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Body lift - FYI

Post by Hoonz »

ok i just got pinged by transport deptartment for having the nylon bodylift blocks .... told me aluminium or steel only

this is in QLD
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i have mine transport approved and they are nylon.


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Post by chimpboy »

Bummer!

Was this while out driving or was it while attempting to get a mod plate?

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look at time he posted, you think the mod place would be open? do you get pinged by the mod plate guy?
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Post by chimpboy »

NICK wrote:look at time he posted, you think the mod place would be open? do you get pinged by the mod plate guy?


Calm down man, "just got pinged" could mean different things to different people; not everyone races straight home and writes a post to outerlimits to tell us what happened in the last few minutes.

As I understand it body lift in Qld requires Qld Transport inspection no matter what, so I'd have thought that a roadside pull-over would have created problems no matter what the blocks were made of if they didn't have a mod plate.

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Post by NICK »

you cant get a mod plate for a body lift in queensland. for a body lift to be 100% approved you must send a letter to QldT showing the mod that you want to do, they will give you the go ahead, when the mod is done the letter must be stamped and signed but a transport officer not a mod plate bloke. 4x4 shops will try and spin you some crap about "we've done 50 of em mate so transport gave us the nod" which means we dont know anyone that has been booked so you'll be right and some people will fit a blue plate but transport will throw the book at the also.


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Post by bogged »

NICK wrote: 4x4 shops will try and spin you some crap about "we've done 50 of em mate so transport gave us the nod" which means we dont know anyone that has been booked so you'll be right and some people will fit a blue plate but transport will throw the book at the also.


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Sad but true...

Gee they are harsh in Qld aint they!
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Post by Hoonz »

nope RTA guys said no nylon blocks what so ever ... they won't do it
and he said change them to aluminium ones ... so yeh ...
and it was this arvo i was driving around
ehehe they've never seen a truck like mine in townsville ... so he reckons ..
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Post by bogged »

Terrafirma wrote:nope RTA guys said no nylon blocks what so ever ... they won't do it
and he said change them to aluminium ones ... so yeh ...
and it was this arvo i was driving around
ehehe they've never seen a truck like mine in townsville ... so he reckons ..



at least people have some facts now..

they get you on anything else?
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Post by Hoonz »

on ur tray the tails lights can not be more then 150mm from the outside edge

exhaust can not dump straight onto the road ... and must come out the rear .. or behind the cab on the RIGHT side ...

i can run 35" tyres on the road ...

with my tray being so short .. i have to put the tow bar back on or some thing .. dunno why ... he said if some one runs up the back of my car they'll go straight under it with there being no bar ... and they'll hit my fuel tank ... blah blah blah ..

sway bars have to be on ...

mud flaps have to be 300 off the ground?

and my brake fluid needed to be topped up lol ...
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Post by Hoonz »

and those with lights across the roof on ur cars .... u can have them
un covered or not!
just do no use them in urburn areas
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35's :shock:
dont they even read their own book :roll:
i'd get that in writing and send me a copy :cool:
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Post by Hoonz »

haha yeh i should ... i'll do it when i go back ...


wots ya msn email shane i'll add ya to my list?
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Post by bogged »

Terrafirma wrote:and those with lights across the roof on ur cars .... u can have them
un covered or not!
just do no use them in urburn areas


Remember the new Jeep comes with Lights on the roof incorperated in that shitty lookin plastic bar...
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Post by Hoonz »

yeah ... was just sayin cause there was a thread ... and i know of people being pulled up and asked to take them off on the spot ...
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Post by bogged »

Terrafirma wrote:yeah ... was just sayin cause there was a thread ... and i know of people being pulled up and asked to take them off on the spot ...


Thats what fucks me off most, some are told 1 thing, others the opposite.. Like 35's in Qld, and then the spotties etc....

I can see their point on the towbar if your tray is high up..
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Post by Hoonz »

tow bar will come down another 100mm ... whats the point lol ....
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That shitty looking jeep with the shitty looking lights in the shitty lookin bar- I was told they are only 'work lights' 35 watt spread beams- this might not be true.
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Post by bogged »

Liam wrote:That shitty looking jeep with the shitty looking lights in the shitty lookin bar- I was told they are only 'work lights' 35 watt spread beams- this might not be true.


probably, but its the fact they are on the roof.. do they come on with the headlights??? or all for looks?
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Post by chimpboy »

That with the 35s is just plain wrong isn't it? I mean, great if the rule has changed or something but I thought it was pretty definite that 35s aren't legal on basically anything in Qld since you can only go an inch bigger...

However, I'd love to find out that's not true!

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Post by Hoonz »

well i went in there today with the 35" MT/Rs on and i asked him about it and he said its fine
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well i guess that has helped me decide what bodylift blocks to get :cool: .... think ill get steel ones :armsup:
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Post by Hoonz »

hahaha tis ok i'll fix everything next week then i'll tell them all to get farked
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Post by bogged »

Terrafirma wrote:well i went in there today with the 35" MT/Rs on and i asked him about it and he said its fine


LOL get it in writing, and sell copies of it!!! :armsup: :armsup: :armsup:
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hahaha pimp out copies of my RTA doings like i pimp out jakes ass to fund my ute ... :finger: :armsup:
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Terrafirma wrote:hahaha pimp out copies of my RTA doings like i pimp out jakes ass to fund my ute ... :finger: :armsup:


:rofl: :rofl: youd be payin them i recon luke :finger: :armsup:
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Liam wrote:That shitty looking jeep with the shitty looking lights in the shitty lookin bar- I was told they are only 'work lights' 35 watt spread beams- this might not be true.


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Area54 wrote:Does nobody read my posts?

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Post by fatassgq »

Nick are your blocks alloy or steel? If not who the fuck are you and why are you any different to everyone else on the road?
Transport requires all body lifts to be steel or ally now.
The main reason 35" tires are illegal is the reduction in braking. Spring overs are illegal because you are increasing bump stop distance. You cannot fuck with bumpstops at all! Air bags are therefore pretty well always illegal. It costs into the 000's of $ for even the most modest of mods to be approved by transport after you submit full drawings, spring rates, ex-ray's of welds etc etc. There is no such thing as being legal cause you have an engineer cert in qld.
From the mouth of DOT officer/Blue plate dude

I have yet to find out whether or not if you got your body lift approved before the new laws in qld went thru that you still have to have ally or steel. ie take out nylon and replace with steel?
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