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HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOUR NEW BUILD’S BONNET PROTRUSIONS PASS LVV CERTIFICATION? WHILE IT MIGHT SEEM A BIT COMPLICATED, IT’S REALLY NOT HARD AT ALL — HERE’S HOW TO CHECK

NZV8

New Zealand has always had a thing for go-fast gear hanging out the bonnet. In fact, it’s been a principle that’s almost as old as hot rodding itself — letting the next fella know that your car is packing some heat. However, while the local rules were once pretty lenient in all areas of vehicle modification, the 1992 introduction of Vehicle Standards saw the establishment of the LVVTA to ensure that the vehicle modifiers still had some say. Thanks to LVVTA’s negotiation with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) (or, more correctly, its predecessors), we have the freedom to have some components hanging out of the bonnet, assuming they meet a few simple requirements. Sure, you can’t go running a top-alcohol style hat and injection, but it’s far better than the…

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NZV8 (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 159 August 2018

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