Mod Plates Checking

[Des]

Thats a huge cooler Love_ke70, Mine is no where near that big and doesnt stick out past the apron/stone tray so i should be right, We'll see how i go. :P

[Trev]

Well. Yes front mounts are legal; if your car happened to come with one. If your car didn't, you are effecting the frontal impact area of the car, particularly if you're removing material and/or structurally modifying the front end to make it fit.

 

There is no room in the mod plate system for a front mount, and a lot of reputable engineers wont engineer a car with one.

 

Don't shoot the messenger, this is just how it is.

 

No shooting, Would rather know before i get there tho :P

[Mosus]

Front Mount Intercoolers are legal as long as the Impact and Crush zone on the front of the vehicle haven't been cut or weekend by the front mount beening fitted, this includes cutting 10mm out of the plastic on the bumper bar to make it fit, basically they want you to be able to bolt them on without touching a thing,

[Redwarf]

Front Mount Intercoolers are legal as long as the Impact and Crush zone on the front of the vehicle haven't been cut or weekend by the front mount beening fitted, this includes cutting 10mm out of the plastic on the bumper bar to make it fit, basically they want you to be able to bolt them on without touching a thing,

 

But wouldn't you by definition be affecting the frontal crush zone by adding something that wasn't mean't to be there? i.e: An FMIC?

Edited March 1, 2007 by Redwarf

[Des]

Maybe its to do with if i hit someone my intercooler might cut them up ?

But wouldn't you by definition be affecting the frontal crush zone by adding something that wasn't mean't to be there? i.e: An FMIC?

Yeah thats what I'm worried about him not passing my FMIC and not being able to register the car.

[love ke70]

i got mine through....

just say its ALL just been blue plated :P

[Mosus]

All there worried about and when i say "there" i mean DOT, is that by adding the FMIC you don't cut any holes, or grind anything away becuase by doing that you weaken the crush zone of the Vehicle therefore it is no longer up to manufactures specs, when a car has been modified and needs a plate, the work done has to meet or exceed maufactures specs.

[Trev]

The support that i will be replacing is for the bonnet latch so that the bonnet closes properly, If they see that as structural id like to see what they think of tower to firewall strut braces as they modify the impact zone.

[Des]

The support that i will be replacing is for the bonnet latch so that the bonnet closes properly, If they see that as structural id like to see what they think of tower to firewall strut braces as they modify the impact zone.

But in most FWD corollas they are standard or there is the twincam version that has it standard, And how does a strut brace modify the impact zone ? Its not cutting into anything.

[Trev]

But in most FWD corollas they are standard or there is the twincam version that has it standard, And how does a strut brace modify the impact zone ? Its not cutting into anything.

 

Oh do twincam rolla's have strut braces :P

 

It is strengthening the front end so there is a lower impact zone and i wasnt talking about factory cars with them.

[Raven]

Oh do twincam rolla's have strut braces :P

 

It is strengthening the front end so there is a lower impact zone and i wasnt talking about factory cars with them.

 

That's only strengthening side to side movement, not impact directly from the front.

[Des]

Well we will see as its getting close to mod plate time for my Ae70 so....