leaglity of ride height...

[dado]

first thing insurance will check is your wheels,that is a routine inspection that they carry when assesing damage on the car, so if you are runing non standard size wheels you may be in trouble already.when you are trying to improve 'modify' your car you should do it properly and safe and not worry too much about if it is legal or not, otherwise just keep it stock. it's not worth the headache! your car would have to be really f...up... so they would think of canceling your policy.

[Preen59]

Spacers CAN be dangerous if they're poorly made or poorly installed. I've seen examples of spacers fitted without longer bolts resulting in only a few threads holding the wheels to the hubs, I've also seen non-hub/wheel centric spacers used with the wheel studs/bolts being used to locate the wheel on the hub rather than just hold it on. Both are incredibly dangerous situations.

You flawed your own argument. ANYTHING is dangerous if it is poorly made or fitted by someone who is incompetent. You can die by your own kitchen knife if you lack the skills or common sense to use it correctly.

[GTom]

the 100mm is measured from the centre of the vehicle (B pillar area)

On top of the above there's also a measurement from the ground to the centre of the headlights (i think from memory it's can;t be lower than 590mm)

And also a gap between the tyres and fender (the size of the gap I'm not sure but it's one of those ambiguous ones)

My car satisfies most of the above or comes very close to the standards.

[dylan8]

the 100mm is measured from the centre of the vehicle (B pillar area)

On top of the above there's also a measurement from the ground to the centre of the headlights (i think from memory it's can;t be lower than 590mm)

And also a gap between the tyres and fender (the size of the gap I'm not sure but it's one of those ambiguous ones)

My car satisfies most of the above or comes very close to the standards.

not arguing or anything, but where did you get those from? is that for NSW?

how does that work with cars with low mounted headlights? and every second car is tucking tyre, that would be a odd way to measure things.

Dont the police just have a ball 100mm in diameter on a pole, and if it jams under the car your below the limit?

[McDub]

the 100mm is measured from the centre of the vehicle (B pillar area)

i don't think that's right according to this

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registrati...s_nov_2007.pdf

"3. Ground Clearance
A vehicle or combination must have a ground clearance of:
a. at least 100mm at any point within 1 metre of an axle; and
b. at least one-thirtieth of the distance between the centres of adjacent axles at the mid-point
between them; and
c. at any other point - at least the distance that allows the vehicle or combination to pass over
a peak in a road, the gradient on either side of which is 1:15, when the wheels of one axle
of the vehicle or combination are on the slope on one side of the peak and the wheels
of the next axle are on the slope on the other side."

seems you may have mixed up A and B

But still, makes me wonder if it matters that the plastic guard under my car counts, i wouldn't think so, but who knows.

[dylan8]

But still, makes me wonder if it matters that the plastic guard under my car counts, i wouldn't think so, but who knows.

drop it on its guts and find out.

i bet you'll do damage to your car before the law pays one bit of interest

[McDub]

drop it on its guts and find out.

i bet you'll do damage to your car before the law pays one bit of interest

probably true, but i'm more concerned with the insurance side of things rather than the defect side of things.
i'm just surprised that the lowest point on my stock height car is 110mm!
which suggests a very minor drop of just 10mm will make it illegal... though this suggests to me that it's more the solid parts of the car, and that they shouldn't care about a plastic belly/guard, which if you really wanted to you could just remove anyway!

[Manaz]

You flawed your own argument. ANYTHING is dangerous if it is poorly made or fitted by someone who is incompetent. You can die by your own kitchen knife if you lack the skills or common sense to use it correctly.

Out of control cars have a LOT more potential for damage than a kitchen knife.

I'm playing devils advocate here btw. It's not a rule I agree with - it'd be so much more sensible to put an ADR together for such things and say "right, if it meets the ADRs, it's OK." But governments aren't about being sensible...

[GTom]

i don't think that's right according to this

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registrati...s_nov_2007.pdf

Yep you're right on the measurements. Most of the info that I got came from HWP.

There's an ADR on the headlights I'm trying to find it, It's in the vehicle lighting ADR.

[simza]

in tassie the car has to be same ride height as show room floor.. if its lower then its illegal and therefore not insurable.. which is kinda poo really.. so each state is different.