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Hi people,

im thinking of buying a series 2 skyline, with hi-flow turbo, intercooler, exhust, bov.

i was wondering if i need an engineers certificate for any of these mods for insurance purposes and if so how do i obtain them?

i also wanted to know if anyone knew any good performance workshops so i could get the car inspected as the nrma wouldnt know too much about mods like these.

thanx for your help guys :(

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the short answer is no for insurance reasons.

but if you are looking for an engineer, taken from this thread...

"By far the best engineer I've had the pleasure to deal with is a guy by the name of Phil Scott who deals out of Grafton. He visits Sydney on a regular basis and is most helpful (a trait which I found is most lacking among engineers). His number is (02) 6647 7558"

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in situations like these you shouldn't take the word of some stranger on a forum so i'd advise you to check with your insurance company to be on the safe side. situations and circumstances can wreak havoc if you know what i mean.

having said that, i don't know of anyone that has had to produce an engineers certificate to get insuance. that's only half of the story though. once you have insurance you want to make sure they will honour it and this is where it gets scetchy and why i don't like to listen to anyone except the insurance company in question. you see, in the case of an accident where the car is written off and they have to pay you out the insurance company will look after their best interests (their money) and try to screw you by proving that your car was not roadworthy due to modifications which were not engineered.

best advice i can give you is call your insurance company (if you don't have one call as many as you can) and ask them if they will pay out in the event of a write off and where you haven't got an engineers cert for certain mods. and be specific be specific be specific. the only person you are cheating when it comes to disclosure is yourself.

goodluck

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