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Hi, when i brought my car back from victoria i just took it to Sturt cop cause im sure they would be less picky there :P and with my turbo timer i just covered it with a big sticker and got away with that :D

haha! seriously?

Do you have to live a certain distance from the city to go to the Sturt cop shop? Or can anyone do that? I've heard they're much easier then Regency.

anyone can go to sturt

they will check the

- engine no

- vin no

- build dates

- window tint

I have seen many GTR's, GTST's, Stageas, Supra's ect go through as it is an IDENTITY check not a defect or road worthy check. They are only checking that the car or engine is not stolen

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Edited by Whiplash

just took a r32 gtr through for an ID check and got pinned for having no complience plate!! "the green one". Apparantly SA is the only state that needs them, Iam not sure if this only applys to cars brought in under the 15 yo rule though? Either way I now have to have a Victorian registered car taken through regency for full complience/roadworthy testing I also have to get the side intrusion bars "re-engineered"!!!!!!!!!! needless to say Iam fair pissed off.....

Ryan

i went thro all this not having a compliance plate year or a year and a half ago. although i passed i still dont have a compliance plate or the other type of plate which they told me i was going to get one or the other.

if ya got any q's i can try and help out

Edited by Turbz_13
i went thro all this not having a compliance plate year or a year and a half ago. although i passed i still dont have a compliance plate or the other type of plate which they told me i was going to get one or the other.

if ya got any q's i can try and help out

I thought all import cars MUST have compliance plates? So if i buy a car from interstate i must make sure it has that?

u just need an engine number check to make sure its not a stolen engine, then swap regos to sa. Regency will do it, and its separate from the defect station. No need to hide mods. Sturt also do it.

So as long as it's registered in another state that's all i have to do with getting it re-registered in SA? So i don't have to worry about the turbo timer? It's the only mod to the car.

Do i lose whatever is left of the registration from interstate?

Ring regency and ask them.

Well, just rang Regency. As long as the car I'm buying has been fitted with an Australian Compliance plate (which it does), all i have to do once in Adelaide is to bring it in for an identity check. Won't even need to remove the turbo timer as it's a identity check to make sure it isn't a stolen vehicle etc, and not a RWC check. Cool.

So it doesn't matter whether i take it to regency or sturt rd. What days is the sturt rd one open? Tues Thurs or Weds Thurs?

Edited by webng

They will almost certainly glance inside the car, and if they spot the turbo timer they can/will sting you for a full Regency check, which you definitely don't want (then every speck of rust is picked on, dented chassis rails, leaking/worn bushes/tie rods etc). Be careful.

They will almost certainly glance inside the car, and if they spot the turbo timer they can/will sting you for a full Regency check, which you definitely don't want (then every speck of rust is picked on, dented chassis rails, leaking/worn bushes/tie rods etc). Be careful.

I'll keep that in mind.

What if the car hasn't been registered yet interstate? Full Australian compliance but no registration. I wonder if it'll be treated the same as one that's already registered. I can borrow trade plates from a mate here to drive it back.

If it has been complianced but not rego'd, it would be the same as a shop here doing the compliance, and you will require a full regency inspection.

Wrong, just spoke to Regency, as long as it has it's compliance plates, doesn't matter if it's from interstate, all it needs is an identity check.

edit: But apparently a lot of the time they pull you up for a full compliance inspection anyways?

Edited by webng
I think he's suggesting if it's been complianced but NEVER registered before it will need the full check.

Not according to the guy from Regency i spoke to. Apparently as long as the car is complied, all it needs is an identity check to register in s.a. Doesn't matter if it's been registered or not. But it looks like more often then not they can/will pull you in for a full check if they can/aren't too busy/your car looks dodgy.

Edited by webng

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