Lowering blocks legal???

[Dav0]

hey all i have just got my tax back and now about to do a couple of things to my panelvan and was wondering if lowering blocks are legal in queensland?? :

[Doctor Sodways]

im interested to know the answer to this regarding SA though

[MO]

To both posts in a word NO in any part of OZ.....they are not safe.

To clarify if a rego inspector sees lowering blocks ....your defected....the yellow canary.

[TomXY]

Damn i never knew that.

When you say they are not safe, how do you mean?

[ratta tat tat]

Blocks are legal in Qld according to the RTA's latest vehicle modifications PDF (downloadable from the RTA's website). So long as they're aluminium or metal and don't decrease the vehicles original ride height between the bump stop and corresponding metal stop by more than a third.

[BJ]

Originally Posted by MO

To both posts in a word NO in any part of OZ.....they are not safe.

To clarify if a rego inspector sees lowering blocks ....your defected....the yellow canary.

Bull Shiit. I have never know of any cars to be defected for them in all my years with Vic-roads. How about you get some of your facts straight. They are not illegal to have fitted to any car. Bj

[MO]

And when they shatter and your car ends up wrapped up around a tree or power pole WHO you going to blame.

Really some of you must be so naive its not funny...lowering blocks generally are made out of aluminium...now think about this steel suspension...alloy blocks... whats going to destroy itself first.

Especially if you are prone to giving your car a hard time.


I suggest you all who think blocks are OK check your insurance!!!!!!

Yes I MAY be wrong about all of OZ not allowing them....I've seen what happens when they let go....its not pretty!!!!!!!

[MO]

Originally Posted by BJ

Bull Shiit. I have never know of any cars to be defected for them in all my years with Vic-roads. How about you get some of your facts straight. They are not illegal to have fitted to any car. Bj

Do some homework!!!!!!!!!

[naxh96]

Originally Posted by ratta tat tat

Blocks are legal in Qld according to the RTA's latest vehicle modifications PDF (downloadable from the RTA's website). So long as they're aluminium or metal and don't decrease the vehicles original ride height between the bump stop and corresponding metal stop by more than a third.

I'm in central qld and i'm sure i've had one australia wide suspension shop (no bull i'll hint if it's wrong/illegal to actually name the group) offer the lowering blocks to me, but then i nicked over to a private suspension shop and they said it was illegal. so on that basis i'll be going for reset springs or if im feeling like a soft ride custom leaf springs out the back. i suppose the RTA would have it correct, but i guess it's just how safe you want to be. personally, my cousins have been through turbo lo-luxes and hot xd's and xe's with lowering blocks in the past with no worries. depends on the quality of the job maybe, but i'd definitely stay safe with reset springs, if dumping the rear is on the cards.

[ratta tat tat]

Well, resetting leaf springs in Qld is illegal. You have to buy them already set from a custom shop. But hey, who's going to know the difference???

[blownba]

Originally Posted by BJ

Bull Shiit. I have never know of any cars to be defected for them in all my years with Vic-roads. How about you get some of your facts straight. They are not illegal to have fitted to any car. Bj

I agree. I am a rwc tester in vic and i can assure you that they are not illegal. I would be happy to scan my vic roads book on modifications and show you.
I would suggest that if you have seen one fail that it was not fitted correctly in the first place or was an inferior block or was not checked,like any suspension part should be in service.

[ratta tat tat]

Oh Mo, correction.
EXTRUDED aluminium is what most blocks are made from. Very tough..

[LTDHO]

You will get heaps of sidewars movement from the diff.

Just get the springs done properly. Safer and looks better.

[LUXO_8]

my old wagon failed a rwc because of the lowering blocks and a couple of other really minor things... i think they were strugling to pick issues with the car to fail it....removed them, fixed the other tiny things, got it passed then reinstalled the blocks and all was sweet....

never had an issue with them, and will be using them again in my eb daily driver when i get it

[Doctor Sodways]

We wanna do it to a transit van my mate bought, there is no way the car will be pushed, it barely has enough guts to move it with one person in it, let along 5. We'll look into it some more

[EXECJIM]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

Just get the springs done properly. Safer and looks better.

Good to see somebody is useing there brains here, thats the only way to go out:

[buickman]

I've had them on cars in the past in Vic & have never been defected.In fact had a car pass a roadworthy with them fitted.
Though I wonder how my old XM falcon I had in the early 70's would go now days with lengthened shackels to lift the body high enough to clear widened wheels & tyres on the rear. I reckon the 1st police that saw it would defect the car but I drove around for many years without a problem from police then.
I would seriously get the rear springs properly lowered by a suspension supplier if I was going to lower a car with cart springs on it now.

[MO]

Apologies...its not very often I'm right...but I'm wrong again...doh!!