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nath_89

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:30 am

Just wanted to know if drop shackles are legal in nsw?

atari4x4

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:34 am

i highly doubt it... considering extended shackles are illegal, maybe ring the RTA?

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:41 am

i know climax pinable drop shackes are legal

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joeblow

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:51 am

alex wrote:

i know climax pinable drop shackes are legal

haha...what a load of rubbish...

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Bruce

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:52 am

joeblow wrote:

alex wrote:

i know climax pinable drop shackes are legal

haha...what a load of rubbish...

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31zook

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:58 am

I talked to athol mullen about this when making mine, they need to be pinned on road and have the pin distance exactly the same as standard shackles. If they fit between these catagories then there is no problem...

alex

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:25 am

Bruce wrote:

joeblow wrote:

alex wrote:

i know climax pinable drop shackes are legal

haha...what a load of rubbish...

oh, well its just what i read on the climax website but i cant seem to find the website now tho

anyone got a link to the site where they sell the drop shackles?

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Fatzook

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:46 am

31zook wrote:

This doen't make them legal. It makes them engineerable.... IF you can find someone to sign off on the mod.

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ZookiMonsta

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:50 am

joeblow wrote:

alex wrote:

i know climax pinable drop shackes are legal

haha...what a load of rubbish...

I've heard their rubbish off road aswell.

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31zook

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:22 am

Fatzook wrote:

31zook wrote:

This doen't make them legal. It makes them engineerable.... IF you can find someone to sign off on the mod.

hmm, maybey your right, i never thought of that....

mcwilly

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:40 am

Wouldn't that mean there safe to be on the road and therefore legal. If not why waste the money on engineering save it and do more mods. Whole system is pointless.

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LAY80N

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:00 pm

mcwilly wrote:

Wouldn't that mean there safe to be on the road and therefore legal. If not why waste the money on engineering save it and do more mods. Whole system is pointless.

Welcome to the world of modified cars. A police officer can defect you regardless of what your engineers certificate says, and the RTA can say that they think your car is not roadworthy regardless of engineer certificate. Makes you wonder why you bother doesn't it. Best one is the current trend of police issuing EPA emissions defects. If they pull over a car that they feel doesnt meet emissions standards, they issue with the defect and fine. You then have to book in and clear the car. BUT you still have a fine to pay, regardless of if you pass or fail the tests (which are almost impossible to get right. A standard late model WRX (2004) failed.) The police need to nothing more than look at your car to determine that you "May not meed the applicable emission standard" then they can issue with the fine and defect. Having had to change a few cars round recently to clear this defect, it is rediculous.

Anyway rant over

Layto....

mcwilly

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:18 pm

How did you pass emissions. I'm assuming they are performance cars pm if you want

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LAY80N

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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:14 pm

Yeah im talking performace road cars. I will send you a pm a bit later when i can type out some more detail, but basically it is return the car to stock/compliance spec. I have all the .pdf documents from the police/RTA/EPAlisting the testing and requirements somewhere if you need them.

Layto....

mcwilly

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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:02 pm

That would be awesome I've been looking for those but couldn't find anything

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