morning gentlemen. just wondering if any of the guys here who own a 2+2 N/A import could tell me exactly what needs to be done on a zed for ADR compliance? i have heard all the obvious things like, child restraints, unleaded fuel neck restrictor, changing mirrors from flat to convex, intrusion bars etc. but how much of this stuff actually applies to the zed and what specifically needs to be done. i want to do it myself as ive heard its all reasonably easy, but id just like to find out what before my baby arrives at the end of this month :zlove: cheers
not sure it's something you want to do yourself... I've thought about this as well, I've got a workshop that's going to do it for me but I thought I might be able to save a few $$ doing bits myself, but after a bit of research and reading the following Autospeed articles on exactly this I don't think it is... Autospeed - 15yo ADRing Part 1 Autospeed - 15yo ADRing Part 2 Autospeed - 15yo ADRing Part 3 The hardest things (from these articles) are the side impact bars in the doors and the seatbelts/child restraints in the back. All of which have to be done for the Z. I think it's just easier to get someone to do the whole lot... I think all up it should be between $1000-$1500 from what I've read. I too tried to get an exact list of things that need to be done but I couldn't find that out. I think the things you've mentioned pretty much cover it though... Hope that helps, Cheers, Matt.
...eeerrrrrrr.....I'm happy to be corrected, but I think you can't ..... compliance a 2+2 NA. Blipman will have a better understanding of this, but my take on 2+2 NAs is this: As this car was imported by Nissan Australia, they exclusively hold the legal right to compliance the vehicle. Given this, personal imports cannot be complianced regardless of what mods you do. Again, I may be totally off the mark, but that was my understanding of cars that manufacturers were bringing out to Aus. Hope I'm wrong for your sake. CheerZ Vincent
There are 3 main categories of imported vehicles .. and people often call any car that they organise the importing of a "personal import", this is not correct. 1. - Personal imports - a vehicle that you have owned in your name and registered overseas for a period of 12 months or more, then you are elligible to bring it to Australia when you move here, the rules for compliancing a personal import in Vic are very relaxed, full ADR compliance is not required, you have some basic requirements and a minor emissions test that the local mechanic can usually carry out. The type of vehicle you can import like this is unrestricted. Typical compliance cost ~$400-800. 2. - Imports over 15 years old - these vehicles are also unrestricted, but must have full ADR compliance to the ADR's applicable at their date of manufacture. A lot of people call these cars personal imports if they organise it themselves, as explained above, there is a major difference. Typical compliance cost ~$700-2000. 3 - Second hand imports - are cars under the age of 15 years and the only places that can compliance these cars are RAWS workshops, and this is a fairly new scheme, so there are many popular cars that used to be commonly imported under the old SEVS scheme that no-one has a RAWS licence yet for. With a second hand import, I think the RAWS workshop has to do the actual work on the vehicle as well, but I am not 100% sure on this. Typical compliance cost ~$no idea, I am not a RAWS workshop, but I would imagine $2000-$3000. To qualify in this category, the vehicle cannot be already sold to the Australian market by another manufacturer, ie, you cannot import a 1990 NA 2+2 because Nissan holds the compliance for that model, but next year you could, as it would qualify as a 15 year old import. You can also import vehicles for racing use only, or for spare parts, but these cars cannot be registered, so I haven't included them. Ben
Maybe a 4th category? For want of a better title "Manufacturer Imported" Where the manufacturer imports the new car and sells it with full ADR compliance. When talking to most people, that don't know about the grey imports, this is what they think of as an import. A car sold by a car company and not manufactured in Australia. To most people and the Aus Spec Z32 is an import.
On the dotars site you have to look under Vehicle Safety Branch Technical Section,it has Third Edition Adr Compliance Inspection Report.This is what workshops fill out it is then signed of by an engineer. It lists everthing you have to do for your compliance you can download it 12pages!!.
Well in SA --- Intrusion bars, flat mirror, child restraints, unleaded fuel neck restrictor and the killer $$ wise is the rear seat belts on a 2+2 at around the $400 mark. Also the car needs to pass a roadworthy so tyres, bushes, vehicle height, brakes, etc need to be excellent. When I went through one of the things the pinned me on was the sunvisors. The have wire in them and aren't ADR compliant so make sure you remove them. Remember the instrusion bars will need to be signed off by an engineer, (I think this is in all states) and it worked out cheaper just to get them to do everything. I paid about $1000. CHEERS MICK
