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

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O.k SO I just went over to 4x4 Obsession for Brett to take a quick look and tell me what I need to do. Found out a few things I wasn't aware of...

• Catch cans. Are illegal. They do not pass ADR. Regardless if its a closed system and recirculates back into the air intake. So this needs to be removed temporarily.

• The boost controller is also illegal. So I need to hide this under the intercooler.Out of sight

• My GVM is 3000kg. I weigh 2940kg. Seems ok yeah? Wrong. The car is classed as a seven seater you you need to count seven people with a weight of 80kgs each, and then both fuel tanks full. But I will be getting the engineers report and the car will be classed as a 5 seater. So that saves me 160kg. So a bit of a diet the car will be going on. Ugh!

• Braided brake lines, you need to be aware of. All braided lines must have a small rubber sleeve at each end of the line where it meets the banjo fitting. I was told that a few places are claiming their lines are ADR compliant and infact are not, because they haven't used the rubber sleeve.

I asked about the GVM upgrade. It was noted that say if you do the upgrade from 3000kg to 3350kg you are not actually increasing your towing capacity by 350kg. It does not add onto it.

So a few things to do, it will go in hopefully July. If everything goes to plan.

Also just for reference. The whole car must be engineered. So you can't just go in for suspension, when the motor or something else needs to be done and you don't want it too.

Can anyone with a GUII wagon with a factory TD42t in it please post up their GVM? I am curious to see if its heavier than 3000kg.