Went For A Blue Slip Today......

[t5iv]

Basically, if you want to drive a nice car with minimal hassle, don't live in nsw or Vic.

[StevenCJR31]

dont quote me on this but you MAY be able to use a pod filter IF its fully enclosed,maybe someone in NSW can clarify this?

[Tai1or Made]

Basically, if you want to drive a nice car with minimal hassle, don't live in nsw or Vic.

Le sigh.

[niknac]

lol yeah I've heard WA and Queensland are a bit loose

sweet I'll check that out, but I recon it maybe cheaper to find an original air box, than somehow enclosing the pod(which is kind of next to the intercooler behind the bumper).

[Bronx]

just a question, how much did the blueslip cost you????

i got quoted 130 bucks for a blue slip as it is an import...... i just got my girlfriends audi quattro done and that only cost 57 bucks.. why is the import more expensive?

[niknac]

blue slips are suppose to cost 57. they ripping you off if its more

[niknac]

btw everyone, had a proper look under the bonnet and took of some stuff off so I could see around the area better.

I found the bov DOES recirculate back into the uncompressed side of the turbo just after the air flow meter which is standard.....

the psssshhhh noise was coming out of the pod filter haha

So now I know that they can not ping me on the BOV anymore as it spec to standard recirculating not atmospheric, just have to add in the standard intake box to stop the noise

Also I found a standard R32 RB20DET air intake box for $10 on trademe.co.nz and with the exchange rate make that approx $8 yeaha!

Edited September 5, 2012 by niknac

[niknac]

After some tinkering around under the bonnet I noticed this......

Is this an Engineers Cert?? if so then I can say f**k you to the mechanics its all legal

[Tai1or Made]

Compliance plate brah.

[wedge_r34gtr]

thats an import complience plate, not a mod plate.

It tells you when & who compilied the car to meet australian standards when it was imported.

Edited September 8, 2012 by wedge_r34gtr

[niknac]

so what if it was imported with the mods all ready on it? then they would be legal right?

[niknac]

It also doesn't help that the RTA website is absolutely shit house!

[Hadouken]

you can import a highly modified car and not get it engineered. Or should I say you shouldnt, but they do.

[niknac]

right so, I have the standard air intake box (bearly fits) and the standard recirculating Valve fitted. Car booked in tomorrow at mechanics for blue slip. fingers crossed.

thought it was funny, I mentioned to the mechanic of the things I had fitted as he had asked and then he was like yeah sweet as and then when ya get home you can change them back....... lol

[niknac]

[niknac]

lol you are not going to believe this...

So I rock up to the Mechanics on Clark Road in Neutral Bay and the first thing he says is "have you fixed the oil leak". I'm like ummmm what oil leak??? he pops the bonnet and wipes his hand on the backside of the engine and is hand has some dirty/grease stuff on it, no way oily at all. I said to him dude thats not an oil leak thats a dirty engine the car is parked in the same spot and there are NO oil drips on the concrete so your full of shit.

He then processed to tell me he was not going to do it as he would be accountable for everything on the car if I got pulled over by the cops. I said well IF in that case I did get pulled over and the cops for some strange reason even wanted to ever talk to you, you could just say it was all standard to begin with(but why would they want to speak to you anyway! maybe if the car was in an accident).

I was pleading with the guy (I don't know why, guess I just wanted it done) to do the blue slip but still refused. So drove up the road to another place in North Sydney called Quixspede and booked it in there. I noticed they had some performance cars in their garage so maybe these dudes will know what they are doing..

hopefully.

[kawasakirider]

They're taking you for a ride brew.

Had the same sort of pricks try to do the same thing to me in QLD, find a decent bloke.

[DVS JEZ]

Yeah what a knob

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

stock bov is better anyway....

Stock ECU expects recirculation and as such runs better with recirc bov.

also stock bov is EASLIY good enough for most cars... i've been running 300+rwkw for years on mine (most it has seen is about 28psi)

also atmo bovs sound like aids

might as well keep it, save the cop hastle and have a car that runs better

[niknac]

oh really? the aftermarket BOV was recirculating back into the uncompressed side of the intake anyway, but yeah guess that could be a goer then if it can handle.

sooo the story continues:

The guys at Quixspede did the blue slip and said all I had to do was get a battery clamp (has cable ties holding it atm), get covers/lenses for the side indicators(the ones behind the wheel arch, as the light blub is exposed) and raise the back of the car 20mm as the lowest point on the car is at 80mm. I feel this is greatQ pretty easy to fix to get the car back on the road.

Today I fitted after-market side indicators, still waiting on delivery on the battery clamp and adjusted the adjusties. But ran into an issue, I did the back right side fine(wheel nuts were hard to get off) I couldn't for the life of me get 1 of the wheel nuts on the left side off going to a mechanic tomorrow morning to see if their air compressor gun can get it off. I actually bent my wheel brace trying to get it off. Adjusting them were easy, I was going to buy a c spanner but found a screw driver and hammer the better/cheaper option

Edited October 7, 2012 by niknac