Potentially silly q 7 seater to 5 seater in vic
1 - 8 of 8 Posts
When you mentioned cage, do you mean a Cargo Barrier or a Roll Cage. If its just a Cargo Barrier no engineering required if it's a Roll Cage yes it needs to be engineered and as @GeoffA wrote if you leave the seat belts in-place you can l register it as a 7 seater remove them and you will need to have it registered as a 5 seater.
My GU has draws in the back all I did was unbolted the bottom bolt and wrapped the belt up and hid it behind the plastic panel. Still in place as required by Vic Roads.
When my GVM was done the car had drawers and a cargo barrier fitted, but the 6/7 belts were still in place.
The GVM upgrade was done as a 5 seater as that's how the car was presented to the engineer for the upgrade.
I had to remove the 6/7 belts before it was presented to VICROADS for inspection. The car is now rego'd as a 5 seater.
It can be returned to a 7 seater by refitting the seats and belts, and presenting to VICROADS for inspection.
VICROADS said they don't charge for the change back to 7 seats.
Yeah that's the strange thing about engineers. If you present your vehicle to be engineered it will be engineered as presented unless you have consulted with the engineer from the get-go, this was my case with the my GQ. I consulted with him before the grinder was let loose telling him what I was going to do and after each stage presented the Troll to him to see if it meet the standards.
The only thing that held me back was having to go to another engineer to have the swerve and braking test done for the 35's and suspension/body lift. When I fronted up for this test the engineer was going to knock me back as he wanted to inspect all the mods I had done, it took a phone call to my original engineer to explain that the Troll meet the requirements and it was only he was not equipped to do this test that I was booked in with them.
There's no issue pulling the seats and belts. And going down from 7 seats to 2 or 5.
If your rwc tester picks you up on it then tell them to call their contact at vicroads. Its covered under VSI19.
My last 2 patrol rwc testers have tried to pick me up on this. (Going from 7 seats to 2). Both times it was sorted after they confirmed with VicRoads that its not a problem
If your rwc tester picks you up on it then tell them to call their contact at vicroads. Its covered under VSI19.
My last 2 patrol rwc testers have tried to pick me up on this. (Going from 7 seats to 2). Both times it was sorted after they confirmed with VicRoads that its not a problem
That's exactly what I did, unless the laws have changed in the last 23 years it is fine, the rear seat belts are still in there, just folded up and tucked in behind the plastic trim on the pillar.
1 - 8 of 8 Posts
