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Hi,
this post has been a long time coming but here it is at last. We have had a hectic 3 months since arriving in Adelaide, sorting out a house, job, our container etc etc.
Our cars were released from customs just over a month ago and I got them back to our place safely on a temporary permit.
We had to pay the GST and Import Duties and get a CFC import licence exemption from Canberra for the A/C fitted to the Corrado.
I got the statement of compliance from Regency Park (DOTARS) and have spent the last month getting them sorted ready for the testing.
I have had to get a chartered engineer to do some design calculations on some mods I needed to do, but he knew his stuff for complaince 100%. I needed a report for the Golf from him to meet the compliance statement as you will see below.
The Corrado has been fairly easy with only rear child restraints being fitted to the rear panel, and a high level brake light.
The rear restraints went in a treat on the panel and look like a factory fit.
She is now booked in for complaince testing next week, so wish me luck!
The Golf has been more of a problem though. I had to get my chartered engineer to design a child restraint fitting for the rear as the rear panel is too flimsy. So I have had a beam made up that bolts onto the rear bumper mounts in the boot floor and has 3 5/16th tapped inserts for the fittings. I can post pictures if anyone is interested?
Harder than this though has been the requirement for side intrusion bars
These were not fitted to the euro spec MK1's, so again with the help of my friendly chartered engineer, we have come up with a bolt in design for these.
He has done a report to support the design for the complaince test.
I have had to remove the door glass and regulator to fit this up (drivers side only at moment as a trial), so you might notice in the piccies below that there is no glass in this side.
There is still a risk that I might need a full engineers report done on the car because of all the mods i.e. the Turbo Technics install, Emerald ECU, Eibach / Koni suspension, big brakes etc etc. I will just have to see what the DOTARS testers say on the day. Will just have to cross my fingers guys.
Anyway, I thought it was time to drag the cars out onto the drive, run them up and get some piccies for you all. Hope you enjoy them and sorry for any typos!
Nige
this post has been a long time coming but here it is at last. We have had a hectic 3 months since arriving in Adelaide, sorting out a house, job, our container etc etc.
Our cars were released from customs just over a month ago and I got them back to our place safely on a temporary permit.
We had to pay the GST and Import Duties and get a CFC import licence exemption from Canberra for the A/C fitted to the Corrado.
I got the statement of compliance from Regency Park (DOTARS) and have spent the last month getting them sorted ready for the testing.
I have had to get a chartered engineer to do some design calculations on some mods I needed to do, but he knew his stuff for complaince 100%. I needed a report for the Golf from him to meet the compliance statement as you will see below.
The Corrado has been fairly easy with only rear child restraints being fitted to the rear panel, and a high level brake light.
The rear restraints went in a treat on the panel and look like a factory fit.
She is now booked in for complaince testing next week, so wish me luck!
The Golf has been more of a problem though. I had to get my chartered engineer to design a child restraint fitting for the rear as the rear panel is too flimsy. So I have had a beam made up that bolts onto the rear bumper mounts in the boot floor and has 3 5/16th tapped inserts for the fittings. I can post pictures if anyone is interested?
Harder than this though has been the requirement for side intrusion bars
These were not fitted to the euro spec MK1's, so again with the help of my friendly chartered engineer, we have come up with a bolt in design for these.
He has done a report to support the design for the complaince test.
I have had to remove the door glass and regulator to fit this up (drivers side only at moment as a trial), so you might notice in the piccies below that there is no glass in this side.
There is still a risk that I might need a full engineers report done on the car because of all the mods i.e. the Turbo Technics install, Emerald ECU, Eibach / Koni suspension, big brakes etc etc. I will just have to see what the DOTARS testers say on the day. Will just have to cross my fingers guys.
Anyway, I thought it was time to drag the cars out onto the drive, run them up and get some piccies for you all. Hope you enjoy them and sorry for any typos!
Nige
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