Ride Height Laws [Archive]

DanWA

01-04-2010, 02:18 PM

I've never had this but the local inspection place wants to measure from the ground to the centre of my headlights. Needs to be 600mm.

Has anyone heard of this technique?

http://imagehost.perthstreetcars.net/images/3801042010.jpg

Judging by this i'm going to need larger then standard springs to get it to legal

mitchy

01-04-2010, 02:23 PM

car must be 100mm or higher fully laden, height off the ground must also exceed sidewall height (ie, if you have 33's or something with a 150mm sidewall, you cant have the car lower than 150mm off the ground) and height to the headlights.

i thought it was 500mm to the bottom of the headlight, but i could be wrong.

i'm sure there is some info in the NCOP.

DanWA

01-04-2010, 02:46 PM

yeah the law changed mid 91, hoping mine is after 9/91 then its 500mm

Rantopotamus

01-04-2010, 03:31 PM

Ride height and headlight height 2 different things.

The lowest point of your car musn't be lower than 110mm and the headlights are 500mm or 600mm depending on your cars year of manufacture...

mitchy

01-04-2010, 03:38 PM

Ride height and headlight height 2 different things.

The lowest point of your car musn't be lower than 110mm and the headlights are 500mm or 600mm depending on your cars year of manufacture...

100mm fully laden.

Milhouse

01-04-2010, 03:40 PM

i laugh in the face of ride height laws :D

mitchy

01-04-2010, 03:53 PM

i laugh in the face of ride height laws :D

you've got to worry about the maximum lift kit height for yours. :p

Milhouse

01-04-2010, 04:01 PM

at least when i lower my car, it doesnt sag in the middle :)

oh yeah, and its licenced !

DanWA

01-04-2010, 04:08 PM

Well i got 110mm clearance all around easy but just measured only 590mm from headlight to ground. its a late 91 vp so it should come under the new adr rule of 500mm?

Just measured mrs's vy which is stock height and it only has 605mm... makes me wonder wtf?

ibo

02-04-2010, 07:17 PM

Is there a maximum lift kit restriction? i have about 10 inch clearance in the mud guard???

rogue

27-10-2010, 10:06 PM

100mm...hmm

Joe

28-10-2010, 06:03 AM

100mm...hmm

Soo.. what have you got for sale??

Halle Terry

28-10-2010, 08:58 AM

Lol, 50mm for me.

jaybee

28-10-2010, 09:12 AM

need fitment po po, pulling pingpingpingpings over with wheels with shit offset and ride heights higher then 100mm.

dose_it

28-10-2010, 09:18 AM

Well my cef got stockades at 45 mm took to pits after winding coilovers to max and was at 96mm from ground to exhaust (s13 coils lower than cef) and i tried to talk it over with him and said it's only 4mm but the rule was def 100mm. Never ever heard of headlight measuring. Get him to show you the legislation where it says headlight to ground measurement

mitchy

28-10-2010, 09:22 AM

google the NCOP, clearly says in there there is a minimum (and maximum) headlight height.

d1mitch

28-10-2010, 11:30 AM

need fitment po po, pulling pingpingpingpings over with wheels with shit offset and ride heights higher then 100mm.

haha i know of a certain purple widebody supra that would receive the maximum penalty

hahahaha

on my 2 door my lowest point was 40mm when i had the gtr front bar on it.
my 4 door sitts about 100mm all round at bottom of kit