Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hi Guys,

I am after some info on the legalities of car mods in Victoria as I am moving to melbourne just before/just after christmas.

Could you please let me know if I will have any problems with the authorities using my car in Melbourne. I can probably keep the WA plates on it for a few months, but in the end I might need to register in Vic...or can I keep it registered in WA and drive on WA plates? Any knowledge on this will be greatly appreciated :O

Pics:

mods:

MECHANICAL

Garrett GT35R .82 exh housing

High mount exh manifold

Turbosmart 48mm pro-gate

Turbosmart V port BOV

Apexi N1 exhaust

Custom front & dump pipe with removable pipe to become screamer

Hybrid 100mm FMIC custom piping

Z32 AFM

Pod filter

Bosch 044 fuel pump

Sard 850c injectors

Sard fuel pressure reg.

Tomei poncams

Power FC & boost control kit

ORC cerametallic clutch

Blitz DCIV digital compact turbo timer

D2 Coilovers

Oil catch tank with breather

COSMETIC

400r front bar

drift side skirts

high spoiler

18" x 9" carlsson rs rims

falcon 265's front & rear

Nismo aluminium pedals

Nardi torino steering wheel

Bride brix seats

Pillar mounted defi gauges (water & oil temp)

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/143401-moving-to-melbourne/
Share on other sites

  • Replies 61
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

keep the wa plates & rego

no hope of vic rego with all the crap on it

and if you get major defect in vic youll be sent to epa

which will check everything, no hope of passing with turbo, ecu, gate, catch oil etc

keep the wa plates & rego

no hope of vic rego with all the crap on it

and if you get major defect in vic youll be sent to epa

which will check everything, no hope of passing with turbo, ecu, gate, catch oil etc

Thanks Paul :O

Do you know how it will affect insurance if I have it registered in WA, and then need to claim in Vic?

Thanks Paul :)

If I join SAU VIC can you post the gear over here? or do I need to wait until I have a Melbourne address?

oh...and do you know if I will get much crap from the police because of the WA plates?

Thanks mate

:O

Jason....I've done the exact opposite and moved (albeit temp) from Vic to WA...you should've asked me about it at the drags :O

Forget getting your car rego'd in Vic with obvious big mods like on your car.

Basically the rules are that if you still have an address in WA you can keep your WA licence and rego. If not, you can keep them for a max of 3 months before you need to change them. It will only be after this 3 months that you won't have a leg to stand on in regard to police.

Any other questions feel free to PM.

Jason, as i told ya a while ago... you come with that car... pray.

And pray hard.

Its the only thing that might save you :O

If you get pinned and sent to the EPA, its pretty much remove every mod on the car and return it to standard.

You can join SAU-Vic anytime, we'll post to WA no problems :)

With WA plates you might get singled out more

Plus you car from the exterior doesnt exactly look standard... so you will be a target.

What area of Melb are you going to be in?

Insurance wont matter, but if you live in Vic for 4-5 months and are permanent, and you insure the car in WA as a residency, they i think you'll be voiding your policy.

Best to talk to the insurance company about that.

Vic - you can keep the WA rego/license for 3 months only. After that you wil get fined also if your pulled over and they find out you've been here for a while

:)

Jason....I've done the exact opposite and moved (albeit temp) from Vic to WA...you should've asked me about it at the drags :P

Forget getting your car rego'd in Vic with obvious big mods like on your car.

Basically the rules are that if you still have an address in WA you can keep your WA licence and rego. If not, you can keep them for a max of 3 months before you need to change them. It will only be after this 3 months that you won't have a leg to stand on in regard to police.

Any other questions feel free to PM.

Thanks Ant...I knew you came over from Vic, but didn't get around to asking you about it. If you will be at the member dinner and/or cruise I will have a chat to you about it :P

I can leave the car registered at my parents place here, so that will be ok, and insurance is combined with their car/house insurance :)

Vic - you can keep the WA rego/license for 3 months only. After that you wil get fined also if your pulled over and they find out you've been here for a while

Only if you don't have a residential address in WA Ash.....

and Jason I will be on the cruise mate. :P

Jason, as i told ya a while ago... you come with that car... pray.

And pray hard.

Its the only thing that might save you :)

If you get pinned and sent to the EPA, its pretty much remove every mod on the car and return it to standard.

You can join SAU-Vic anytime, we'll post to WA no problems ;)

With WA plates you might get singled out more

Plus you car from the exterior doesnt exactly look standard... so you will be a target.

What area of Melb are you going to be in?

Insurance wont matter, but if you live in Vic for 4-5 months and are permanent, and you insure the car in WA as a residency, they i think you'll be voiding your policy.

Best to talk to the insurance company about that.

Vic - you can keep the WA rego/license for 3 months only. After that you wil get fined also if your pulled over and they find out you've been here for a while

:)

Hi Ash,

I will be praying hard :P Most likely will be around the Brighton East area.

Surely there are guys there with pretty modded cars...how do they get around it?

your goin to get raped :) nice car btw

Thanks :P will have to keep my back to the wall then lol

Only if you don't have a residential address in WA Ash.....

and Jason I will be on the cruise mate. :P

Cool, I can have keep a residential address in WA :) Will have to question the insurance policy about being in a different state to the registered address :P

See you on the cruise :) ...or before :)

Only if you don't have a residential address in WA Ash.....

and Jason I will be on the cruise mate. :P

But if the same copper see's him once, and then 2-3 months later... and with WA plates its a standout for sure.

Questions will be asked... questions you dont really want.

Unless i was mistaken about how the rules work... you cant have a car rego'd in WA and be living in Vic (over 3 months) even if you have a residential address, its not classed as your residence if your not living there permanently

Hi Ash,

I will be praying hard :P Most likely will be around the Brighton East area.

Surely there are guys there with pretty modded cars...how do they get around it?

Thanks :) will have to keep my back to the wall then lol

They dont drive thier cars @ night

In high-risk areas

Dont hit boost anywhere

Have quiet exhausts

Stock wheels/body kits

etc etc. The less attention the better basically is the aim if you wanna try live :)

Either that or they have RB26's with low mounts and live a hassle free life :)

Brighton isnt too bad, im only 10mins away. But when you get here i'll show you where to and not to go haha ;)

Just be careful where you drive it and how you drive it. If you are doing a lot of night driving with few other cars on the road, you will stand a higher chance of being pulled over.

I have been driving around the Brighton area for 4 years plus on and off and never once seen a car being defected and only once a traffic car parked up. Its a nice area and several others could probably elaborate more like Sarahb.

Is it a daily driver as if not, several people drive more outrageous cars for weekenders only and dont get a lot of bother.

But if the same copper see's him once, and then 2-3 months later... and with WA plates its a standout for sure.

Questions will be asked... questions you dont really want.

Unless i was mistaken about how the rules work... you cant have a car rego'd in WA and be living in Vic (over 3 months) even if you have a residential address, its not classed as your residence if your not living there permanently

They dont drive thier cars @ night

In high-risk areas

Dont hit boost anywhere

Have quiet exhausts

Stock wheels/body kits

etc etc. The less attention the better basically is the aim if you wanna try live :)

Either that or they have RB26's with low mounts and live a hassle free life :)

Brighton isnt too bad, im only 10mins away. But when you get here i'll show you where to and not to go haha :)

haha cool ;) I will let you know when I arrive and we can go over the safe areas :P

Just be careful where you drive it and how you drive it. If you are doing a lot of night driving with few other cars on the road, you will stand a higher chance of being pulled over.

I have been driving around the Brighton area for 4 years plus on and off and never once seen a car being defected and only once a traffic car parked up. Its a nice area and several others could probably elaborate more like Sarahb.

Is it a daily driver as if not, several people drive more outrageous cars for weekenders only and dont get a lot of bother.

what is the problem with driving at night?

It will mostly be a weekender only, and it sounds like tht is the way to keep it :P

brighton has porsches and ferraris - but down beach rd i have seen a fair few imports.

This might be a very long way of doing things, but cant he borrow stock parts, install them, get the car registered and what not and then put back the mods? Thats if he wants to have Vic registration?

Bah - Ask Blaise about the secrets of the WA 'get out of jail free' plates.

He'll be in the grey Lancer being pulled over somewhere near Perth :P

So was it a good experience with the secret or a bad one? :P

yeah what ash said... try and take off the stickers, keep the noise down, and try and make it near legal height...

should be OK

oh and don't drive like a pratt

The height is sitting on 100mm which is the legal limit here...is it the same in Vic?

Thanks for all the info guys :)

Insurance shouldn't care where its registered, but you should give them the correct garaged address.

I don't know what it will be like with WA rego, but with NSW rego you can get the renewals sent to a Victorian address, so you don't even need a residential address out of Victoria.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • No, your formula is arse backwards. Mine is totally different to yours, and is the one I said was bang on at 50 and 150. I'll put your data into Excel (actually it already is, chart it and fit a linear fit to it, aiming to make it evenly wrong across the whole span. But not now. Other things to do first.
    • God damnit. The only option I actually have in the software is the one that is screenshotted. I am glad that I at least got it right... for those two points. Would it actually change anything if I chose/used 80C and 120C as the two points instead? My brain wants to imagine the formula put into HPtuners would be the same equation, otherwise none of this makes sense to me, unless: 1) The formula you put into VCM Scanner/HPTuners is always linear 2) The two points/input pairs are only arbitrary to choose (as the documentation implies) IF the actual scaling of the sensor is linear. then 3) If the scaling is not linear, the two points you choose matter a great deal, because the formula will draw a line between those two points only.
    • Nah, that is hella wrong. If I do a simple linear between 150°C (0.407v) and 50°C (2.98v) I get the formula Temperature = -38.8651*voltage + 165.8181 It is perfectly correct at 50 and 150, but it is as much as 20° out in the region of 110°C, because the actual data is significantly non-linear there. It is no more than 4° out down at the lowest temperatures, but is is seriously shit almost everywhere. I cannot believe that the instruction is to do a 2 point linear fit. I would say the method I used previously would have to be better.
    • When I said "wiring diagram", I meant the car's wiring diagram. You need to understand how and when 12V appears on certain wires/terminals, when 0V is allowed to appear on certain wires/terminals (which is the difference between supply side switching, and earth side switching), for the way that the car is supposed to work without the immobiliser. Then you start looking for those voltages in the appropriate places at the appropriate times (ie, relay terminals, ECU terminals, fuel pump terminals, at different ignition switch positions, and at times such as "immediately after switching to ON" and "say, 5-10s after switching to ON". You will find that you are not getting what you need when and where you need it, and because you understand what you need and when, from working through the wiring diagram, you can then likely work out why you're not getting it. And that will lead you to the mess that has been made of the associated wires around the immobiliser. But seriously, there is no way that we will be able to find or lead you to the fault from here. You will have to do it at the car, because it will be something f**ked up, and there are a near infinite number of ways for it to be f**ked up. The wiring diagram will give you wire colours and pin numbers and so you can do continuity testing and voltage/time probing and start to work out what is right and what is wrong. I can only close my eyes and imagine a rat's nest of wiring under the dash. You can actually see and touch it.
×
×
  • Create New...