joshy
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because of the way the regulations classify different vehicles, a Bullbar for any vehicle needs to be crash tested and to comply with ADR 69 and ADR73.
One of them states that if the vehicle has a gross mass less than 2700kg then it needs to comply with the ADR. The navara has a gross mass of 2920kgs so this ADR doesnt apply??
The other is in regards to whether the vehicle is a goods/load carrying vehicle or a passenger vehicle......when you measure the load capacity of the navara and subtract the weight of passengers (measurement used by authorities is 68kg x 5 seating positions) you see that there is more load weight than passenger weight(payload is 1025kg). So this particular ADR rule doesnt apply??
And also the fact that the regulations state that the bullbar must not affect airbag deployment which it doesnt on the navara since the airbag sensors are impact sensors.
Put this forward to engineer in nsw today, awaiting reply, already works in vic. Big thanks to TUFF IFS LUX for doin the hard work.
One of them states that if the vehicle has a gross mass less than 2700kg then it needs to comply with the ADR. The navara has a gross mass of 2920kgs so this ADR doesnt apply??
The other is in regards to whether the vehicle is a goods/load carrying vehicle or a passenger vehicle......when you measure the load capacity of the navara and subtract the weight of passengers (measurement used by authorities is 68kg x 5 seating positions) you see that there is more load weight than passenger weight(payload is 1025kg). So this particular ADR rule doesnt apply??
And also the fact that the regulations state that the bullbar must not affect airbag deployment which it doesnt on the navara since the airbag sensors are impact sensors.
Put this forward to engineer in nsw today, awaiting reply, already works in vic. Big thanks to TUFF IFS LUX for doin the hard work.