devil yellow sticker.

[Qaz]

i copped a yellow tonight :( GAY!. anyway..

Is it actually 7 days to have everything put back to stock and passed over pits, or was the officer being a smart***???

[1JZNOSHIT]

probably not being smart. have you actually read your defect notice? It has a time and date by which you must have the car pit passed, or it becomes unregistered.

10 days is the max time a traffic cop can give now, i believe.

[eScoRt20]

i got 2 weeks in january.

[1JZNOSHIT]

i got 2 weeks in january.

well, the officer lied to me last Friday then :)

[Lonewolf]

nah, I got 14 days on mine.
Then you get 2 weeks after it expires to get it to the pits, but you cant drive it anywhere except direct to the nearest pits.
And another 2 weeks after that before they demand the plates handed in
I had mine issued before Xmas, had 2 pits visits and still havent got it off yet.

[morgazmatron]

yeah sounds about right. then if you dont pass, the pits will give you a list of other stuff to fix. normally about 3 weeks or so give or take depending how much they like you

aslong as you get it inspected before the sticker runs out each time they will give you an extension.

[Qaz]

probably not being smart. have you actually read your defect notice? It has a time and date by which you must have the car pit passed, or it becomes unregistered.

10 days is the max time a traffic cop can give now, i believe.


5 pm Friday apparently but i found it hard to believe...

70$ for pits or what?

[1JZNOSHIT]

nah its $85.60 for 1st inspection, then $59.70 for any additional inspections. Ive researched, Im heading to the pits on Monday to try my luck.

[Qaz]

ahh great lol. couldn't happen at a better time.. * sarcasm *

Oh well. shit happens, cheers for the help guys.

[Dorigecko]

I just got done not fifteen minutes ago. My first experience. I was nice as hell to those fucking dogs...

BULLSHIT. Night-wrecking arseclown, was driving around like a fucking nanna and they pull me up. They checked the lowness with their fucking notepads? WHAT THE HELL man? Attitude changed after that. "Look I know you're going to fuck me right now so, do what you gotta do."

Bullshit. Same boat with the reverting back to stock shit. Couldn't come at a worse time. Ain't that a bitch.



Jokes on them I guess. FG Falcon paddy wagon - their tool box lid thing on the side of the holding cab? They drove off with it up. Took it out on a street sign. I lol'd hard until I came back down to earth and realised I've got less than a week to get standard shit that I can't source without picking the shit up from somewhere in Perth.

C***s

/big whinge.

Shouldn't they bust out a proper measuring thing or something? I'm pretty sure it's above 100mm. I've run over some shit and haven't scraped or hit or nothin. Bullshit.

[Alt_F4]

Notepads are an official unit of measurement, haven't you heard?

[dattoman]

No Nokias are

Maybe they have had their notebooks certified by weights and measures
Or they know they are 4" wide so they use it cause its easy

Suck it up buttercup

[1JZNOSHIT]

officer told me my car was too low because he couldnt fit his fingers between the tyre and guard. they have interesting methods to say the least.

[R3N]

officer told me my car was too low because he couldnt fit his fingers between the tyre and guard. they have interesting methods to say the least.

same as one of the times i got done, no wheel arch gap = too low.

[mitchy]

not sticking up for the cops, but a yellow sticker is when they beleive there is something illegal about your car

so they may think your car is too low, but really it might sit at 101mm... the sticker is just to confirm that your car complies with the ADR's.

as for the tyre and guard thing, the 31 will never get rego'd then... almost tucking rim on the back, and still has about 150mm clearance :lol:

[1JZNOSHIT]

yeah my car is the same, i reckon i would have 100mm clearance. unfortunately if they dont like the look of something, the owner of the vehicle has to pay for it.

[3xpl01t]

cops are never wrong, thre is always something they can find. not even a new car is cop proof haha.. just stick ur tail in between your legs and hope it passes the first time lol

[TTZ]

cops are never wrong, thre is always something they can find. not even a new car is cop proof haha.. just stick ur tail in between your legs and hope it passes the first time lol

worst attitude ever

I had a lady cop cut her fingers trying to wedge them in between my tyre and guard, I didn't get a yellow but i she gave me a warning. I suggested next time she just ook under the car to check the 100mm clearance

[Unkn0wN]

nah, I got 14 days on mine.
Then you get 2 weeks after it expires to get it to the pits, but you cant drive it anywhere except direct to the nearest pits.
And another 2 weeks after that before they demand the plates handed in
I had mine issued before Xmas, had 2 pits visits and still havent got it off yet.

ummmmmmm.

The plates should not be asked for untill the car is out of rego.
If you car has a yellow then you are not alowed to renew your rego and you will have to relicence it.

[Lonewolf]

edit:
checking my letter indicates that you hand the plates in if you dont intend to take it over the pits.
still a time limit to put it over before they get shirty

[dattoman]

In the old days if you got a sticker and your car is legal and unchanged from when you got it
You used to roll up at Welshpool... go talk to Reno... he would eyeball the car and take the sticker off no charge

Now he's retired... no fun anymore

[mitchy]

ummmmmmm.

The plates should not be asked for untill the car is out of rego.
If you car has a yellow then you are not alowed to renew your rego and you will have to relicence it.

no... if your yellow is expired for 2 weeks you will get a letter in the mail telling you that you have 2 weeks to hand in your plates.

doesnt matter when you rego expires, they will de-rego it and you have to go to the DPI to claim the refund on your unused rego.

[Dagon]

nah, I got 14 days on mine.
Then you get 2 weeks after it expires to get it to the pits, but you cant drive it anywhere except direct to the nearest pits.
And another 2 weeks after that before they demand the plates handed in
I had mine issued before Xmas, had 2 pits visits and still havent got it off yet.

Mine's just passed on it's third run, and everything Lonewolf said is spot-on.

[POTTER]

hide rabbit traps in your wheel arches!

[DISTRBD]

well, the officer lied to me last Friday then :)

Did he promise to call you the next day :(

[DISTRBD]

gotta do."
Bullshit. Same boat with the reverting back to stock shit. Couldn't come at a worse time. Ain't that a bitch.
.

OHH so you have illegal mods and the cops are c unts for stickering you ??

[1JZNOSHIT]

got my sticker off today. went to ossy park. all good except when he saw my 3.5" MetalCat, he claimed he did not know what it was and that he did not believe it was a cat. I wasnt impressed. he threatened me with a Gas4 test, which would lead to IM240 if it failed. he said come back when it is fitted with a catalytic convertor. i told him it already was and I produced an invoice after having it fitted last Thursday. wasnt good enough.

took the car to Welshpool pits 2hrs later. they had a look. i told them it was a cat, produced the invoice as proof of fitment and they peeled the sticker off.

Work that out......

[heller44]

no... if your yellow is expired for 2 weeks you will get a letter in the mail telling you that you have 2 weeks to hand in your plates.

doesnt matter when you rego expires, they will de-rego it and you have to go to the DPI to claim the refund on your unused rego.

Strange, the vehicle defect notice I have here doesn't say anything about a two week period after the expiry of the 10 days.. just that you can't drive it anywhere other than directly to the closest inspection centre..

The only two week period stated is after the expiry of the vehicle licence, then within 15 days the plates need to be handed in.

[Miggy]

10 days is the max time a traffic cop can give now, i believe.


i got told the same thing when i got my yellow.

[blaize]

I just got done not fifteen minutes ago. My first experience. I was nice as hell to those fucking dogs...

BULLSHIT. Night-wrecking arseclown, was driving around like a fucking nanna and they pull me up. They checked the lowness with their fucking notepads? WHAT THE HELL man? Attitude changed after that. "Look I know you're going to fuck me right now so, do what you gotta do."

Bullshit. Same boat with the reverting back to stock shit. Couldn't come at a worse time. Ain't that a bitch.



Jokes on them I guess. FG Falcon paddy wagon - their tool box lid thing on the side of the holding cab? They drove off with it up. Took it out on a street sign. I lol'd hard until I came back down to earth and realised I've got less than a week to get standard shit that I can't source without picking the shit up from somewhere in Perth.

C***s

/big whinge.

Shouldn't they bust out a proper measuring thing or something? I'm pretty sure it's above 100mm. I've run over some shit and haven't scraped or hit or nothin. Bullshit.

have a tape measure with you always if you know your cars high enough. i do and its saved me alot of money:)

To be honest if your cars modified and you know its illegal then you cant complain about anything.stop whinging get it sorted and take it over. it happens to everyone

also with the reverting back to stock shit. i only ever changed the stuff pits look at e.g rims,height,engine mods and leaks. if your cars high enough,isnt loud and has new tyres/wheel bearings alot of the time they will pass you. it all depends on the person inspecting your car really

[mitchy]

OHH so you have illegal mods and the cops are c unts for stickering you ??

:lol: :lol:

pingpingpingpings doing their job. :(

[Sammish]

Reposting from myself on another forum... the cops r dogs, dealers r worse:
So, I've had my car for about 4 weeks now.

I was driving down to Whitfords to grab a few bits n bobs for my stereo when all of a sudden i see the disco lights.

Hop out the car get the RBT speech.

Goes to check the car... takes about 15 min... hops out...

"I'm going to need to yellow sticker you."

"Why mate everything is legal."

"Your Break Pedal is bare metal!"

"I know, the car came like that"

"Tough shit"

So now i have to put it over the pits! YAY!


=======POST 2 8 days later

Car went over the pits today and failed: Exhaust is way to loud and the tint way to dark.

The gentleman at the pits told me to contact my dealer as these items make a car un road worthy under any circumstances. I went to the dealer explained what happened..."We will strip the tint for you." "Take your car to XYZ muffler place and he will muffle it" I said "Hold on a second...i paid for a car with tint...stripping the tint will devalue the car and i wouldn't have got what i paid for same with the exhaust.. i paid for a performance exhaust system and now you are just going to muffle it?" I told him i was going to have a chat to a few people and ended the convo.


So i called DOCEP they rep was awesome.. apparently its on the dealers responsibility to sell a legal roadworthy car... so she agreed that i was with in my right to request a new tint to be reapplied and a new legal exhaust system to be installed. I called the dealer with this new info...his reply was "Fuck off don't be such a smart ass" I'm a pretty mellow guy and i'm not one to yell n shout..so i questioned him why he wouldn't even hear me out on the issue... he continued to call me names and have a cry.

So now im about to write a letter to the dealership as instructed by docep informing them that i want... 1. the tint 2. the exhaust 3. reimbursement for the money its cost me taking the car over the pits (As i wouldn't have the sticker if it was in a road worthy condition...and i'm going to request i get it don't by mechanics and fitter of my own choosing... I don't trust these guys to just go and get the job done after what he said on the phone.
/
Sooo that the story up until now... If its not going to step over any legal lines ill post up the email i write once I've had a few beers and settled down to write it.

Do you guys think I'm going about this the right way? Should i just settle for getting the tint n exhaust nerfed...


===


Repost from something i put up on PES

/CSB ect

[RBS13]

just a tip when getting pulled over, if they are complaining that car is too low but really isnt make sure the ground is level, as they try to do me a few year back for it being low, as the car park tappered up where my front bar was which made it look really low, but let me off with a warning as the dumb female cop grabed my grill with the bonnet when lifting it up, snaped the mounts :(

[mickag]

got my sticker off today. went to ossy park. all good except when he saw my 3.5" MetalCat, he claimed he did not know what it was and that he did not believe it was a cat. I wasnt impressed. he threatened me with a Gas4 test, which would lead to IM240 if it failed. he said come back when it is fitted with a catalytic convertor. i told him it already was and I produced an invoice after having it fitted last Thursday. wasnt good enough.

took the car to Welshpool pits 2hrs later. they had a look. i told them it was a cat, produced the invoice as proof of fitment and they peeled the sticker off.

Work that out......

Thats the problem. When they get someone who doesnt really know what they are looking and cant tell what is what. I think that all those who are responsible and working in giving or removing should be educated about exactly what a turbo, exhaust, etc is and looks like. I had the same problem a while back and it was a real pain but got it worked out in the end. Congrats to you mate.

[Drift_R32]

OHH so you have illegal mods and the cops are c unts for stickering you ??

illegal mods ?
last time i checked you dont have to have any illegal mods to get a yellow, just suspision of modification.

im happy to cop a yellow for bald back tyres cause thats just dangerous, but copping a yellow for "too stiff springs", then yes they are are pingpingpingpings.

[mitchy]

illegal mods ?
last time i checked you dont have to have any illegal mods to get a yellow, just suspision of modification.

im happy to cop a yellow for bald back tyres cause thats just dangerous, but copping a yellow for "too stiff springs", then yes they are are pingpingpingpings.

why would he be reverting to stock parts if his mods werent illegal?

[Lonewolf]

i got told the same thing when i got my yellow.

i got 14 days since it was the xmas period from the copper.
THen went over pits and got another 3 weeks.
Should hopefully have it off on friday on the 3rd visit, haha.

[Dorigecko]

My mods are technically illegal because they aren't engineered and permitted. Everything else IS permitted.

The suspension is iffy because the previous owner was in an argument with the knob who was engineering the rest of it, saying that they were in fact captive springs and indeed they were a legal modification pending an engineers certificate - which didn't happen because as with some inspectors that seem to be around, they don't know shit from shoe polish.

It's legal height and everything else.

If MY inspector is a douche then I'll need to change back. Answer me this - do you people have permits for your suspension modifications?

The lack of cat is a technicality - I was unaware that an 88 model vehicle required a cat. now i'm operating on the logical explanation - that the engine is from a 93 or so model vehicle, therefore needs to comply with 1994 emissions testing.

I shouldn't even be fucking complaining. Must have had too much orange zest. I went a year and a month without copping a sticker on a full import. Some kind of fucking record or what?

Also - found out today the cop that got me was from dalwallinu, and knows quite literally nothing about cars or adr's. Annoyed with pocket-book thing the most. 100mm sewer pipe says that the bitch that measured the car is wrong.

[heller44]

Not having a cat is a fairly substantial technicality..

Carrying a chip on your shoulder won't help your situation. Fix what they say, and move on.

[Qaz]

Totally random, but does your spare have to have tread on it? and does it even have to be in your boot to pass pits?

[mitchy]

The lack of cat is a technicality - I was unaware that an 88 model vehicle required a cat. now i'm operating on the logical explanation - that the engine is from a 93 or so model vehicle, therefore needs to comply with 1994 emissions testing.

catalytic converters were made mandatory in 1975...

and what does the cop being from dalwallinu have to do with anything?

[heller44]

Cat's weren't mandatory that early.. my 84 and early 85 falcons didn't come with them from factory, but the later 85 did. When the leaded motor was withdrawn all the falcons had a cat installed.

[mitchy]

Cat's weren't mandatory that early.. my 84 and early 85 falcons didn't come with them from factory, but the later 85 did. When the leaded motor was withdrawn all the falcons had a cat installed.

ah whoops read ncop wrong... unleaded fuel was introduced in 1975, cat's were mandatory on 1st feb 1986.

[Dorigecko]

My confusion on this stemmed from a lack of knowledge on legislature on it, along with believing mechanics - my bad.

Cop being from Dalwallinu meant that he was not a local. 90% of the grief that people receive in town comes from out of town cops. Okay - I was in the wrong for not having a converter. What makes it so that the entire constituent of local officers hardly look at me, yet the one non-local one pulls me up? Btw it might be easy enough for me to say he knows nothing about cars, but, both his manner in dealing with the issue of the defect notice, and the information received by one of his colleagues (relayed to me over a beer) says to me that his knowledge of vehicle standards wasn't exactly perfect. Don't get me wrong, nor is mine (clearly).

Putting a cat in tomorrow after work. Winding shocks up also tomorrow after work. All I can do prior to inspection.

Also, heller - only chip I have is the remotely-more relaxed goodness that is a country inspector. If it fails, well, fuck. If you're referring to any other one-up I might have that I don't know about then feel free to enlighten me.


This is my first experience with a defect so if I sound like a whinging little mariah then many apologies (hopefully that makes other things I've said make a bit more sense). Toe-stepping is another extreme sport that I try and avoid.

[mitchy]

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/vehicle_regulation/bulletin/vsb_ncop.aspx

that has everything you need/want to know about ADR's.


i'd like to know where this 90% of grief people receive figure comes from.
from my experience (i've had modified cars, including imports in country town) country coppers usually have more of a clue than their city counterparts do.

oddly enough my old man used to be the officer in change of dalwallinu and he'd know more about cars than most people in this thread combined. ;)

[DISTRBD]

Answer me this - do you people have permits for your suspension modifications?.

YES adjustable coilovers are permitted :boink:

[Skitzo]

Fuck all you pingpingpingpings that got 10 or more days on your yellow. I got 15 fucking minutes.

[Oversteer]

ah whoops read ncop wrong... unleaded fuel was introduced in 1975, cat's were mandatory on 1st feb 1986.

Not it all cases/vehicles !

My 1988 Carby unleaded(3f) FJ62 landcruiser never came from the factory with a cat ! Passes pits with a 1988 Irocz Camaro TPI engine no cat no issue

If you were to fit a say a 1995 engine you vehicle went then have to comply with 1995 adr`s

Sammish - Check with consumer affairs(mainly on getting the money for pits stuff back), but i have had dealing with a car dealer recently.
What you need to do in a "timely manner" is to get your tint stripped and replaced with legal stuff, fix you exhaust go pass pits. Then send the dealer a letter with the receipts for the work done telling him, as per your instructions from consumer affairs they you require a check to be sent to you with-in 10 days for the cost of making the vehicle legal.

Check with consumer affairs first, but your not going to get the right answer from the dealer unless you make it clear you know what your rights are AND have the direct means of getting them to do whats needed(all done in writing, phone calls don`t mean shit!) i.e the repairs have been done and they are now legally required to send you a check with-in 10 days.

[RBS13]

Fuck all you pingpingpingpings that got 10 or more days on your yellow. I got 15 fucking minutes.

i thought a cop giving me 2 days was bad but 15mins fuk that!!!! must of pissed of the cop pretty bad haha

[Skitzo]

Was stationary at the lights when i was pulled over. Was frustrated but was still polite and co-operative. Given 15 mins and sticker was placed on a 60 degree angle. That was mid April last year. Thing is still unregoed.

[DISTRBD]

Given 15 mins and sticker was placed on a 60 degree angle. .

Last sticker we did was on angle , inspector laughed and said cop was a idiot

[Lonewolf]

i got a 90 degree angle 2nd sticker (e.g. 2 on at once) from the first pit inspection due to a dodgy wheel alignment. 15 mins to get it to the workshop too

[DTM-031]

i've had one for an hour, which would have been 15min if i didn't argue it wasn't enough time to get home legally, and another for 10 days, which would have been an hour again according to the cop if he wasn't impounding the car for 7 days lol :P

[Dorigecko]

15 minutes is pretty extreme, and how they can do that without care or consideration is beyond what should be allowed. Anything under 24 hours is just cruel.

Mitchy - this one in particular wasn't very cluey, thats all I'm saying.

[DISTRBD]

15 minutes is pretty extreme, and how they can do that without care or consideration is beyond what should be allowed. Anything under 24 hours is just cruel.
.

They did it with care n consideration , for the rest of the general public :)

[Macca]

15 minutes is pretty extreme, and how they can do that without care or consideration is beyond what should be allowed. Anything under 24 hours is just cruel.

Mitchy - this one in particular wasn't very cluey, thats all I'm saying.

Simply put if you are lucky to live within in 15mins of home you can drive back. If not organise a tow truck. The vehicle has to be deemed fairly unsafe to put this into place.

[Skitzo]

The vehicle has to be deemed fairly unsafe to put this into place.

Not always. My sticker was for too loud, too low and race seat to be checked. Standard stuff with regards to yellows.

[DISTRBD]

Not always. My sticker was for too loud, too low and race seat to be checked. Standard stuff with regards to yellows.

Race seat could of failed causing you to crash into pole , I would of made you call tow truck :)

[Dorigecko]

They did it with care n consideration , for the rest of the general public :)

Touche. Spun like a true mastodon. Is it ever justified that a car should not drive more than 15 minutes from the time of a defect? Would have to be a fucked-up car to have that. Like, floating sway bars, cross-drilled control arm bushes, chrome-polished muffler bearings, spray-on wiring harnesses. Stuff you'd normally find on a modified cruiser maaaaate.

For real, wtf? Unbolted seats or what?

[Skitzo]

Nah, seat is bolted into factory mounting locations. Passed the pits with it before (not the first time i have had a yellow for the same thigns). They wanted to give me a yellow, and it was easier for them to say "seat to be checked" than to look for something else.

[heller44]

Got around to getting mine over the pits, passed first go. Only queries were no tyre placard, and no RAWS(?) sticker..
Getting that exhaust up higher than 100mm without raising the car was a right pain in the...

[Macca]

Touche. Spun like a true mastodon. Is it ever justified that a car should not drive more than 15 minutes from the time of a defect? Would have to be a fucked-up car to have that. Like, floating sway bars, cross-drilled control arm bushes, chrome-polished muffler bearings, spray-on wiring harnesses. Stuff you'd normally find on a modified cruiser maaaaate.

For real, wtf? Unbolted seats or what?

he was taking the piss.

But just for a list

steel belts protruding from tyres.
Acting like a fucktard.
Mass oil leaks.
Acting like a fucktard.
full cracked windscreen.
Acting like a fucktard.
defective seatbelts
Acting like a fucktard.

As you can see the parts in bold is what generally gets you 15 mins. Not saying this is the case with skitzo

[DISTRBD]

Acting like a fucktard.

As you can see the parts in bold is what generally gets you 15 mins. Not saying this is the case with skitzo


Bingo :)

[Quokka]

same as one of the times i got done, no wheel arch gap = too low.

wen i got yellowed on the 180, they told me that my car was too low, then they changed their mind that it wasnt too long after u could fit their notepad under the front lip nicely with about 2cm to move it up and down haha

this was funny cos my rear wheels are sinking in the rear gaurds hard and didnt say anything about it.. they didnt say anything about the external gate, screamer, cage, bride or even the quick release steering wheel. but the reason why i got yellow was because i had no back seat :S

but i guess onnce they put the sticker on its game over even if they didnt pick up on it.

i also only got 7 days (5 working days) to get the yellow off which was crap.. so i guess they dont have a fix amount of days to give u cause ive heard of people getting like 24 hours to get it over the pits. so 2 weeks( 10 working days) must be the max amount of days and they can play around there?

[DTM-031]

Bingo :)

not necessarily... wrong place wrong time will get you it as well in my case lol, all he did me for was tyres (which i checked in the morning and were 1mm ABOVE indicators)

[DISTRBD]

not necessarily... wrong place wrong time will get you it as well in my case lol, all he did me for was tyres (which i checked in the morning and were 1mm ABOVE indicators)

Why do you even let the tyres get that low , 1 good skid and there cactus and you drive home on belts :)

[Lonewolf]

got mine off today, 3rd visit, originally stickered on 22nd December 2009.

Cops: got permits for the pod filter and exhaust?
Me: No
me to pits: can I get a permit for pod filter and exhaust?
pits: no, we dont give permits for those items.

Retarded system.

[DISTRBD]

got mine off today, 3rd visit, originally stickered on 22nd December 2009.

Cops: got permits for the pod filter and exhaust?
Me: No
me to pits: can I get a permit for pod filter and exhaust?
pits: no, we dont give permits for those items.

Retarded system.

LOL i got permit for exhaust :)

[Torquen]

Retarded system.

QFT!