clip swapped? As far as I'm aware it's all a straight swap with factory components. I potentially have a couple of leads on an early series 2 front end so shouldn't be too much drama to convert back to original if I buy it. Quote
cletus Posted July 30 Posted July 30 43 minutes ago, chasinthemirage said: @cletus thank you that's good to know! Will make sure I'm very careful to check everything matches if I do end up buying it. Assume if it doesn't match then it's either put it back to as on the declaration or just get it certified? Probably easier to just get cert and be done with it tbh though. What's your opinion on the headlight placement? Would you have issues if a vehicle was bought to you having had the front clip swapped? As far as I'm aware it's all a straight swap with factory components. I potentially have a couple of leads on an early series 2 front end so shouldn't be too much drama to convert back to original if I buy it. If you are returning it to OEM spec, its not an issue at all for cert, as its technically not modified If you were going the other way, ie early front on a later one, then we would have to apply the light standard, and check that it complies with light positioning /angles of visibility etc 1 Quote
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