Quote Originally Posted by 89gqpatrol4x4 View Post
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On the other hand I think a lot of these "illegal" mods have not been thought through, with some of them actually making the car safer than factory! The departement of transport needs to wake up and have a real good look at was is and isn't safe,
Apologies for the snip but... Wow, thats a big call.

At the risk of the thread hijacking, could you pop up a few examples of what you mean. I can't think of any "illegal" mod making a car safer than factory. Just because I can't think of some doesn't mean there aren't of course.

Certainly a 4 inch lift for example doesn't improve safety even if it is "engineered" as all that the engineering does is bring the vehicle up to an acceptable standard as the lift degraded the safety immensely. I would strongly suggest in 9 cases out of 10 even an engineered lift still below factory performance head to head in braking and stability.

Why?... people lift to put on bigger dia tyres, bigger dia tyres cut the braking efficiency significantly. Some may argue but it is simple physics as the turning moment or leverage acting against the brake effect is now much greater. Again, a factory truck would be a better performer