Vehicle Engineers reports, 4WD Modification rules, whats allowed, what not...

[TuffTD42]

Those of you that have had their cars engineered, have you had any issue with the authorities (police, department of transport, insurance) in regards to the mods?

Eg been pulled over by some cop trying to fill his ticket book and you say here's my mod plate see you later.

Never been hassled by coppers. Once in my old GQ 6" lift & 35's I was towing the wife's horse float that was unregoed & went past the HWY patrol parked on the side of the road. His camera picked up that the float was unregoed & chased me down the road. The only thing he said about the rig was to put some flares on the back to cover the tyres. I kindly explained to him that I had just finished the quarter chop & had the rubber flexi flares on order. All he said was ok get done ASAP.

Regards to insurance A few won't insure you but a lot will. Club4x4 is who I will be insuring with next time & they ask the question: Is your vehicle road worthy in it's registered state. As mine is engineered it complies so no hassle.

I had been to QLD quite a few times & S.A. in the ol GQ & never got hassled once. Just came back from The Sunshine coast & Brisbane after 2 weeks in the GU & again never got hassled. I kept hearing stories about interstaters getting defected etc & was worried the 1st few times out of state. I know If I moved back to the Sunshine coast the Gu would have to be lowered & smaller tyres fitted to comply. I think this is an issue which needs to be looked at. I don't understand how my vehicle is roadworthy in NSW but not on QLD roads. The engineering certs should be made national not state accepted.