Friday, December 28, 2007 - 11:09 am, by: Sam Avery(Samavery)
Ok, after being defected for having the 20's on my celsior i have decided i want it legal so i can stick it up the cops a$$ when they pull me over. anyway, my question here is does anyone know the rules and regulations regarding getting my celsior engineered with the 20's on. thanks.
Andrew Ferres DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 10:22 am, by: Simon Martin(Commander)
I never got pulled up with my 20s on, maybe yours are just ugly... lol kidding.
i live in QLD tho. I don't think you can get mod plates for the 20s, i looked in to that a lot for mine. Plus I got told the other day QLD transport can take mod plates off so i dunno...
Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 11:17 am, by: Sam Avery(Samavery)
yeah you live in queensland they police are to busy eating donuts over there to do anything. here in SA they are anal about it. i have seen THAT many cars with defect stickers on them this holidays its not funny.
by the way i am more asking what are the rules and regulations of getting my car ENGINEERED with teh 20's on. so an engineer takes my car and drives around or whatever they do then sign a piece of paper telling the govt that my car is OK to drive with teh 20's on. a dude at the tyre place told me i needed a 245/30/20 tyre on teh rims before an engineer would pass it. but coming accross a tyre like that is not easy, nor cheap.
Andrew Ferres DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 10:51 am, by: Andrew Ferres(Peewee)
Basically you need to find out which laws SA run in regards to wheels. You do this by ringing the SA Trans Dept and talking to the Tech Section (or whatever section looks after it).
If they run the 'no bigger than 2" bigger' rule, then you cannot get 20's legally engineered.
If they run the NCOP's, then if you follow everything I typed at the top, then the tyres/rims are legal and you don't need engineering.
And yes, you need to run a 245/30/20 to be legal. That tyre is 8mm bigger than factory (rolling diameter), so is acceptable. If its a 235, it needs to be 235/30/20 If its a 255, it needs to be 255/30/20
Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 11:16 am, by: Sam Avery(Samavery)
yeah well i think the 2" rule regards to what you can have on legally before u get defect for it. engineering the car with the wheels on it is a different story. argh, now i guess i just have to find some tyres for the 20's and get it engineered.
Monday, December 31, 2007 - 07:48 pm, by: Daniel Clarke(Dieseltrain)
My Tyre placard in my soarer ONLY states 18 inch wheels and tyre sizes as thats what is was complied with... Maybe you need to get hold of a different placard and just say you were going off the placard on the vehicle?
Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 09:23 pm, by: Sam Sulley(Ss666x)
The whole 2 inch thing, is as what was stated, the legal limit BEFORE engineering needs to take place.
at the engineering mob, aka REGENCY, they will decide if (on a good day)that those wheels are safe, mechanically sound with the rest of vehicle, then they will pass it) if not, ie bad day, they will just say they aren't suitable and charge you money and kick you out.
I am not exactly sure about how to contact them, but im sure a phone call to Transport SA or Service SA will sort it out.
Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 10:03 pm, by: Ryan Posselt(Yakusaryan)
I run 18s with 245/45/R18 on the front and 265/40/R18 on the rear.... is this legal? and could I keep the same width and go up to 20's? I'm in NSW by the way.