Has anyone raised a T5.1 in Queensland and put AT tyres on (all legally).

[hoddy]

Friends – and anyone else:


I also want to put AT tyres on the vehicle as I have found gravel roads have chewed up tyres in the past – the latest being a set of Goodyear 215/60 R17Cs.

I get a small lift by using 235/60/17 's = gives u 1/2 an inch lift, wider tyre for sand, more accurate speedo!

[Sunny43.5]

Yes it was so easy to get an Authorised Officers Cert back in those days , one of my apprentices who worked for me for nearly ten years eventually started his own shop and found it almost impossible to get his cert even though he had the same qualifications as I had . I will admit that as the years went on we found some of the mods got more and more complex and to save some time with developing methods we used to employ a certified civil and mechanical engineer to check some of the stuff . We were doing conversions to 24 seat tourist buses fitting luxury reclining seats and seatbelts etc so safety and ADR regs had to be by the book .

[Bryn23]

I checked through my documents the number for QLD transport engineering should be 07 3114 5844.

If not, the QLD transport should give there number if you ask for them.

[Bryn23]

Yeah sunny, the day of doing your apprenticeship and learning for 10 years is not enough now, you need a degree in engineering as well.

I find that these days, if you need to do something, it has to go through 2 professionals to sign off on it.

And thats why every thing is getting expensive for the everyday man.

They brought in a new rule start of this year, that if you have a car with knee airbags, you are now unable to to have it disarmed for disabled hand controls, as you could in the past, so instead of using a set that is $2400 fitted it is now $7500 for a knee airbag compliant hand controls.

for a start, its hard enough on the pocket for people with disabilities as there are a lot of other expenses, just to live.

I then pointed out....so if i have no legs, why do i need to disable the knee airbags, as they are of no use anyway......no answer to that.. rules are rules

Also lets not forget almost every car before 2013 has no airbags...

I'm only 37, but i miss the days of common sense..

[transparu]

Thanks Bryn - you're doing too much for me, though I do appreciate it!

[Sunny43.5]

Yes bryn you are right there needs to be an overhaul of the rules for disability issues , we had two disabled children so doing access lifts and seating and restraints systems was part of our work in my old business . What used to p me off was that if I converted our vans 3 of them over the years I should by all rights have fitted child restraints as the category changed with conversion . Naturally I had plenty of arguments with Qld Transport about the stupidity of this one , but you are right the cost to do disability controls is spiralling out of control . There needs to be changes for those situations , lets face it in some vehicles you can use a key to turn off the passengers seat front airbag if you are carrying a child in a special seat so why not the knee airbag . Have you considered putting in a dispensation to Qld Transport for you own conversion as I am sure it would be taken seriously , lets face it $7.5 k is no laughing matter that money above a normal set of controls is better spent on your needs rather than complying with stupid regulations . Oh and don,t stop there hassle the crap out of your Federal and State Member as well , worked for us recently when we had a huge blue with Centre Link . Those idiots wanted proof our daughter who has been severely disabled since birth was not able to get employment .

[Bryn23]

Yeah Sunny, 7.5K isn't a laughing matter, luckily for me the MY17 Transporter doesn't have Knee airbags, the Multivan does and has since 2010 i believe.

So that saved me 5K i didn't really want to spend on a stupid rule, i'm sure though if i really needed to i could get a dispensation, as even some of the QLD transport guy's think they are excessive.

But it would be a big ****fight and take a while to get it done.

[Sunny43.5]

Not necessarily so we found our Federal member had our situation sorted out with Canberra in under two weeks , you just need to get onto the right social media like our Federal members Facebook page highlight the problem and sit back and wait for the supporters to make some noise on your behalf . {PS this also worked for us with VW on their Facebook page } shhh didn't hear that from me .

[transparu]

After all of this - and the other "tyre" thread, I find that the Seikel kit (or an emulation of it using King Springs and Bilsteins), will only give me a 30mm lift and I haven't chanced on anything taller. Now 20mm isn't much, but 50mm is a lot better than 30mm, before tyres.
Has anyone raised a T5 by 50mm satisfactorily?

[Bryn23]

30mm is about the limit, then the CV joints start stuffing up due to the increased angle.

That is why Seikel make a Diff spacer to reduce it.

Markee, got 25mm lift at the front and 60mm in the rear, from what i read off his build thread.

Although i can't remember if this was with the King Springs 30mm or 50mm lift springs, Markee will be able to tell you, check out the size of the tires he has on it, they crazy and awesome, it looks great.