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Had the car back on the road for about 2 weeks and managed to get a yellow already.... Very upsetting.

After having a polite chat with the officers and showing them around the car for 15mins or so without them being able to find anything I was told that they are sending me over the pits just in case... How does that work?

Visible mods on car are pod filters which they shook for a while (they are secured to the chassis with metal brackets), street legal exhaust and 2 gauges off to the left on the dash. The yellow sticker just says "Post manufacture Modifications to comply with Vehicle Standard Regulations" that is all...

Thought they actually had to have something to defect? i.e.: Exhaust to loud, Pod's unsecured etc.... I tried to find the laws regarding yellow stickers but got nothing... Called them up and was basically told that it’s all up to the cops and there is no guidelines for them...

Anyone know any info regarding the actual law's related to yellow stickers? Such as what they are given for, how many things have to be wrong before they are given?

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phenline Mentor

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hrmm i thought that they had to fine two faults with the vechical before they gave you one? they gave my gtr one a few months ago as well the hardest part is finding time to go over and what have you.

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lol i think it is kind of possible to take them to court but it's not really worth it...

too many costs involved, but the way they worded their write up is more than reasonable to take you to the pits

my2c: you were just very, Very, VERY unlucky mate

Andrew :rofl:

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hrmm i thought that they had to fine two faults with the vechical before they gave you one? they gave my gtr one a few months ago as well the hardest part is finding time to go over and what have you.

yeah that was a while back though, and i thought any more than 5 defects got you a red sticker

They only need to find one thing (ie bald tyres) and that can be enough, they can write all sort of bullshit. They could of even said that your aftermarket gauges blocked your view of the road and stickered you for that.

Just sounds like you got some ASSHOLES

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hey champ my mate got the same thing!

Its just cause they cant find anything them selfs so u need 2 go to the pits it really sucks cause ur doing the right thing buy not having anything that is yellow sticker matreil!!

their is no point fighting it cause cops always get the last say.

good luck with the pits and yes welshpool pits are easier to get over!

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Wasn’t doing anything at all, just driving on Northlake road on the speed limit. They didn’t seem to be fairly reasonable, talked to a guy on the phone at the department of defects and he told me to go see a guy at east Perth, will see how that goes tomorrow. I don’t really see why I should go and spend my hard earned at the pits when there is nothing to fix on the sticker. I wouldn’t have an issue if there was actually something wrong, but there isn’t.

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Welshpool are generally the easiest.

O'Connor are generally the easiest.

Midland are generally the easiest.

Warwick are generally the easiest.

It's pure luck, most of the inspectors end up at different inspection stations on different days. Can't remember if you re-regoed your car & it was inspected not long ago or if you just didn't let the rego run out, but if there isn't much wrong with your car (mechanically or not too loud etc) & it will pass, you should be fine to just make a booking before the expiry date to a place close to you. All except Welshpool & O'Connor you need to book ahead of time now, which is good in a way if you have the time. This was the case a few months ago anyway & I think it will still be the same now, but http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au will tell you pretty much what you need to know.

Good luck!

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^ if i was you i would go to the pits... tell them to check out your sticker and say your car is stock and you bought it the way it is from the Dealer or something...

and you have NO idea as to what should be specifically fixed because your car is like stock... they might just take off the sticker if they think it's too ridiculous hey just give it a shot

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^ if i was you i would go to the pits... tell them to check out your sticker and say your car is stock and you bought it the way it is from the Dealer or something...

and you have NO idea as to what should be specifically fixed because your car is like stock... they might just take off the sticker if they think it's too ridiculous hey just give it a shot

lol i wouldn't really wana try lie to the inspectors, cause if you go its all stock..they go pop the hood ill check to make sure..then they see all this stuff..

they'll look into your car more carefully. and next time u come bak n go uve changed that part or whatever, they'll make sure u changed everything..

anyways with your GTR, did you have Permits for anything? pretty crappy if they can send you over pits just to check..

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when you go over the pits get them to issue a permit with every mod you have on it. It won't always get you off a yellow sticker if they want to be real bastards but most of the time it will help.

A have a permit listing pods, gauges, steering wheel etc etc.

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welshpool sucked c**k when i went, i had best "luck" with stock road, but yer it is just that lucky of the draw i guess. just go to the one that is closest. Kinda off topic but did i spot you on bibra drive yesterday, i was in a white gtr as well? :)

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welshpool sucked c**k when i went, i had best "luck" with stock road, but yer it is just that lucky of the draw i guess. just go to the one that is closest. Kinda off topic but did i spot you on bibra drive yesterday, i was in a white gtr as well? :)

Haha, yeah that was me, im usualy arround that area. Funny thing is after passing you and turning left onto farington a white 34GTR passed me heading the other direction, crazy.

Not going to lie to anyone, car doesn’t look particularly stock when you pop the bonnet. Has painted cam covers Clear timing belt cover, pods, shiny gready oil filter relocation (part of oil cooler) exposed splitfires.. etc. None of the modifications on the car are illegal though, stock cat and all and if the police are going to yellow something they need to know what they are talking about

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If it makes you feel any better mate I got one on my 32 R at the moment too. For useless reasons also but hey you get that driving an import (well thats what some of the cops recon). Just got to get it off and carry on enjoying the car.......Worst thing is to let these experiences put you off driving an import...!!! Its hard taking time off work though.

They thought my exhaust was loud, and when I asked well do you think its louder than a Harley davidson the officer didnt know what to say except....."you got a straight though muffler".....ohhhh ok thanks for letting me know officer.

Good luck mate......I'm sure I'll need it too. :)

Cheers,

R.

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Went and spoke to a guy at the east Perth inspection centre, he looked over the car and said that it shouldn’t have gotten a yellow but couldn’t take it off. Said that I had to go and speak to the sergeant in charge of the officers that gave me the yellow. Went to see the Sergeant at the Freo police station, he agreed that all the mods that they pointed at were fine (pod, gauges, exhaust) and said that he told the officers not to pick on them again, however proceeded to pick on the space saver tyre in the boot having little tread and windscreen wipers a bit worn on one end of them (one inch long). Not sure what I can do from here...

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