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I have a gtr which has been sitting for 5 years with no reg. The car was reg in ACT but defected just before it was gararged, the defect was for exh noise..

The car has front ap calipers, pods and 19" rims, turbos and lumpy idle due to cams, no boot interior + suspension is coilovers

Exhaust has been sorted now quiet.

what will pass and what wont at DICKson?

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if it was defected and never inspected at dickson, the system will not let them issue rego without an inspection by dickson. taking it elsewhere is a waste of time and money.

If its nice and quiet and the engine bay looks stock take it over dickson and see what they find, they get one go at checking it for problems, once you have fixed/engineered what they find they cant then complain about other things, if they do try to pull that file an official complaint/dispute. The people at the shop front can tell you who you need to speak with to do that.

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Dickson is HELL !!! Took me three goes on my gts with a cert... third go was the engineers fault.

Anything mechanical on the car not put there by Nissan needs to be noted by an engineer in his report as not affecting performance. ie. ya turbs, brakes, coilovers, wheels and tyres on the car can't be changed once engineered cause the whole car has been "tested" in that spec same goes for anyparts once certed.

They are full of shit but i had to take my turbo timer off even, man that pissed me off.

Just wind the idle up a bit and the cams wont be a prob i was suprised they don't do any emisions tests but i think thats only for engine swaps.

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Oh my love for the Dickson Pits runs deep. I have become so acquainted with this Canberra funland.

I have had the most ridiculous things imaginable fail me on the pits, its almost a game. I am very careful, so they struggle to find things and make stuff up.

I have a few tricks i have learnt to make it a little easier, wont say here.

You Cert issues would have something to do with a certain JW?

Yes every engineering cert for particular engine mods must have a emission test. At the facility you are given a Cold and Warm run. The Cold Run is a useless bit of paper that shows your car way above limits as your oxygen sensors arent even working. I am yet to see a well modified car among friends that has failed a warm run.

Dickson is a fun place, You can pass one day with all the bells and whistles, nothing removed, and the next you can fail for a small tear in a seat like i have haha

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Yes every engineering cert for particular engine mods must have a emission test. At the facility you are given a Cold and Warm run. The Cold Run is a useless bit of paper that shows your car way above limits as your oxygen sensors arent even working. I am yet to see a well modified car among friends that has failed a warm run.

Dickson is a fun place, You can pass one day with all the bells and whistles, nothing removed, and the next you can fail for a small tear in a seat like i have haha

i failed the warm run and its to heat up your cat not your o2 sensors.

They failed a stock VS commodore i had because the brake lights werent reflective enough, not a oh you might want to do something about that a flat out fail. it was the only thing they wrote on the sheet as wrong too.

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the gf just bought a car from VIC with no rego. its been inspected at a authorised station and passed everything but still has to go to the pits for a vehicle identification check. the pricks want to compelte a full inspection on the car even though it was signed off yesterday haha

they wonder why people are just getting sneaky with what they do. they want full inspections for a colour change when all they need to do is say yes its not green, blue or whatever.

a mate went there and everthing was fine until the guy grabbed his pod filter that was in a half box and bolted down as required. they guy ripped it out so hard to i quote "check if its safe" and not only ripped the tabs of metal out from the bolts. he also split the the factory intake pipe near the turbo as its oviously not desgined to be bent and pulled like that. they then failed him on it. Lucky for us it was photographed and date stamped before it went in and after. a few nasty letters and to their management including threatening action of for damages to the car and possibly discussions they paid for the new pipe and passed the car for free.

best thing to do is have a parent or boss if possible to take the car in as they only pick on younger drivers as they think they are clueless with the mechanics of their vehicle.

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I have a gtr which has been sitting for 5 years with no reg. The car was reg in ACT but defected just before it was gararged, the defect was for exh noise..

The car has front ap calipers, pods and 19" rims, turbos and lumpy idle due to cams, no boot interior + suspension is coilovers

Exhaust has been sorted now quiet.

what will pass and what wont at DICKson?

I would suggest you give thema call and ask specifically to speak to one of the engineers about your issue - or even better make a time to go and discuss. especially that you want to clear the outstanding defect.

From my experience it is much better to look like you are workign to meet their rules/ processes rather than appear to dodgy things up and sneak it past them.

I don't think you will have issues with the turbos (are they low mount?), pods or cams. pods DO NOT reqiure an enclosure in the ACT last time I checked, but this is something you should verify while on the phone to an ENGINEER (that is what they are called)...

Suspension - coilovers are fine, provided they give sufficient clearance between the wheel centreline and the top of the guard lip + you have a minimum of 100mm at the lowest point under the car.

Wheels - you WILL need a cert and tyre placard (in the sill drivers B pillar) for anything like you have. I'd suggest you replace/ swap to avoid issues unless you have said cert. (depending on where you are I have 17's on mine that would pass, if you can't come up with any others).

let us know how your phoone call goes - oh AND GET THE NAME AND TITLE OF THE PERSON YOU SPEAK WITH!!!

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