stevegeez GTI

[RolfGolf]

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh defected!!

Why ........?

[grtuned]

Mate that sucks!!!!! what are your options??? do you have any???

[leighaus]

his options are - fix to legal standards or become deregistered. after which he has a period he can re-register the vehicle, before the registration is cancelled.

You cannot contest a defect notice. You would be very dim to try and a) drive against the conditions and/or b) remove the defect notice.

if you were in melbourne i'd give you hand with my stock parts, hopefully you kept your stock gear or have friendly mates.

Wasnt EPA as well was it? Defect is a cakewalk compared to EPA.

(this may vary slightly state to state, but in a nutshell).

im guessing you got done for tyre load rating, height, coilovers,

[dylan8]

Why ........?

not low enough I think... lol

bummer, minor or major? (if they have the same system over in TAS)
im going with too low, wheels outside the guards. maybe tyres not fitted to correct size wheel?

and leighaus you can fight the defect in some cases. I had the option via vicroads as the paperwork was not filled out correctly by the police officer and he didnt go through the right steps when issuing me the defect. however the girl said it was a long process... and just passed it because my car looked standard enough

[leighaus]

what was missing from the defect?

[undisclos3d]

Yeah minor defect, the fella was a transport inspector not police. He was actually a pretty nice guy. He said my wheels were awesome hahaha. Didn't care about the poke or the stretch, or the exhaust. Just the height. I was just unlucky because i never go the way i went, and they had a roadblock and were doing inspections as well as beatho's.

Wats EPA?

I guess i just have to raise it up, and go get it ticked off?

It hasn't got the "full roadworthy" ticked on the form, so i wonder how my wheels adapters and exhaust will go? Will they check everything. Or will they just tick off the suspension.

[dylan8]

Yeah minor defect, the fella was a transport inspector not police. He was actually a pretty nice guy. He said my wheels were awesome hahaha. Didn't care about the poke or the stretch, or the exhaust. Just the height. I was just unlucky because i never go the way i went, and they had a roadblock and were doing inspections as well as beatho's.

Wats EPA?

I guess i just have to raise it up, and go get it ticked off?

It hasn't got the "full roadworthy" ticked on the form, so i wonder how my wheels adapters and exhaust will go? Will they check everything. Or will they just tick off the suspension.

because they didnt check the height of my car.
Minor sweet. Just have to get whatever they got u on approved/passed. For example i had height, tail light out, wheels outside the guards.
So put a new globe in, wound it up, threw stockies on.
However i would throw something a bit more legal wise with the wheels...
Epa is emissions etc. (cant remeber what it stands for exactly.

Only thing is because u had a minor, if u get another one for the same reasons i think they will give u a major next time, although can depend on the polish issuing it.

[undisclos3d]

Did you have to take it to a mechanics to get it passed? I have to take it to an approved mechanic. Just wondering if they will check everything, or just whats ticked. Ah well guess I'll find out!

[leighaus]

in victoria, as there is now RWC required, you can do it yourself, take it into your RTA and they will just check it off. They shouldnt look at anything else on the car, but if you have obvious other defects, itd be wise to fix them up... sure its a pain to put mods on and off, but thats part of the deal.

EPA stands for Environment Protection Authority, who deal with vehicle emissions. i.e no cat convertor, exhaust output too loud, EGR gear being removed. They are VERY picky and there are massive fines for failing to comply.

[undisclos3d]

So basically I'm defect free. Whole lot of bother for nothing pretty much. The way it went was...... Borrowed some stockies, raised the car well above the 100mm! Took it to a Place he basically said he would not even look at it. Way too low(it was almost stockish height. Saying I would never pass anywhere. Told him to shove it. Took it too a place called lightening lube, guy walked around it, said yup she's fine mate, and didn't even charge me! Big difference!