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ranicx

By ranicx,
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I could be wrong but standard with the R33 you have the normal tissue box size intercooler and the piping passes through the front guard so once going to a mechanic it should pass fine.

but I could be wrong about the plumbing for a stock R33 as I have a R31 with two HUGE holes for the 3 inch plumbing running through the guards

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Even if they tick full inspection it will not be necessary as this is only for steering or major defects. Worse case scenario just put the stock cooler back on.....blue slip will only check off the listed defects, not look for more.

hope this makes u feel better :)

thats right.

you only need to go somewhere that does blue slips. all they need to do is say all of the defected items now comply, not check the whole car.

d0p3y Grand Master

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Can't see how there'd be a problem getting a blue slip for that, should be sweet mate as long as your mechanic isn't an asshole. I wouldn't be too worried, could have been worse. At least they didn't give you any EPA or Noise related hassles.

Worst case scenario just bolt up a standard cooler, if you don't have one handy I'm sure there's plentyof people on here willing to lend you one. But from what I can see, it's a bullshit defect anyway, and you shouldn't need to change anything for a mechanic to pass it. I very much doubt they'd see that as defective or unsafe.

croat Mentor

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i was with my mate in his VL turbo a few years back. we were driving down paramatta road at around 70kph (normally). an undercover cop decides to pull us over. he defects us for bold tyres (which were borderline passable) and a hole in the firewall. yes thats right - A HOLE IN THE FIREWALL. i almost laughed. anyways he would not let us drive the car and put a sticker on it so we had to tow it home. what a bastard!

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ranicx

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Thanks for all the support guys!

a mate at work has a copy of a Light Vehicle Code of Practice for modifications, or somthing along those lines.

anyway. we looked into it, (while getting payed at work for this too ;)) and figured out that it must be because since the hole has been made in a crumple zone, it has weakend it, so makes it crumple much more easily than before. and its ilegal to weaken the crumple zones, but you can make them stronger with out any problems.

so if by same chance, i dont get passed for that reason, im going to get a metel plate with a hole in it, welded on that spot, to renforce the hole.

anyway, im heading down to see how i will go with the blue slip tomorrow.

oh and since i hace rego in like 1 week, if i had this blue slip, i wouldnt need a pink slip for rego then would i?

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ranicx

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well the plaec i had details for isnt answering there phone, and the other 6 places ive called ether dont do Blue slips, or wont do it without an engneering cert for it all.

does anyone know of any places i can go?

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sorry to hear all this Ethan ;)

I had 2 hwy guys gover over my car - an older bloke who relised I took my car to the track - was cool with everything, told me to drive safely home, then the young cop told me to open the bonnet, and looked at my airbox - made by unifilter. he said i was "game having that there as it could catch fire"

my reply..."what, my heatsheild/airbox going to catch fire? thats why its there mate.."

old cop - cool, young hot shot - power trip.

he evenasked if I had a bov - I said yep, showed him and said "factory, plumbed back as per factory."

he didnt like me...haha

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yeh they are real pricks to skyline owners alot of the time aye.. dont get my wrong though, alot of cops that have pulled me over for RBT are not too bad.. but some are just out to defect you it seems like.. i just happened to get that one guy.

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ok well got the defect cleared today.. payed $240 for a 30min job that i could have done my self. all he did, was take the intercooler pipe off, make up and cut to size a rubber boot, put it over the pipe, so it fitted between the hole and the pipe, and put it back together.

not happy jan..

although for the blue slip i had to get done, it was just a simple, are your tyres ok? do your lights work? is there any majoir damage on your car or parts that are broken. do your brakes work ok? and so on.. and it was all good in that regard.

so i guess in a way, it was cheaper then having to go get it engineered, which one place wanted me to do before they would pass it.

as for the fine, i have contacted our local MP (and close family friend) and explained everything that happend to him, and why i think it was unfair and reasons why i may have mad a mistake and should be just let off with a warning this time.. he said he will see what he can do to help me out.

but even if all goes well.. i still have to borrow money to be able to pay my rego. :D

ah well, such is life when the cops hate your car

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ranicx

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nar thats cool vic, dont worry about it.

yeh now i just got to give the RTA a call and see if the blue slip i have is good enough so i dont have to get a pink one, and then get the defect cleared via the RTA and pay for rego, and then give Just Cars a call and update my insurance policy.......

hmmmm so busy, so many car things to do

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just an update..

car rego'd today, and the blue slip that was used to pass the defect was good enough for rego because it was a full inspection, although they did have to over ride the system or sumthing :)

anyway who.. im broke! yay! .. stupid rego :P

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Thats good to know mate...

I also have been told by a cop before to get a engineers certificate but the funny thing though is that he asked me to get one for my radiator.

Idiot asked me why do I have 2 radiators. ahhaha.

While I was trying to hold myself from laughing, I just told him that it was on it when I bought it. hehehe

So he just let me off.

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