Tuesday, Jul 01, 2003 at 23:59
Rohan and tristjo, fellows, I think I might have to correct the both of you on the QLD rules. A close friend of
mine is a scaley (transport inspector). Because I want to fit 265/75/16 to my gu and a 2" lift later on, I thought it best to get the info straight from the horses mouth, so to speek. He told me the ruling in QLD is you can not exceed the overall diameter of the wheel (as shown on the tyre placard) by no more than 25mm. You can legally increase the diameter of the rim but then must have lower profile tyres to conform to the 25mm above the tyre placard.
To answer the question all of you are thinking, YES nearly all the 4wds in QLD running bigger tyres are not roadworthy (techniquely speaking)and therefore probably not valid for an insurance claim (key word in insurance policies, roadworthy). The only way to legally have higher profile tyres is to have the tyre placard stating the size or within 25mm of it.
On the issue of
suspension lifts, they are not legal and therefore make the vehicle unroadworthy. Unless, you can obtain documentation from the manufacturer of the sprngs or coils stating that they have been constructed by that company and comply with strength and reliability standards and are made to fit that particular vehicle. Then you must write to QLD transport stating the lift you have or want to have and asking permission to have them, or yer, got to give them a copy of the letter from the manufacturer.
My friend told me that I would be more than likely be allowed to put the 2" lift on (and I can only speak for the 2" lift, dont know about any other lifts) but I must obtain permission first, otherwise I could be issued with a notice to have it removed and a fine.
So there you have it fellows, bit long winded, but thats straight from the horses mouth.
Oh, by the way, he also agrees that most of the 4wds are illegal and at the moment don't bother but that could change if head office gets a bee in there bonnet. But the other main issue here is and as I mentioned before and that is INSURANCE and the word roadwothiness. You all know insurance companies will try anything to reneg on a deal and these two things I talked about would give them an outer.
One last thing on tyres, don't listen to tyre dealers (sorry Diamond, I'm sure not all tyre dealers are like this one). Went to see a tyre dealer last Saturday, explained my concerns about size limits and he told me that I could legally go up one size as long as the speed rating and load rating were the same or better than what was on the tyre placard. Arrrrr, this isn't the case at all.
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