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Put 28" all terrains on it, Then we will all be able to out drive you with our trailer queens :( .
36" Simex's is as close as I get to gardening

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Bulletproof wrote:"The Bastard" he pulled me over and had the cheek to ask ."is this truck road worthy ?"

I promply told him it is completely certified and legal with a new WOF. After looking at WOF ,rego , deisel mileage he decided to have a go at the wheels. He took photos of both sides of the truck and was going to give the testing station a tune up.




sounds like some young fellar that hasnt got anything better to do than try and find a problem when there really isnt any problem? :roll: :? :lol:
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Sadam_Husain wrote:
sounds like some young fellar that hasnt got anything better to do than try and find a problem when there really isnt any problem? :roll: :? :lol:


You are about right Marty.

It is not as if I have just fitted a new set of tyres. These are the old style BFGs that I have had for probably close to 10 years without a problem.

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Run brush bars ? they count :D :D
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T-Boon wrote:Run brush bars ? they count :D :D


I have never believed in brush bars because they add weight and make a truck less capable.

I have already bought 2nd hand flexie flares so will fit them today.

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Bulletproof wrote:
mudzilla wrote:So, Has that old POS got a WOF,, I hear the local constabulary have doubts... :lol: :lol: You might have to turn it into a trailer queen :lol: :lol: :roll:


"The Bastard" he pulled me over and had the cheek to ask ."is this truck road worthy ?"

I promply told him it is completely certified and legal with a new WOF. After looking at WOF ,rego , deisel mileage he decided to have a go at the wheels. He took photos of both sides of the truck and was going to give the testing station a tune up.

He didn't give me a ticket :D :D :D but said he didn't want to see it on the road again until it has flares fitted so I have been out and bought a set.

They will no doubt get ripped off on the first trip. I told him the main reason the wheels hang out is because the guards have been pushed in.

I don't know what use a flare will do when the bottom of the guard is higher than the top of the wheel
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I got a ticket for this (and several other things) on the way back from lake daniels a while back. They seem to be on the look out for trucks with big wide wheels.
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Jion the local hotrod club and then you won't need flares at all. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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New look Hilux with the flares. Fancy having the cheek to ask if it is road worthy !

Some people just don't recognize a good thing when they see it.

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Quit your whinging. Your truck may have had a WOF and cert, does not mean it was road legal. Regulations clearly state the tyres can not stick put past the flare. I bet the certifier saw it when there was flares on it. Count yourself lucky the cop saw fit to advise you to put flares on it and took photos to take it up with the WOF guy. He could have ticketed you for it and then gone the wof guy.
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meatc wrote:Quit your whinging. Your truck may have had a WOF and cert, does not mean it was road legal. Regulations clearly state the tyres can not stick put past the flare. I bet the certifier saw it when there was flares on it. Count yourself lucky the cop saw fit to advise you to put flares on it and took photos to take it up with the WOF guy. He could have ticketed you for it and then gone the wof guy.


Agreed :shock:

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Thats not legal. Theres over a quarter of the tyre sticking out past the edge of the body work. You are allowed non. If you are really lucky some may let you off provided the tread is covered and its only the side wall protruding.

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lucky your not a young fella, I got a ticket 3 days after getting a wof, apparently I'm meant to know more than the wof man.
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DieselBoy wrote:
meatc wrote:Quit your whinging. Your truck may have had a WOF and cert, does not mean it was road legal. Regulations clearly state the tyres can not stick put past the flare. I bet the certifier saw it when there was flares on it. Count yourself lucky the cop saw fit to advise you to put flares on it and took photos to take it up with the WOF guy. He could have ticketed you for it and then gone the wof guy.


Agreed :shock:

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Thats not legal. Theres over a quarter of the tyre sticking out past the edge of the body work. You are allowed non. If you are really lucky some may let you off provided the tread is covered and its only the side wall protruding.


X3 your very lucky to not have gotten a ticket, read the regulations old timer, they are the law and you clearly were out side them.

i would have pink stickered it and ticketed you for that and made you get a tow truck come get it as it is clearly not fit for the road.

if it had a chopped off rear end and a big V8 i would let it go tho cos then it would be at least cool.
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wopass wrote:if it had a chopped off rear end and a big V8 i would let it go tho cos then it would be at least cool.


Because Hiluxs that are chopped off with V8s are so useless and are stopped all the time on the track. I wondered why people continue doing it. :? :?

" They look cool" I thought they must have something going for them. :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:

On a serious note, I know it is illegal but normally it doesn't show up because when the rear bar is fitted it has a 3 inch pipe that goes around the back corner and is wider than the wheels.

To put you straight I am not whinging about it at all and think it is funny because I have friends in the police and sometimes crowds of them look over the truck and no one has said anything.

The only thing I have been Whinging about this week is the registration on a Hilux is now $583.3 for a year.

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If you chop off the rear end and fit a v8 it could solve the expensive rego and the tyres not being covered?
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Richard, I feel sorry for the poor COP :cry: , I bet by the time you had bamboozled him with science (bullshit) he was pleased to see the back of you , he probably stopped the next boy racer he saw and through the book at him. On another note I bet the law doesn't worry how far your tyres stick out when they get you to help at a search and rescue and their vehicles can't get into the bush, never mind with all that BLING on the Lux you have probably doubled it's value :o :o .

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registration on a Hilux is now $583.3 for a year.

Back home its based on number of engine cylinders...my mate pays $800 for his 80 series, the safari would be the same. Still when i worked it all out taking in RUC, rego, insurance, fuel costs, servicing costs, it would be about $2K cheaper to run my truck in Oz. It would be highly illegal of course.

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turoa wrote:If you chop off the rear end and fit a v8 it could solve the expensive rego and the tyres not being covered?


I have just decided that the $583 is cheap compared to being stuck. 8) :roll: :lol:

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rekon you will do a body swap at some stage?
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now im not normaly one to be picky...but

*snipo

Bulletproof wrote: "is this truck road worthy ?"

I promply told him it is completely certified and legal


*snipo

Bulletproof wrote:
On a serious note, I know it is illegal but


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looked to me like you get stuck plenty to mate or is all the video evidence wrong just like the like the cop was??...

insert TUI add sign

"I Never get stuck" ...... yea right

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SMOKEY wrote:
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when did the rego go up that much?
I thought a diesel was $420ish per year?
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Shane wrote:when did the rego go up that much?
I thought a diesel was $420ish per year?


It went up at the same time they put motor cycles up.

The ACC levy is now 467.08 so that accounts for most of it.

It only applies to any thing with a deck that is now considered a commercial vehicle so your Safari is still a little over $400.

A bloke up here runs a 2 wheel drive Hilux flat deck to work and is highly pissed off.

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Bulletproof wrote:
Shane wrote:when did the rego go up that much?
I thought a diesel was $420ish per year?


It went up at the same time they put motor cycles up.

The ACC levy is now 467.08 so that accounts for most of it.

It only applies to any thing with a deck that is now considered a commercial vehicle so your Safari is still a little over $400.

A bloke up here runs a 2 wheel drive Hilux flat deck to work and is highly pissed off.

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well that does suck,its bull shit really
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:lol: :lol: , OH the memorries of the old 4 1/2 gal; parties :roll: :roll: , we used to say that a 4 1/2 keg was to much for one and not enough for two :shock: , it's good that things have changed because then we would drive home :shock: . Is that Janet on your shoulder :?: :?: :?: , Did you both have

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Agreed with the crap of expense of a running a diesel. Funny how the government wants us (NZ) to be seen as eco friendly, but tax the shit outa people who do. Any why the deal of tyres outside of the guard? Its a WOF requirement by the sounds of it, but why is it a WOF issue?
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Bulletproof wrote:Because of the Nelson 33 inch tyre rule I have had to bring the 750x16 SATs out of retirement. !st time in ten years

No Show of them hitting the guards



Cool new look for 2010

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bet she flys along with those we tackers on(take off in 4th gear low range :D ),they would work great on farm tracks,dig like forty barstards I bet.
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Hey awesome looking truck, SAT lol! Any more Progress??
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