SRD4D wrote:Put flares on your SRs boys and dont worry your selves about it ,no one else has for the last 20years on there 4bys
Police only look for tyres outside the gaurds,how many 4bys are running around with bushranger rubber flares or less that come out with 195s on them from factory but now run 265s+ tyres and so long as they are covered with some sort of flare police usual dont even second glance at them.
why are you chasing the definitive legal requirement anyway? fear of no insurance payout?, Defect?
Guys,
I clarified all this with Mark McIntyre who is the Team Leader of Technical Enquires and Audits for Vehicle Standards and Compliance with the NSW RMS (Formerly RTA).
Basically for us tight arses with SR's instead of SR5's, we need an Engineers Certificate if we want to go anything over 15mm in outside diameter of the tyre, or 26mm wider in width across the rim over anything which is noted on the tyre placard which was placed by the vehicle manufacturer (ie Toyota). You can't legally bung on a TRD or SR5 placard without an engineers certificate, in which case, you may as well chuck on 33's and get them certified.
The reason some of us are anal about this (each to their own!) is for two reasons.
1. The fear of God of not being insured if some sticky fingered insurance company manages to prove that the cause of an accident is that you could not brake in time beacuse you had illegal wheels and tyres. I would personally prefer to pay an engineer for certification anyway. The risk is not really worth it. Maybe if we pooled resources together we could get an engineer to discount common tyre increases. Really, how hard would this be?????
2. Some of us, who get screwed by governments for even trying to make a buck from our own businesses, quite often need to lease our fourbys through our businesses because we don't have the funds to pay outright for them. Even though the Lux is an awsome off road weapon when tricked up, they are actually quite useful at work as well. As a result, some Lease Finance providers (not all!) may have a bit of fine print which prevents modifications taking place (engineered or not), whilst others require an engineers report whilst others don't care.
The Solution - Lobby Mark at RMS on 02 8837 0081 or send an email to NSW Minister Duncan Gay expressing your disgust or both?
Red