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Hi all this is my first post on this site, but hopefully many more to come.

Im looking at buying a stagea in a cpl of weeks and have found one in QLD has a few mods, New to imports, turbos etc so dont have a clue, so help would be appreciated.

here is the link

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ti...ll-t250695.html

Cheers mrRS4

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not sure what the intake pipe mod is, but boost control is not legal, pod must be secure, coilover suspension that is height adjustable is not legal, the adjustable camber kit must be standard, and as long as fmic is securely fitted and no cutting or re-shaping of the reo or chassis is done, it should be fine. That "mod" to the front bar probably wont pass either.

Welcome to the defect state :)

Wait... Wait... Wait... we're walking about a inspection, not a defect check.

Go to the Sturt station to get the inspection. Make sure you remove any OBVIOUS defects (meaning, fat chrome BOV's sitting at the top of the engine in full view). They're not as harsh at the inspection as what a defect would be.

They'll check: engine numbers, tyre placard, spare tyre has 80k/h written on it, etc etc etc.

They WONT check: db test on the exhaust, bushes, hidden turbo timers, hidden bovs, oil leaks, etc.

I HAVE been through an inspection with a turbo timer tucked up in the drivers footwell area. Make sure your rims and tyres are not too large or too wide. Your best bet is to throw stockies on it.

Front bar will most likely pass as long as it doesn't look obviously hacked away at.

coilovers need to be swapped for stock stuff

front bar may or may not pass as it's been cut - discretion of inspector

boost controller equals fail

pod is fine if it's secure

i'm assuming the camber kit just replaces bushes so should be ok

the chromies will be fine for inspection but for everyday driving they are a BIG fail :)

the exhaust will be ok if it's not too loud or hangs too low

keep in mind the regency ID station is not 'regency', it's just around the corner from it. they can still defect you though

you can also take the car to a cop shop like sturt to have the ID inspection done, a little more lenient from what i've heard but i went the regency one myself when i bought my stag back from nsw. feel free to pm me if you've got any other questions/stag related queries :)

ID check, possibly. It depends if they will pick up on it when they open the bonnet, etc as it'd be extra light. But they wouldn't go out of their way to check it.

On that note, alot of people have told me my standard GTR bonnet is fiber-glass light! Which is strange.

unless the bonnet is adr approved then put a stocker on for the check just in case. guards may be ok but these days they need to be passed by an engineer if you want to clear a defect with them on so unsure about ID check

ID check, possibly. It depends if they will pick up on it when they open the bonnet, etc as it'd be extra light. But they wouldn't go out of their way to check it.

On that note, alot of people have told me my standard GTR bonnet is fiber-glass light! Which is strange.

GTR bonnets are made of aluminium

-D

Wait... Wait... Wait... we're walking about a inspection, not a defect check.

Go to the Sturt station to get the inspection. Make sure you remove any OBVIOUS defects (meaning, fat chrome BOV's sitting at the top of the engine in full view). They're not as harsh at the inspection as what a defect would be.

They'll check: engine numbers, tyre placard, spare tyre has 80k/h written on it, etc etc etc.

They WONT check: db test on the exhaust, bushes, hidden turbo timers, hidden bovs, oil leaks, etc.

I HAVE been through an inspection with a turbo timer tucked up in the drivers footwell area. Make sure your rims and tyres are not too large or too wide. Your best bet is to throw stockies on it.

Front bar will most likely pass as long as it doesn't look obviously hacked away at.

excatly the reason why i didnt put it in to the defect thread.

Thanks for the help everyone as i said this will be my first import/turbo and dont want to get f**ked over buying it, then having to fix everything b4 i can even register the car here in sa.

i brang my stock rs4s here from melb and went for an id check at the place near regency about 6 months ago. a guy looked briefly over the car which i think must be too low with the teins on it (shitn my self ild have to find stockies). but all he made me come back for was the manual in english.

Yes!!!! Make sure you have the vehicles manual in the glove box!! They pinged me for this, too! It's crazy, but it's required.

really? i must have got lucky as mine wasn't in my glovebox when i went through. only had to go back to remove the extra tint that was added to my privacy glass

I got a old chick at my inspection. She walked up to me with her clipboard and said "Where is the cars manual?" and I said "at home" and she then walked off and put a big X next to that box.

I failed that day.

Thats BS..... some of the cars dont even come with manuals.... thats utter stupidity....

I pray to every god out there, pls let us get a single nationwide vehicle scheme. Theyve been talking about it for 10 years and finally we're coming to the make or break point. Once that happens, SA is going to become a hell of a lot more relaxed I think, because we have to put up with petty minded nonsense that NSW and QLD don't have to. If the whole nation was subjected to SA roadworthiness rules, the outcry would be loud and clear.

*fingers crossed, because it seriously cannot get any stupider than our state rules*

-D

Spot on, Dohmar. I was furious when she failed me for having no manual in my glove box. Why is it required?! It's lunacy!

She also said "You need 80k/h written on your spare tyre, like this *gets out texta and writes it on the tyre*...*rubs it off the tyre* just like that."

I felt like saying "Wait... you've just written it on there? How does that fail it?!"

She was a oddball. Although, she had issues finding the engine number stamped on the block, too.

I registered both our cars when we moved to SA without even taking the cars in. As long as you have valid registration papers from your previous state if can just be changed over.

Hi all this is my first post on this site, but hopefully many more to come.

Im looking at buying a stagea in a cpl of weeks and have found one in QLD has a few mods, New to imports, turbos etc so dont have a clue, so help would be appreciated.

here is the link

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ti...ll-t250695.html

Cheers mrRS4

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