Defect question

[GeorgeMK1]

Another one? Shattered dude..

And to think that your car isnt even a daily, and you're still getting pick on haha.

[datzed]

LOL...yeah I know huh! This time he was nice enough to not give me a fine and let me drive home.

Last time I cleared the defect by some Pommy guy in dandenong (cant remember the address) so if anyone knows this bloke (it wasnt a VW specialist), that'd be great!

[Valver.]

Whats the go with that? Is that a Victorian thing??

I have always been told that coils are legal it's just the ride hieght that has to be within limits??

In terms of the way the ADR system works, technically anything that hasn't been ADR approved is 'illegal'. One of the largest costs within the R&D process for new products (in almost any market where liability is a big factor) is design approval. This is why, even from Germany, you can buy non-TUV approved products for significantly less money. Many German suppliers sell TUV and non-TUV approved versions of the same product to target the export market - and locals who don't care about the law!

As has been said already, it really depends on how much of a muppet the charging officer is! Technically, you can be booked and/or defected for making any changes to a car, as you have altered it from its originally-approved state. The whole thing is a grey area and always will be unless all levels of modification are banned, which will never happen because there'd be uproar from an economic perspective - so we're safe for a while.

The trick is to do things carefully, cleanly, and properly

[Water Boy]

I can have you sorted.

Send me a PM and we work from there.

BTW its in Ringwood.