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My R33 is getting registered soon (after 5 very long months of waiting) - I would like to know any potential gotchyas that could prevent my car from passing.

Its got a couple of eye-candy mods like drilled pedals and a really stupid boost gauge setup (there is a plastic pipe running up from under the passenger dash to connect it up). Do these mods cause trouble when the car is over the pits? Anyone had trouble when registering the car and have some tips to make it go a little less painful?

Cheers,

Steve

unless the pedals are factory they might tell u to take them off? ive had problems with that b4..

the guages im sure someone else can fill u in on...

are all 4 rims and tyres the same? the sil wouldnt pass unless we changed that. also get permits if u have pod, BOV, strut brace, cooler and stuff.. thats always handy and best to get if it passes the first time :D

As far as I know, the car has to be 100% stock when it goes over the pits, and when it has been registered the workshop can get their stuff back & give back your mods. So the pedals should be switched over & the gauges removed (by the way the setup sounds, get it done again properly) & any other mods changed.

this is registering , not RAWS compliance . the car does not have to be %100 stock , only meet roadworthy requirements . Even then stuff gets through RAWS , my line had aftermarket suspension and got complience .

drilled pedals have to have grip , cant be a glossed or painted surface . %90 of the pedals on the market wont pass .

guage doesnt sound good . technically I think your not allowed one that has a vacume line running from the engine (mechanical) , it has to be a type with a sensor in the engine bay that sends to the guage (electrical) . but they dont pick that up much . most important thing is its location if its in a head impact area youll fail immedietly . that is usually on top of the dash or pillar guage . behind steering is ok as long as it doesnt block the cluster

make sure your rims and tires match your tire placard, i had all sorts of problems with my 34 when taking it over cause it has 350Z wheels on it but the tire placard said it should only have 17" rims and tires on it, so in the end i had to borrow a set of 17's to take it over as they wouldnt accept the 18" "Z" wheels, then the car was too low cause of the change in wheel size, aaarrrrggggghhhhh!! Make sure no part of the car is lower than 100mm, it was a pain but all good now.

Good luck!!!!

:D :D

The car isl awaiting compliance plates as well - I was under the impression that RAWS is concerned with mechanical mods - not stuff like boost guages/pedals so I wasnt really bothered about RAWS.

Crap - the boost guage is right in the middle of the dash. I'm going to be busy this weekend :hellpisd:

I have a strut brace at the front as well...

this is registering , not RAWS compliance . the car does not have to be %100 stock , only meet roadworthy requirements . Even then stuff gets through RAWS , my line had aftermarket suspension and got complience .  

drilled pedals have to have grip , cant be a glossed or painted surface . %90 of the pedals on the market wont pass .  

guage doesnt sound good . technically I think your not allowed one that has a vacume line running from the engine (mechanical) , it has to be a type with a sensor in the engine bay that sends to the guage (electrical) . but they dont pick that up much . most important thing is its location if its in a head impact area youll fail immedietly . that is usually on top of the dash or pillar guage . behind steering is ok as long as it doesnt block the cluster

oh , you should have said compliancing , that is very different .

the car has to be returned to total stock , rims , exhaust , everything . theoretically . sometimes you get away with things . id find a set of stock pedals , or stock looking ones and remove the guage . less hassle than having to go back again .

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