removing rear seats illegal?

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

Does anyone know whether it is illegal to have the rear seats removed even though its registered as a 4seater?

has anyone been defected/fined for this before?

please tell

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

sorry wrong section, please move to general discussion.

thanks

[Neil]

Yea it is Very Illegal,,,,. 4 seater means 4 seater,,,,seatbelts in the back means you have to have seats. Child restraint points also mean you have to have rear seats,,,,Sorry Man.

Neil.

[inark]

wow... serious? ive had mine out for a while now.

[predator]

WTF is with the mandatory child restraints for compliance anyway? Tell me you're going to put kids in the back of a coupe..Seems strange to me, but i know they have to do it.

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

so wat if u take out the seatbelts?

[kabab]

If you register it as a two seater then your fine....

[inark]

kabab - will that mean having to get it complied again?

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

I dont see why its a problem.

u just dont let people sit in the back seats.

same as having ur split fold rear seats down, or having a big surfboard in the back.

[Guest GR33DyMANGO]

yer whats the deal with the child seat restrainers? if i had a baby theres no way i;d use a skyline to transport the little tiger.

[Neil]

I agree,,but thats ADR,,,,.

Why no back seat though,,,,surely not weight,,,,.

Neil.

[Tonkotsu Flavour]

you can hear all the sounds at the back of the car

looks better

feels lot more roomy

and u dont have to cart people round in the backseats, specially coupe have to always squeeze in and out of the car.

"sorry no back seats"

[Driftn 180]

kabab i think is correct, if you have registered as a 4 seater then you have to have 4 seats, but when registering again u must specify that its a 2 seater.......if thats even possible for an import im not sure.

[Duncan]

Originally posted by ndr

I agree,,but thats ADR,,,,.

Why no back seat though,,,,surely not weight,,,,.

Neil.

Easy, you can fit a full set of slicks in the back when you take the seat out. Can't even fit 1 rim in the boot.....

[Guest Aleks]

i can only comment about the ACT .... my brother happens to be a vehicle inspector .. fortunately not one of your regular rego nazis anyhow, we were talking cars a bit back and a friend asked just that question ... basically you can take the back seat out of any (import or not) as long as you remove all seat belts and sign some doco (stat dec methinx) which means your car now only handles 2 people

[Neil]

Originally posted by Duncan

Easy, you can fit a full set of slicks in the back when you take the seat out.  Can't even fit 1 rim in the boot.....

Ah on the money there Duncan,,,,,use the belts to lock em in,,,,,.

[46n2]

Originally posted by Aleks

remove all seat belts and sign some doco (stat dec methinx) which means your car now only handles 2 people

Is that still going to be the case this year with SEVS and things in general ( like compliancing) just getting tougher? I was reading something 2 mths ago and it was talking about having to get your car re-complied after each mod to say that it's "safe" for road use in Aus. :confused:

[Guest Aleks]

I really don't know what impact SEVS will have ... I'm not too sure anyone really does ... my understanding of SEVS is that it is the most blatant attempt market protection I have seen for ages and is a complete crock of shite ... they have nothing to do with safety, just money .... I'm not bitter, I promise

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[Guest Boxhead]

yes i think your about right aleks.. there tryin to protect jobs that are in makin cars here rather then the car makers actually making cars we like at a nice price that we prefer over imports...

46n2, basically you car in new system has to be stock to import, if its not, aftermarket things have to be replaced with stock items, and compliancer have to provide evedence they destroyed aftermarket itesm...

[Guest Oz Elitesport]

Yep agree with Aleks. Definetely some polies are getting paid under the table for this one.

Surgprised so few signed the anti SEVS petition. Last time I looked it was around 370. Not much for whole of Australia.