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Legality of Body Lifts & Tyres
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:44 pm
by DB
I see a lot of 4bs gettin around with 33'+ rubber and body lifts.
From what I understand most of these mods are illegal unless you have an engineers certificate.
Understandably you can cop a canary and fine no big deal, but how do people go with insurance?
Do companies pay up if you stack 35' spinning 2' body lifted trucks? Can they refuse payment if your truck is/was unroadworthy?
Are many people bothering to engineer minor mods such 2' body and 35' tyres?
Am looking into bigger rubber & a b/lift.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:49 pm
by TuffRR
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And yes, most insurance policies say that the vehicle must be in a roadworthy condition to be covered.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:50 pm
by Ric
depends what state...
you won't get insurance if your car is unroadworthy.
2" body is max in qld i think...
Ric
Re: Legality of Body Lifts & Tyres
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:50 pm
by bogged
DB wrote: Can they refuse payment if your truck is/was unroadworthy?
honestly you really need to ask this?
insurance company = get out of it anyway they can
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:52 pm
by muppet_man67
there are plenty of threads on this. for legality its best to check with your local authority. eg vicroads. they will tell you what you can and cant do. For insurance get a written approval for any modification from your insurance company that way you know your covered. If they refuse to cover you with the modifications then take out insurance with DGI insurance which is recomended by the Australian 4wd association. They insure competition trucks so its a fair bet that you will be covered with a body lift and 33's. You are also covered when 4wding.
damnit when I started writing this I was going to be the first response.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:56 pm
by DB
Yes silly question really I know.
What I want to know is anyone engineering minor mods?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:07 pm
by bogged
DB wrote:What I want to know is anyone engineering minor mods?
yes... you specially want insurance when you cause $10,000,000 damage to a building that you hit..
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:10 pm
by rock hopper
if u have a 4x4 shop or a business .
you can have demo 4by's that don't require mod plats .
being a demo 4by the mods will be changed offern .
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:56 pm
by -Scott-
bogged wrote:DB wrote:What I want to know is anyone engineering minor mods?
yes... you specially want insurance when you cause
$10,000,000 damage to a building that you hit..
WTF?
What do you carry in the back of your Patrol to cause ten million dollars of damage to a building?
Student of Gelignite Jack?
Scott
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:22 pm
by bogged
NJ SWB wrote:WTF?
What do you carry in the back of your Patrol to cause ten million dollars of damage to a building?
Student of Gelignite Jack?
GQ into a multi story building take out a main structural wall, building demolished or rebuilt main wall, tenants have to be relocated while building is demolished and rebuilt, or main wall rebuilt... move tenants back in, union shit, etc etc.
Im thinking that it has been done.
And what a man gelignite jack murray was!!!