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I took the car into Dickson today for Vehicle Inspection.

I failed on

1. Engine Oil Leak (Slightly leaky Oil Pressure Sender - $260??? meh i'll pay it)

2. Window Tint (16%, limit is 35% - bugger)

3. Non Matching Rims/Tyres

So what do people think.

I have 18x8.5's on the front, and 18x9.5's on the rear. They are nice wheels and the tread on the tyres is still good (~60-70%).

The guy said i need to get stock ones on, or get the car engineered, or prove that it was an option (and provide the necessary documentation).

How much is it likely to cost for engineering? will i need to do anything else? Is it going to cause me more problems?

Also, who can recommend a place for tinting - i need it done in the next week or so, Mac's in Queanbeyan is full till 28th sept.

Thanks in Advance guys.

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I personally wouldnt pay for engineers for just that.

Tint is a bitch you'll have to get rid of it, no other way around it, wheels swap with stockies, and get under with a rag around the corner and wipe off the oil before you go in :O

I personally wouldnt pay for engineers for just that.

Tint is a bitch you'll have to get rid of it, no other way around it, wheels swap with stockies, and get under with a rag around the corner and wipe off the oil before you go in :O

I just got quoted ~350-400 to get a certificate for the wheels.

Considering there is probably ~$3000 in wheels and tyres, and i'm likely to move states again in 6-12 months i'll probably just do that. He said to me that it would be no problem (initially he said those sizes should be an option - thus fine, but the placard didn't agree and well Inspector Kevin wasn't happy).

I'll look into possibly getting other things done to it engineered as well at the same time - depending on cost.

I'd rather have the vehicle 110% legal, you know in case of an accident.

I've decided (after words with my old man and the insurance company) to get a certificate.

Mostly due to the fact that once an engineer has sworn by it, no-one can touch you.

Anything else i should get engineered on the car at the same time?

Current mods are

FMIC

PowerFC (if i can get this engineered i would be so happy)

AVCR2 Boost Controller

Bosch Fuel Pump

Coils

the wheels will be iffy, as hte R33 only came with 15" factory, and seeing as you can only go 1 inch larger and 1 wider, i don't think you can get 18" engineered, only 17". as for the other stuff i'd just not tell them, they won't see things like computer or boost controller if you don't have it stuck on your dash.

i understand where you are coming from, not going to say my weidth on here but you need to have the same rim the same wiedth rims to pass rego. GO the stockies or Call John Willson for a report. Shouldnt cost you more then 400 for the whole car.

bah term you are a stagea n00b :3some: 33 gts-t's came out with 16' stock

maybe the series 2 did, but i'm pretty sure my skyline had 15" on the tyre placard. it had 17" when i bought it so i wouldn't know. leave my stagea out of this debate!

i'm too tired to prove anything, maybe later

Ah,a dollar for every time a girl has said that to me...LOL!

ANYTHING,providing it's done RIGHT,can be engineered.20's on a Gemini are legal,providing the load rating,overall width(and if not,speedo correction),wheel track,offset to body clearance,plus a number of other things,are dealt with. Twin turbo 1UZ 4 lite V8 in a Celica? Done. 9 litre turbo'd Chev' in a LH 'Rana? Road legal. One just has to take the nessesary engineering steps(not the report-actually make it roadworthy before said piece of paper...),and 'voila!' All good! Doesn't stop you from being harrased if you drive a/ like a d**kwad or b/ drive an obviously modified vheicle. but,if you have the paperwork to prove it,AND it's still actually legal,and not changed since the cert' was issued,bring it on! Good luck,nsanity:it'll all work out!

The car is now very very engineered.

Could you give a bit more info on what you went through?

I'm wondering what was checked, what tests you had to have done (if any) etc

And which engineer you went through?

Could you give a bit more info on what you went through?

I'm wondering what was checked, what tests you had to have done (if any) etc

And which engineer you went through?

John Wilson, AKZ Engineering.

Non-standard Rims/Tyres, 18x8.5, 18x9.5 rears

Non-standard Fuel Delivery System (Fuel Pump etc)

Non-Standard Exhaust

Electronic Boost controller

FMIC

Non-standard Coilovers

Body Kit

Strut Brace

Non-standard steering wheel

He measured the track of the vehicle, applied stickers, measured suspension height/travel, inspected parts, installation, checked id numbers, discussed future mods and how annoying Dickson pits is.

He basically went for a lot more, for piece of mind - basically if i get pulled over, i hand them the certificate, and everything is covered.

Took about an hour.

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