Has anyone raised a T5.1 in Queensland and put AT tyres on (all legally).

[Sunny43.5]

Yes bryn you are right there needs to be an overhaul of the rules for disability issues , we had two disabled children so doing access lifts and seating and restraints systems was part of our work in my old business . What used to p me off was that if I converted our vans 3 of them over the years I should by all rights have fitted child restraints as the category changed with conversion . Naturally I had plenty of arguments with Qld Transport about the stupidity of this one , but you are right the cost to do disability controls is spiralling out of control . There needs to be changes for those situations , lets face it in some vehicles you can use a key to turn off the passengers seat front airbag if you are carrying a child in a special seat so why not the knee airbag . Have you considered putting in a dispensation to Qld Transport for you own conversion as I am sure it would be taken seriously , lets face it $7.5 k is no laughing matter that money above a normal set of controls is better spent on your needs rather than complying with stupid regulations . Oh and don,t stop there hassle the crap out of your Federal and State Member as well , worked for us recently when we had a huge blue with Centre Link . Those idiots wanted proof our daughter who has been severely disabled since birth was not able to get employment .

[Bryn23]

Yeah Sunny, 7.5K isn't a laughing matter, luckily for me the MY17 Transporter doesn't have Knee airbags, the Multivan does and has since 2010 i believe.

So that saved me 5K i didn't really want to spend on a stupid rule, i'm sure though if i really needed to i could get a dispensation, as even some of the QLD transport guy's think they are excessive.

But it would be a big ****fight and take a while to get it done.

[Sunny43.5]

Not necessarily so we found our Federal member had our situation sorted out with Canberra in under two weeks , you just need to get onto the right social media like our Federal members Facebook page highlight the problem and sit back and wait for the supporters to make some noise on your behalf . {PS this also worked for us with VW on their Facebook page } shhh didn't hear that from me .

[transparu]

After all of this - and the other "tyre" thread, I find that the Seikel kit (or an emulation of it using King Springs and Bilsteins), will only give me a 30mm lift and I haven't chanced on anything taller. Now 20mm isn't much, but 50mm is a lot better than 30mm, before tyres.
Has anyone raised a T5 by 50mm satisfactorily?

[Bryn23]

30mm is about the limit, then the CV joints start stuffing up due to the increased angle.

That is why Seikel make a Diff spacer to reduce it.

Markee, got 25mm lift at the front and 60mm in the rear, from what i read off his build thread.

Although i can't remember if this was with the King Springs 30mm or 50mm lift springs, Markee will be able to tell you, check out the size of the tires he has on it, they crazy and awesome, it looks great.

[transparu]

I've posted in another thread about prices I was quoted for a Seikel lift kit (30mm) from the manufacturer and from Trakka. From Seikel, and based on my VIN, including postage 1716Euro or about $2529 landed. Not sure what duty there may be yet. There would be fitting/alignment on top of that, of course. This includes spacers for the diff and a "distance plate" for steering gear. From Trakka, apparently the same (Desert) kit was quoted as $3,750 including fitting and wheel alignment or $3,000 supply only. Trakka is a long way from where I live.

I ran out of time to do anything about the lift though I had a helpful local fellow in Brendale who would have done a King Springs and Bilstein shocks lift similar to the Seikel one for $2992.6 fitted but excluding diff spacers and steering spacer. Again, about 30mm lift.

In the end, and after a LOT of searching, I have found that I CAN alter the Distance Impulse Number on my T5.1 and so "re-calibrate" the speedometer and odometer. VCDS is the way to go there.

Given that in Queensland the maximum "self assessed" lift due to tyres is 50mm DIAMETER or 25mm radius, I have finally put on a set of Pirelli Scorpion ATR 235/65/R17s. These are 108H rated. This gives 23.5mm lift and whilst my speedo read 4kph high on standard tyres at 100kph, it now reads about 1kph low at 70kph (don't have a 100kph road close to home). I'm satisfied with that for the moment.

The tyres look good. They come a little close to the plastic shroud behind the rear wheels, but I don't see this as a big problem.

I'll report back on the tyres after a trip from Brisbane to Darwin, Perth and home (including quite a few gravel roads).