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Hey guys,

Posting this for some info for a mate who got defected the other week. He has to get the car inspected by QLD transport now. On the back of the fine it says "A QLD transport authorised officer ... is to clear the defect notice and remove the defective vehicle label."

Does this mean the only things QLD transport are legally allowed to check are the defects listed on his fine? And if they can look for other defects, does that mean that anything they find will allow them to leave the defective label on the car?

He has called up QLD Transport and QLD Police but they give you a different answer every time. Useless.

Any help much appreciated guys.

Chris.

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R334door Experienced

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They can look at other things on the car that they might classify as defects depending on how much they stand out i guess.You can just get the car unregistered then they cant inspect it then.But he would have to get a roadworthy again but with someone who might turn a blind eye to the defect depending on how bad of a defect they are.

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They can look at other things on the car that they might classify as defects depending on how much they stand out i guess.You can just get the car unregistered then they cant inspect it then.But he would have to get a roadworthy again but with someone who might turn a blind eye to the defect depending on how bad of a defect they are.

That loop whole has changed. Defect now has to be cleared (signed off as being fixed) even if you de rego then re rego with new RWC. In short if he doesn’t go get it cleared the Police will eventfully come after you, or just pwne you harder If they caught you driving it outside of the time frame given to have it cleared. This even goes for when you sell it. Get a defect, do the sly and de rego and sell with no RWC, new owner will be flagged at Queensland Transport when trying to get it re rego’d

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116.hks Community Regular

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my advice to ya mate is to look over the car and if he sees something that he is unsure about then i would remove it. unfortunetly he is branded by the cops so if he does something stupid again then they'll be harder on him next time. it has happened to a mate of mine, so after the first time he got caught, we keeped the stuff they got him for and just put it back on the car so he would be clear the insecption. unfortunetly thats how it goes.

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ashsik Contributor

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hey mate

I got defected about 3mnths ago a big delemar haha I went down to MJR Motorsports in burleigh and they cleared it all for me, cost abit but shud get u out of your troubles, either giive them a bell coz they are usually pretty busy with that kinda stuff but yeh give it a go and get bak to us

kinda regards

ash

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omy-33 Community Regular

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OK, i asked my uncle on the weekend about defects.

anything that isn't stock standard on the car, DEFECT!!

that includes mag wheels, if they wanna get nasty.

so remember anything on ur automobile that isn't standard when it was brand new is a defectable item.

altho no points can be demerited for having a defected car.

and he said your run of the mill copper, wouldn't kno evrything about defective items.

but if ur pulled over by the dept of trans, ur screwed.

an a cop can't pull you over for defecting, unless they are possitive it's not standard for the car.

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Granthem Mentor

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You can change mag wheels etc as long as they are in compliance with the QLD transport rules. IE they dont increase rolling diameter or width by X amount etc.

My 19 inch 235/35ZR19s are legal, however 245/40/ZR19s wouldnt be on my R34GTT

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Trapper Apprentice

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omy he is wrong then, you can be fined 75 bucks and 1 point for a defect or 300 odd (thats right right guys?) and 3 points for a major defect, They can now also send you to court and impound your car if they want and get caught and sent to court 4 times in 3 years and your car is gone. And cops can pull you over for defects if they chose, just the majority prefer to try to hide the fact they are and go for the random breath test or licence check instead

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