just heard from your brother mate, tuff luck! the richardheads in blue are out in force at the moment "keeping the streets safe".... dont worry about the rising rate of violent crime or drink drivers. a low escort is a real threat!!!! /sarcasm

a few things that might help, 1) in this state you can spent the $8k on engineering your car, you can have that lil certificate framed and stuck on your bonnet but SAPOL WILL still defect you, you will get a fine for the defect, then have to book and pay to go to regency only to have them look over the car and if your lucky let you pay your way and leave. they can still find a leak here or there and make you come back for another inspection. so IMO untill laws are changed dont waste money or time engineering anything as your still gonna get total $400 fines and a headfreak out of it...

2) i mentioned this to russ, and if i was you i would get on ns.com etc and ask around about it as them boys know defects and how to get around them. anyways, i would register the car in russ name or say that you live at his house down south at seaford, get a signed certificate from your boss stating that you work large hours at awkward times and it is not feasible to make it all the way out to regency. this does take some hagling ive heard but has worked numerous times. they now send you to a lil poo poo joint in willunga where they only look at what defects you got, so ride hieght. tick that off and send you on your way hassle free.


i know i would be researching and trying to do number 2 there as much as possible because faaaaark taking all that poo poo off it :(


hope thats helped in someway mate!

cheers
Rhys

you could " sell" the car to some one in the hills area and then take it to murray bridge inspection station. i got my car thru there first time and it was no gem.

its only one guy and he is only there one day a week. he just pointed out what needed to be fixed and then signed it off.

Chin up mate! It's only a defect. I've just worked my way through a two and half page report and trust me my RS was in a lot worse position than yours!

What did the fantastic officer in blue tick? Is it full inspection? Remember that you are dealing with a scooter pig so they will send you to Regency 99% of the time.

My advice is to do what I did, put as much back stock as you can, ride height ain;t that hard unless you've done some serious mods? If you a worried about emissions go to ultra tune and get a vehicle emissions report as that will show the car complies to original specs re emissions and co levels etc.

A really good tip is to lie through your teeth and state that you are working in Murray Bridge, they have a VIS there but it;s a s**T load easier than regency.

As for doing nothing wrong it's irrelevant, RTA states that a cop can pull you over at any time to inspect for defects if he believes your vehicle doesn't comply. Mine got a full inspection also for ride height and then it got a lot worse cos it went to Regency and they just smashed it!.

Looking at yours it looks great so just go on in and see what happens. The guy that inspected mine at Murray Bridge was a Ford nut and had just built an RS capri so chin up, unlike scooter pigs they are not all ****s at the VIS.

Good luck. If you need stock wheels etc I can help, I'm also in SA.

Just stay away from Regency!

time to slap all the good poo poo back on and cruise to clarendon pub?

Well done was that at Regency or out country?

Good to here it is back and legal on the road again.

good on ya mate, just read it was defected and see its cleared again! looks great in that last photo. next time im up your way ill give ya a call and see if your around.

Long time between updates, but not a lot has happened other than the occasional track day. Not really getting used but could never bring myself to sell it.
I fitted a cage and stripped out rear seat to be a bit more track orientated until the actual track car I'm building is done.
 
Last Mallala session I did in November 2014, came too close to having it written off to continue the track abuse so I will have to wait until I finish my other one before any more fun.
Also finished that day with a bent clutch fork and extractors fractured in two places - it has held up well up until now and these things are only minor.
 
When I have time I'll fix these issues and convert back to road rego.
 
A couple of pics and a vid or two on youtube:
http://youtu.be/GLp0msEnSOg