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30th September 2019, 01:54 PM
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Buying a lifted GU Patrol from a dealership, ride height question
Hi guys,
Hopefully you can help me out here. I'm in the process of buying a GU 2007 patrol from a car dealership, pending a 3rd party inspection by a local mobile mechanic.
The car is fitted with a Tough Dog suspension setup, and as far as I can tell its a 3 inch lift kit. Fitted with some 32.8 inch tyres, will the car be over the legal ride height of the GU patrol? Can I reasonably ask the dealership to verify it is a legal set up?
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30th September 2019 01:54 PM
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30th September 2019, 02:04 PM
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Patrol Guru
50mm over standard is your base legal height. You can go up to 75mm but it normally requires a further inspection/approval. This includes suspension, tyres and body lift. If you think you're edging towards 4in overall then it's definitely over the legal limit
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30th September 2019, 02:09 PM
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Ok thanks a lot @0-TJ-0, I will get the inspecting mechanic to check the specifics of the lift and go from there. I have asked the dealership to confirm it is legal to drive, so I'll dig deeper after I know more. It also didnt have a rear sway bar on it while it was in the lot, so they are fixing that too.
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30th September 2019, 05:30 PM
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The master farter
Originally Posted by
0-TJ-0
50mm over standard is your base legal height. You can go up to 75mm but it normally requires a further inspection/approval. This includes suspension, tyres and body lift. If you think you're edging towards 4in overall then it's definitely over the legal limit
I believe this ruling has changed recently. Overall lift now doesn't include both suspension and tyres together. They are now a separate measurement.
Having a quick flick through this I can't see no mention of the two being as one. Im sure it used to say this however when I got my Patrol engineered three years ago.
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/ve...ov_2015_v4.pdf
I could be wrong though, just haven't seen it written here.
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30th September 2019, 06:12 PM
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With all the who-ha we go thru in Vic re compliance, my nephew bought a GU that was engineered in NSW with a 4" lift. He contacted Vicroads about getting it registered and was told as long as the roadworthy guy passes it, they will accept it - so there you go a road legal 4" lifted GU in Melb
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30th September 2019, 06:40 PM
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Patrol Guru
Originally Posted by
mudski
I believe this ruling has changed recently. Overall lift now doesn't include both suspension and tyres together. They are now a separate measurement.
Having a quick flick through this I can't see no mention of the two being as one. Im sure it used to say this however when I got my Patrol engineered three years ago.
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/ve...ov_2015_v4.pdf
I could be wrong though, just haven't seen it written here.
What I'm learning is that each state likes to have their own interpretation of a particular rule. Hear in SA it's overall ride height, regardless of how it's achieved. Probably best to confirm the ride height above standard and then run that past you're own state authority before doing anything drastic.
https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/driving...n-modification
2003 GU TD42 with a few extra ponies
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30th September 2019, 06:53 PM
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The master farter
Originally Posted by
PeeBee
With all the who-ha we go thru in Vic re compliance, my nephew bought a GU that was engineered in NSW with a 4" lift. He contacted Vicroads about getting it registered and was told as long as the roadworthy guy passes it, they will accept it - so there you go a road legal 4" lifted GU in Melb
Mines 4inch and road legal.
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30th September 2019, 06:56 PM
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The master farter
Originally Posted by
0-TJ-0
What I'm learning is that each state likes to have their own interpretation of a particular rule. Hear in SA it's overall ride height, regardless of how it's achieved. Probably best to confirm the ride height above standard and then run that past you're own state authority before doing anything drastic.
https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/driving...n-modification
The link I provided is National. Not state specific. I studied this in detail when I went through the hassles of engineering. All forgotten about now.
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30th September 2019, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by
mudski
Mines 4inch and road legal.
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How did you get that done Mark? My Vass engineer is adamant that 3 inch is the limit, and that is a combination of body lift, tyres and springs.
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30th September 2019, 07:31 PM
#10
The master farter
Originally Posted by
PeeBee
How did you get that done Mark? My Vass engineer is adamant that 3 inch is the limit, and that is a combination of body lift, tyres and springs.
Engineered through 4x4 Obsession in Melton, VASS approved too. 4inch is the highest that can be done with the 285's. Unless its recently changed, I'm not sure.
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