Legality of the Pug / Hilux / Corona brake upgrade

[Silly Rabbit]

Just reading the thread on Rivers pursuit of all things legal for his turbo charged '28 and I happened to read some of the RTA do's and don'ts on modification.

It pretty much says, well from how i read it, is that you aren't allowed to modify any brake components on your car without an engineers certificate to certify they comply with ADR standards etc.

So what I am asking is that for all the cars out there with a bitsa brake conversion are these legal and therefore shouldn't attract the attention of insurance etc. I know the upgrade is far superior to what most of us have in standard form but as these use components (struts, calipers, rotors) that never came with that car does that mean they need an engineer to sign off on these?

I know it is probably something that wouldn't be checked in the instance of an accident but just wanting to know if this is something I should get an engineer to sign off on just to cover the insurance factor.

Has anyone also got an engineers certificate for this upgrade or are we all at the mercy of being done up the jacksie by the insurance company if we make a claim with a car that has been modified???

Let me know cos it has been playing on my mind and I, as well as River are trying to do the right thing by keeping our cars legal.

Thanks,

[takai]

Yes, it will need engineering.
Personally i have had my car engineered with the setup. As there were no custom brackets needed the gingerbeer had no issues with it so long as the F/R bias was ok. Which it was.

[Silly Rabbit]

Cool thanks for that Chris. Hopefully the fact that it is a bolt in proposition means they don't have to charge an arm and a leg to test it.

Granted the car is only on historic plates but just want to be covered even for the limited time I have it on the road.