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sh*t that doesnt look so hard i will defently give it a go man. i am defently in for a kit i will be paying 1050 ok mate i am going bush for around 2 weeks so i should be getting abit of money for that then the tax comes back.

it will be a project while i take the car off the road again if i lose my lisence on the 1st july. IF i get the funds.

Yep I'm definitely down for it. Looks like a fun project for me and my old man.

Umm, if you want to give this group buy a timeframe to end so people can make a decision?

Ok, called Queensland Transport today. For this mod to be legal, you'll need an engineer's certificate or some such.
They gave me two names and phone numbers of engineers in Brisbane. I'm going to try and call them tomorrow to have a chat to them about what is needed and to go from there.

On the plus side of things, this may mean that one Engineer will be able to certify several kits and thus reduce the cost of doing them legally. At least that's what I hope.

I'll keep people posted on how I go.

So I got in contact with an engineer about the modification. He couldn't give me a terrible lot of information but was mainly chasing after workshop drawings and installation guides.
Once I can send him those details, things can move forward.

The Engineer in question is Darren from Altra 9.

lol small world. I've done work for Altra 9 before. I didn't even know they done that sort of thing. When i get a chance i'll make something up and get in contact with him.

Awesome, keep us in the loop.
Also I forgot to ask him if he could do the engineering on multiple kits.

Whats happening with the doors, and engineer cert.

Also curious, any progress?

sorry. been really busy lately and took me a while to get a hold of Darren.

Anyway hes not sure what can be done. he thinks he can maybe make up an approval letter approving the kit itself but hes not too sure.

He is trying to find out from QLD Transport what can be done and i'll let you guys know when he contacts me back.

Thanks mate, keep us posted

Well the guy hasn't got back to me so i rang QLD transport myself.

QLD transport says they are not illegal...if you have approval.
No mod plates are needed.
But they do need to meet engineering specifications.
The transport department has there own guys that will inspect the design.

I'll try to get the hinges on my car approved and that should cover it on all ftos as its the same kit on the same cars. or if not i can supply all the drawings needed for approval.

ok, cool. Really looking forward to these.

If they reach $950 - I'm interested =)

so whats happening now. wondering if there has been any progress.

sorry guy this is going to sound dumb but i cant wrap my head around the price and wanna make sure is it 1200 for a individua set thanksreally interested as soon as is get the money

dude this thread died out half a year ago.. lol

Shahrez wrote:dude this thread died out half a year ago.. lol

Along with this trend

Bahah if I had the money and didn't spend it on the second 6a13 I would have bought a set of these no worries. They still look phat but I wanted to go faster, if I can save the money I will still get a set. Just pm the bloke

i haven't seen 'umm' on here in years....

i spoke him on here about a month or so ago