Be gentle... I have a new Mk2

[syncro]

Sad, but true in my experience..

Are all of the mechanics dipsticks out your way?

The child restraint point rules are more severe for imports too.

Yes, all cars since around '75 must have them.

[86gti]

Sad, but true in my experience.

The child restraint point rules are more severe for imports too.

Yep true...
All imports reguardless of age need high mounts as far as im aware..
used to fit em for a place i worked for ages ago that did imports

Johns wouldnt have one if it came in in 92...rules weren't as tough then.
Mine doesnt run a hgh mount or child restraints...unsure what year it came into Oz though. All i know is it was a private import from the UK.

[syncro]

All imports reguardless of age need high mounts as far as im aware..
used to fit em for a place i worked for ages ago that did imports

That wasn't personal imports.

[86gti]

That wasn't personal imports.

as far as i know from a chat with a w@nker when my MK2 was defected he said it had to have a high mount on it reguardless.... That was a personal import when it came into the country...
i wired one up, and took it off after it was cleared, lol....ugly things.
but, different states may have different rules. only ones i know most about are Jap imports (rice mobiles)...and if its imported from Japan (any car) it must meet some ADR rules depending on model... anything built after 1988 has to be FULLY complied tho...
eg side intrusion bars (in doors) New windscreen (adr approved)also applies to any import personal or otherwise) high mount brake light, Dimmer switch on instrument cluster, child restraint points, filler noz for unleaded vehicles (all are in japan but ADR states it must have the reduced size opening)...
blah blah blah...

but my only understanding of personal imports eg.... you goto that country and have it in your name then bring it over... is that it has to have rear brake light high mount, child restraints and ADR aproved windscreen....
only know tha because of a person i know who came over to VIC from the UK with an rs2000 escort (76 mod)

[syncro]

See Matt (Corrado G60) as he has just done it.

I am only talking about personal imports that have been owned for one year overseas.

[Golf Loon]

OK, what about SEAT ibiza and Toledo models which have child restraint mounting points in the boot floor as the are Aussie delivered.

BUT if you want to import a Golf 2, with points in the same place, you have to have a bar fitted between the towers with the restraint points on it.

I agree syncro that you are correct according to the letter of the law, but I have seen a lot of imports and they do not all conform to the same rules.

[syncro]

The Australian delivered Golf 2 all had the bar between the shock mounts. I don't know of any other child mounts in a Golf 2.

My Golf 2 had a 6mm bolt on a tag just above the tail light as a child mount. I don't know where that engineer got his degree! (I saw the report.)

[Golf Loon]

Yeah you are right Phill, the Aussie ones all have the bar between the towers.

However, the Uk ones had a bolt on the floor and no bar, the S.A ones had a blt on the floor or nothing and some of the imports have an aftermarket bar between the towers.

There is no conformity to the rules. that is my point. Particulartly with relation to the South African Cars.

We seem to have drifted a long way from the topic too!

[gpk_gti]

COOOEEEEEEE !!!!! what was the topic??? well now I know all about high mounted brale lights which mine doesn't even work!! thanks for the lesson in biased import rules im sure those beaurocrats have so much fun writing!

mine now has a earth problem !! seems the connection on the battery is not that good.is this is standard prob for mk2's??

[syncro]

mine now has a earth problem !! seems the connection on the battery is not that good.is this is standard prob for mk2's??

No, it's a Volkswagen standard.
Put a larger earth cable on and a few extras to the engine block while you are at it.

[Golf Loon]

Yeah Phill is right a fat earth lead from the bolt holding the starter or somewhere nearby to the chassis works wonders for starting.

[gldgti]

Hoyhoy.
John, sounds like VBVBVBVBVBVBVB time.
P.S. More VBVBVB.

sorry..... but heineken will serve you far better

nice mk2's guys! george, are you going to give that thing the treatment or keep it for a putt around car?

i hafta say even after the bagging that zender body kit got, i think, on some day, in the right light, with the right backdrop, and the right wheels....maybe..........

........

[gpk_gti]

maybe some slight mods,might even look at club plates from clubveedub to save rego,,isnt it 20 yr old????lol

[Golf Loon]

Its 30 years old mate.

My Mk1 qualifies

[gpk_gti]

thought they said 20yr old at the meeting! arrgghhhhh cry arrggghhhh