Legalities Of Intercoolers

[R34NRG]

so while im driving along this fine afternoon im pulled over by the red and blues. standard engine check, licence, address confirmation ect ect, then he goes back to his car. im sittn there thinkn all is good until he comes back to my car and issues me a defect saying i need to get my cars intercooler checked for Air Bag safety protocals. im like wtf do u mean protocals theres nothing wrong with it. the policemen explains that unless he sees a engineers cert saying the cooler is legal my car is defectable.

is this true? outta no where slaps a defect on me and asks for a engineeers cert to clear the defect for a cooler about some Air Bag protocals.

bumped into the guy around hallam so if u got a FMIC stay away lol.

Edited April 2, 2007 by anDru

[paulr33]

ask vicroads

[R34NRG]

i asked victoads and they said, well if it needs one it needs one......

but ive never heard this before, and last time i checked the certs are like 500-600????

[TracidTrax]

lmao at Airbag protocol, thats a new one

bad luck man, this might be a pain in the ass to get cleared

[TracidTrax]

oh and one other thing id like to add, if a cop wants to defect u he will! they will always find something, i keep my car really low so when i get pulled over i always get defected for height and sometimes they dont bother to check anything else as they just tick "Major Defect" and off I go - Easy fix

[GTR_STEALTH]

LoL...that definetly is a new one!

I dont see what the fmic has to do with airbags. I'd be looking at the OPI as an option....i smell bullsh*t

Edited April 2, 2007 by GTR_STEALTH

[Rekin]

Perhaps he may have used the same law in regards to bullbars on uts/4wds?

I think when bullbars are installed on car it is somehow mounted to activate airbags in case of an accident?

Although i could be wrong...

Hope you get it cleared without any probs

[R34NRG]

i know im not F*ckn getting a Engineerers cert, but what are my options? and whats this OPI?????

the guy explains that if i get into a crash the intercooler may interfere with air bag protocals, i guess he means my air bags may not be functional.

any ideas wat i can dO? cuz the po po is telln me to get a cert, and vic roads is following what he says like howard follows bush...

man this is 2 defects in like 2 weeks

Edited April 2, 2007 by anDru

[R34NRG]

oh and one other thing id like to add, if a cop wants to defect u he will! they will always find something, i keep my car really low so when i get pulled over i always get defected for height and sometimes they dont bother to check anything else as they just tick "Major Defect" and off I go - Easy fix

dont they ask u to get a RWC?

[TracidTrax]

i know im not F*ckn getting a Engineerers cert, but what are my options? and whats this OPI?????

U cant reason with the cops, your only option is to get an Engi cert or take them to court and u will most likely loose

man this is 2 defects in like 2 weeks

Welcome to SE suburbs

[TracidTrax]

dont they ask u to get a RWC?

yep, major defects tends to = full RWC

i got pulled over last year and the cop checked my exhaust, he gave me a defect for my exhaust not being "EPA compliant", he says my exhaust tip was too big and i said its not really loud and i have the CAT on so whats the problem? he didnt say shit and still gave me the defect - All i did for that was went and got an exhaust dB test to clear it (and passed) and i had to get a full RWC too, like i said they will pin any BS on ya to give u a defect

[R34NRG]

man screw dis im getting a corolla lol

ill keep ya guys posted, gonna have to think of something cuz im not wasting 500 bux on some bs

Edited April 2, 2007 by anDru

[blah_blah]

man screw dis im getting a corolla lol

ill keep ya guys posted, gonna have to think of something cuz im not wasting 500 bux on some bs

Bad luck man, sorry to hear, i guess we all need to be extra careful these days

[fuzzy_scuz]

Easternats this weekend so keep your car locked up

[R31Nismoid]

Was your front bar/reo chopped to fit the cooler?

If so - you need and engineers. No question there

[R34NRG]

Was your front bar/reo chopped to fit the cooler?

If so - you need and engineers. No question there

no it was a direct fit.....no cutting wat so ever......but the cop says i need a engineers cert.

honestly i think its bs

[R32Big_boy]

The only reason i can think of is that in a front end accident it might affect the way the sensors go off for the air bag. It is a meatal object (Albeit aluminum) and most engineers will say that this will have an effect on the way that the front end behaves in a crash.

[GTAAAH]

Hmm RE: Engineers cert.. I got told i need an engineers cert to pass the hole that had been cut under the battery tray for fmic pipes (TMU), but when i took it into a mechanic they said it was ok and he gave me rwc (was selling the car).. i took that to vicroads and it was all cleared fine. So perhaps the system doesn't actually note whether you need engineers cert?

[R34NRG]

Hmm RE: Engineers cert.. I got told i need an engineers cert to pass the hole that had been cut under the battery tray for fmic pipes (TMU), but when i took it into a mechanic they said it was ok and he gave me rwc (was selling the car).. i took that to vicroads and it was all cleared fine. So perhaps the system doesn't actually note whether you need engineers cert?

just called upVic roads to have a chat, turns out the policemen didnt tick the box that said the RWC/engineers cert was required.

they lady said if it dosnt say i need one, then i dont.

gonna bring my car in tm to try my luck

Edited April 2, 2007 by anDru

[femno]

Ye the intercooler and airbags thing isnt new. I was speaking to a guy who does our RWCs ages ago and he told me that he isnt supposed to RWC a car with a FMIC that also has factory airbags.

But as previosuly stated theyll always find something!