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Body lift - FYI
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:06 pm
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
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:13 pm
by NICK
i have mine transport approved and they are nylon.
NICK
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:13 pm
by chimpboy
Bummer!
Was this while out driving or was it while attempting to get a mod plate?
Jason
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:15 pm
by NICK
look at time he posted, you think the mod place would be open? do you get pinged by the mod plate guy?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:21 pm
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.
Jason
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:40 pm
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.
NICK
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:46 pm
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.
NICK
Sad but true...
Gee they are harsh in Qld aint they!
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:48 pm
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 ..
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:52 pm
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?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:59 pm
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 ...
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:03 pm
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
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:46 pm
by big red
35's
dont they even read their own book
i'd get that in writing and send me a copy
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:50 pm
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?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:52 pm
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...
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:00 pm
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 ...
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:01 pm
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..
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:03 pm
by Hoonz
tow bar will come down another 100mm ... whats the point lol ....
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:06 pm
by Liam
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:12 pm
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?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:16 pm
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!
Jason
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:40 pm
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
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 1:10 am
by MUSS
well i guess that has helped me decide what bodylift blocks to get
.... think ill get steel ones
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:53 am
by Hoonz
hahaha tis ok i'll fix everything next week then i'll tell them all to get farked
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:55 am
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!!!
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:09 pm
by Hoonz
hahaha pimp out copies of my RTA doings like i pimp out jakes ass to fund my ute ...
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:35 pm
by MUSS
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 10:53 am
by bj on roids
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.
"Because there are no streetlights in the jungels of Malaysia" as the ad. describes it!!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:10 am
by Area54
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:17 am
by bogged
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 12:17 pm
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?
