Spacers in WA - Illegal?

[Rallyenoel]

Hi people,is it true wheel spacers are illegal in WA? What about wheel adapters are they also illegal?
Thanks.

[Lito]

Spacers/adapters are illegal across Australia unless they were original equipment on the car. Don't wanna be a douche but Google is your friend

[Rallyenoel]

Man that sucks. Thanks for the reply anyway.

[gareth_oau]

I believe that 10mm or less is ok in WA, but do your homework

[Guest001]

This is the ADR Rule which applies AUSTRALIA WIDE


4.2.2 is about spacers and adaptors

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/vehicle_regulation/bulletin/pdf/NCOP11_Section_LS_Tyres_Suspension_Steering_V2_1Jan_2011%20v3.pdf

SO the answer to the title is YES they are ILLEGAL in WA or ANYWHERE in Aus EXCEPT IF ORIGINAL ON VEHICLE FROM FACTORY

Not that it seems to stop many, going by the number bought and sold on here

[dylan8]

as above, pretty sure illegal AUS wide. with the exception to some cars that came with them from factory (porsche)

[gareth_oau]

I read somewhere that in WA 10mm was ok, I checked this when I fitted them to my old S#. Unfortunately I cant locate the original advice.

however, the ADr is quite clear!

Despite this, most modifications, including reflashes, exhausts, coilovers, lowering spring etc are classified as "illegal" but doesnt stop it being done

[your2dads]

pretty sure they're illegal all across australia

[Guest001]

pretty sure they're illegal all across australia

As I stated and linked to the ADR Rules in reply 5


Here is the rule from the WA traffic regs site

69. Alteration of vehicles

(1) A person must not, without the approval of the Director General, alter a car or a
derivative of a car from —
(a) the manufacturer’s specifications; or
(b) its form when it was first licensed, in regard to any part of its construction, equipment
or fittings that was effected, manufactured or constructed in accordance with an ADR by making an
alteration referred to in the Table to this subregulation.
Penalty: 16 PU. Modified penalty: 2 PU.


Table of alterations requiring approval
Alteration
1. Fitting an engine of greater displacement volume than an engine that was available as an
option for the vehicle with the same braking system.
2. Making modifications to braking systems which include the fitting of smaller diameter brake
drums, or narrower brake drums or brake shoes which reduce the swept area of braking surface or
which reduce the weight of the brake drum or disc.

As at 20 Feb 2013 Version 02-f0-01 page 51

Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002

Part 8 Miscellaneous

r69
Alteration

3. Fitting any wheel rim with more than a single weld around the circumference, or which
does not conform to one of the dimensional standards for wheel rims set down in the Tyre and Rim
Standards Manual issued by the Tyre and Rim Association.
4. Widening the wheel track of front or rear wheels by more than 25 mm beyond the maximum
specified by the vehicle manufacturer.
5. Fitting spacers between wheels and hubs additional to any provided by the vehicle
manufacturer.
6. Fitting wheel nuts which do not engage the thread of the wheel studs for at least the same
length as the nuts provided by the vehicle manufacturer, or wheel nuts which do not match with the
taper on the wheel.
7. Fitting tyres other than those appropriate to the wheel rim as specified in the Tyre and Rim
Standards Manual issued by the Tyre and Rim Association.
8. Making modifications to an axle, axles or suspension which reduces the available suspension
travel from static conditions to full bump position to less than two-thirds of