No Compliance Plate

[tdr]

Hey guys,

just a quick question on a car. My mate have bought a car (and is now in vic) from nsw, it is a mr2 mk1 supercharged. Now it was reg'd in NSW, doesnt have a compliance plate, or a vin stamped on the body. Now VIC rta wont change the rego over due to the lack of these two things.

Now i was hoping you guys could give me some advice to pass onto my friend, ie:what happens now, best way to clear it up....

thanks again

Todd

[funkymonkey]

AW11's would have come in under 15 year rule, so no compliance plate is issued.

It should have a VIN on the body or rivetted onto a plate and an import approval for when it was imported though. If it dosen't have a VIN stamped on there, then take it to a VACC workshop and give them the old reg papers and the import approval. The VIN of the car is usually 6U90000XXXXXXXXXX where the X's are made up using the car's original japanese VIN (which is less than the required 17 for the australian system). In any case the import approval should have your original VIN and your australian VIN (as this document is the link). The workshop should be able to stamp your car if the documents are all in order.

[someonestolecc]

Same as my cef. No compliance plate.

Maaan each rego was fun, arguements with blueslippers.

[Beer Baron]

funnily enough the last 2 cars I imported and had complied under the 15yo rule both HAD compliance plates issued, and affixed to the body, and both had a seperate little plate with the new aussie full VIN.

[tdr]

hey guys thanks for the quick response,

my mate has an old rego paper from nsw from it was last reg'd with the vin number on it, but he cant find a vin on the car. So he has the new aussie for the veh, but its not stamped on the car.

So a) if he cant get the import approval what is the best thing to do

and b) will just rego papers with the vin on it be worth anything??

Thanks again

[Duncan]

DOTARS can issue a copy of the import approval if you need that. I would be surprised if one state accepted another state's rego when the actual car doesn't prove what it is.

Every car is AUS needs an AUS Vin before it is registered, even my rally import car has one RALLYxxxxxxxxx

[sigsputnik]

same as beer baron for my 15yo.

[MFC05]

All 15 year old imports should have a blue compliance plate and metal plate stating the VIN number i know all QLD 15 year import has to have one i thought it was all the same through out Australia

[someonestolecc]

I believe at one point 15yo imports didn't need a compliance plate, then they did, then they didn't.

This is of course second hand info - but I know for a fact there are some 15yo imports without a compliance plate that are legit.

[funkymonkey]

15 yr old imports aren't regulated on a national level like the SEVS scheme, so the rules are pretty adhoc and at the discretion of the registry/workshop.

Even the rules for compliance vary between states and engineers... eg in VIC you don't need to change the seatbelts, you can retain 15 yr old japanese rubbish, wheras in NSW you have to turf em and get the ugly taxi buckles.

[Beer Baron]

not sure on that funky. I've never had to change seatbelts in NSW. As long as they are E marked they are ok to stay as is.

[funkymonkey]

when i took my ceffy in to reg it in NSW (having been complianced in VIC) with all the right paperwork, I was told to go see a engineer on the list they had, and he told me I needed to change my seatbelts, even though the car already had been registered in another state and had registration history for over a year.

[kudos.motorsports]

It is not too odd for vehicle imported under the old 15yr rule not to have a new VIN issued, as this was only needed for vehicles manufactured from 1989. It is acually quite uncommon as there was only a 2yr window for this to happen.

However your vehicle should have some sort of engineers’ plate riveted to the chassis, usually in the engine bay. Or at least an engineers' report stating the work done.

[Rednisr31]

sounds a bit gay

my passage has a blue personal import plate from 1991 on it