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So one of my neighbours i hadn't seen in a while from up the street passed by my garage an hour ago today.

We started talking about my new car. I said, mate hope in, i'll take you for a quick ride around the block.

I'm going down lakeside blvd (Rowville). No sooner than i said to my mate "I'm just waiting to get pulled over and defected one of these days" I spot a marked SS. I started panicking and i pulled over, knowing very well that was the cop's intention.

To cut a long story short it was Pettet. He combed through the car and straight away had a look at the cooler piping. The piping went through a hole in the battery tray. He issued a defect notice.

As far as i know all i need is an engineers certificate. He said it doesn't need to be fixed just engineered.

Pettet has a bit of a reputation on these forums for being hard. I must say he was professional and friendly at all times. I was expecting him to be rude and unpleasant. He continued the search, gave me the defect and waited for me to take off.

I knew it was going to happen, it was a matter of time. At least i can get the problem fixed and not have to worry about it in the future.

So, if you have a cooler piping which goes through your battery tray, becareful!!

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So what were the issues besides intercooler piping? only that?

Yer mate, that's it. The conversataion went along the lines of:

Me: "So officer, the only issue is the hole?, Once i have an eng cert it i'll be ok?"

Pettet: "Yes, everything else is ok"

he actually told you what you need to do ? jeez most cops dont do that.

it would be nice to see what commission he gets from this, cause he dont muck around

Yer, he was a pretty decent guy. Straight to the point but informative and factual. Whether my perfect driving record makes a difference, i don't know.

Basically said go to the vic roads website and find an engineer.

It was quite funny. He was combing over my car, me and my mate were looking over his SS. That thing looked friggin low!

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Unfortunately he failed to mention (and he knows) that no engineer will touch/certify a car that has an airbag and with a hole through the engine bay for the intercooler pipe.

Do a search, the topic has been covered heaps of times.

Solution sounds simple but is far from. :thumbsup:

Good luck; truly hope you prove me wrong.

I'm glad I live on the west side of town :thumbsup: I got pulled over the other night in the car park at the local supermarket (cop did a U bolt and followed me in there) I thought, here we go, I had done nothing wrong but knew I was gonna get pulled over. Parked the car and the t-bone parked next to me. I got out as did the copper and he gave me a bretho (2nd in 30 mins) and then went straight to the back tyres and gave them a feel and a once over, also ran his hand up the inside of the wheel arch. I said "don't worry not rubber up there, and brand new tyres too" he goes "Why new tyres? are you a car freak?" I laughed and said "no, I needed new ones as the old ones were about 5 years old and in need of replacing" he goes ok then tells me I have a tail light out as he is walking to back of the car. I don't know why I though this but I had this vision of him pulling out the maglite and busting my read light, but he just showed me I had water in one of my rears and said to get it fixed.

I went home, drilled a 1mm hole in the bottom of the light water drained out then I replaced the globe. Too easy :ermm: Cops aren't all that bad but some of them are just plain d!cks

Unfortunately he failed to mention (and he knows) that no engineer with touch/certify a car that has an airbag and with a hole through the engine bay for the intercooler pipe.

Do a search, the topic has been covered heaps of times.

Solution sounds simple but is far from. :thumbsup:

Good luck; truly hope you prove me wrong.

Really? Ah F*** How much is this going to cost me?

Shouldn't have bought a friggin skyline

Unfortunately he failed to mention (and he knows) that no engineer with touch/certify a car that has an airbag and with a hole through the engine bay for the intercooler pipe.

Do a search, the topic has been covered heaps of times.

Solution sounds simple but is far from. :ermm:

Good luck; truly hope you prove me wrong.

oh owe! :thumbsup:

Good point...

maybe that's why the officer basically left him alone after spotting the hole........shiiiiit, I hope you are wrong (on this topic anyway).

Really? Ah F*** How much is this going to cost me?

Shouldn't have bought a friggin skyline

now now Lukey...hold yer horses, just stay cool, one day at a time.....the mind can be an awful thing sometimes when in negative gear!

One beautiful R34 Skline for sale.......er..um...well, not just yet anyways!

I'm glad I live on the west side of town :thumbsup: I got pulled over the other night in the car park at the local supermarket (cop did a U bolt and followed me in there) I thought, here we go, I had done nothing wrong but knew I was gonna get pulled over. Parked the car and the t-bone parked next to me. I got out as did the copper and he gave me a bretho (2nd in 30 mins) and then went straight to the back tyres and gave them a feel and a once over, also ran his hand up the inside of the wheel arch. I said "don't worry not rubber up there, and brand new tyres too" he goes "Why new tyres? are you a car freak?" I laughed and said "no, I needed new ones as the old ones were about 5 years old and in need of replacing" he goes ok then tells me I have a tail light out as he is walking to back of the car. I don't know why I though this but I had this vision of him pulling out the maglite and busting my read light, but he just showed me I had water in one of my rears and said to get it fixed.

I went home, drilled a 1mm hole in the bottom of the light water drained out then I replaced the globe. Too easy :ermm: Cops aren't all that bad but some of them are just plain d!cks

Yeah that smashing the rear light thing is from a movie. Cant remember what one though lol. I have had all too many cops do u-turns coming after me. Park quick smart and run into the shops lol. I had one do a u-turn one time and a ducked into maccas and ran inside to order something and sat down. They parked behind my car, waited for 10 mins then reversed a little bit so i couldnt see them (but i still could) and waited there for 10mins. Then they parked and came straight up to me. Licence photo maybe? They said is that ur car, are you andrew blah blah. They cant do anything if your not in the car.

now now Lukey...hold yer horses, just stay cool, one day at a time.....the mind can be an awful thing sometimes when in negative gear!

One beautiful R34 Skline for sale.......er..um...well, not just yet anyways!

Lol, she'll probably be on carsales in a few weeks time.

Lol, she'll probably be on carsales in a few weeks time.

Is the hole going downwards through the top of the battery tray or into the side underneath it? I know they are both defectable but the one in the side is less noticeable..

Is the hole going downwards through the top of the battery tray or into the side underneath it? I know they are both defectable but the one in the side is less noticeable..

i got mine goin through the side under the bat. cant see the hole but you know its gotta be there

' where did the big crome pipe come from'

Is the hole going downwards through the top of the battery tray or into the side underneath it? I know they are both defectable but the one in the side is less noticeable..

Here's a pic:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/De...image71493.html

Unfortunately he failed to mention (and he knows) that no engineer will touch/certify a car that has an airbag and with a hole through the engine bay for the intercooler pipe.

Do a search, the topic has been covered heaps of times.

Solution sounds simple but is far from. :thumbsup:

Good luck; truly hope you prove me wrong.

Your right Al. There is no chance.

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