Ozrodders are full of shit. Why keep repeating that crap? Read DOTARS own website. They'll only get knocked on big modifications, engine swaps, airbags, tubs, body modifications etc.The wheel example is BS.
The reality is "rodders" (more mid life crisis baby boomers) stuffed it up for themselves by importing fibreglass hot rod shitboxes, kit cars and so on left right and centre, as usual the tightarses screw it up for everyone and the
whole lot gets clamped down because damn right, you should not be able to bring in a post '89 car as a "1932 Ford" etc, not to mention theres plenty of companies making kit cars, fibreglass rod bodies etc in Australia already who don't take too kindly to being cut out of the market. Unfortunately, the only way to enforce it without a total rewrite of the rules is to shut the whole thing down.
You know that if you want to import a post '89 car under the SEVS scheme it needs to:
-Be featured in a magazine (the model, not the individual car)
-Meet a power to weight ratio
-Have no local variant
-Be completely standard on arrival in Australia
-Meet emissions and crash testing standards
-No previous accident history or repairs
-and numerous other considerations...This is to bring in a safe, modern, full production vehicle.
Comparatively what people are bitching about regarding rods and customs is a walk in the park.
Here's an M3 for the euro snobs
especially those of us who were thinking about bringing one in. If applied to domestic cars, a dealer could whack a new set of rims on any car an sell it as a 2010 model.
