upthetigers
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Ok so after seeing a jacked up 3 inch navara running bigger tyres the other day I decided I had to do something with mine. I planned to go from the stock 255/65r17 to some 265/70r17 tyres and get a 2 inch suspension lift on my D40 as this seems pretty common on here but the first thing I noticed after speaking with the RTA is this actually isn't legal in NSW. I think the max you can go overall tyres and suspension combined is 50mm. Bigger tyres would be 20mm and a 2 inch suspension lift would be another approx 50mm or more which makes 75+mm.
This set of tyres alone without the lift is already 20mm increase which is bigger than the 15mm increase allowed for tyres.
Seems that so many people on here have these kind of tyres and also lifts so my question is how many of you looked into this first or did you just decide to run the risk and go ahead with it anyway?
You could get it certified by an engineer which is expensive but I'm somewhat questioning now if I really want to be paying over 1k in insurance every year if I'm driving an illegal vehicle. Your insurer may tell you they will cover it but end of the day if its not roadworthy legally you probably will void your insurance unless you can somehow change the tyres back before it is checked to stay under the 50mm.
This set of tyres alone without the lift is already 20mm increase which is bigger than the 15mm increase allowed for tyres.
Seems that so many people on here have these kind of tyres and also lifts so my question is how many of you looked into this first or did you just decide to run the risk and go ahead with it anyway?
You could get it certified by an engineer which is expensive but I'm somewhat questioning now if I really want to be paying over 1k in insurance every year if I'm driving an illegal vehicle. Your insurer may tell you they will cover it but end of the day if its not roadworthy legally you probably will void your insurance unless you can somehow change the tyres back before it is checked to stay under the 50mm.