Is it illegal to drive without seats & door trims?

**adamc11** · 03-03-2009, 04:10 PM

Hi Guys,

If i were to remove my passenger and rear seats, would it be illegal to drive without them and what is the penalty? Also what about removing door trims (not drivers door drim though?)

Thanks,
Adam

**needwork2-4fillhabbit** · 03-03-2009, 04:30 PM

Ehehe im curious as to whether its illegal to. And is it illegal to weld up your back doors?

**Troy5L** · 03-03-2009, 04:30 PM

y? ive got an idea, keep them in

**Morton** · 03-03-2009, 04:39 PM

Door trims? You should be fine. Seats? You require to have them fitted if your car is registered to carry that many passengers. If you plan to drive around without seats for a long time, get it re-reg'd as a one seater car. That's legal.

**Pub247** · 03-03-2009, 04:53 PM

Spot on morton but seatbelts (obviously the ones for missing seats) must also be removed if registered as a one or two seater

**adamc11** · 03-03-2009, 04:58 PM

Just want to make a trip to Sydney to pick up some seats. That way i bolt them into my car when i get there. Would be doing the trip to sydney without them thats all.

**lumina01** · 03-03-2009, 05:10 PM

i have a feeling were after the same seats? lol

windows without door trims wont work unless you keep the windows switches plugged in the doors, atleast its like that in my vx
goodluck

**needwork2-4fillhabbit** · 03-03-2009, 05:21 PM

So based on the theories here i could weld up the rear doors and take out the seat register it as a 2 seater and it'd be fine? Or could it still be a five seater even if the rear doors are welded closed?

**dijm8** · 03-03-2009, 05:40 PM

you should be fine m8, ive drivin around with no seats b4 for a whole week, had no probs... if u get pulled over im sure they will understand lol

**keza87** · 03-03-2009, 05:55 PM

If your doing it with the SS you will have a problem with the front passenger as it may have side airbags plus the system won't like it if you run the car with out it plugged in. Same goes for the pre-tensioners.

**adamc11** · 03-03-2009, 06:02 PM

Yeah true about the air bags, will just flash air bag warning though which will need a reset with tech2.

**adamc11** · 03-03-2009, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by lumina01

i have a feeling were after the same seats? lol

windows without door trims wont work unless you keep the windows switches plugged in the doors, atleast its like that in my vx
goodluck

Keep your dirty hands away from them

**Demon76** · 03-03-2009, 07:26 PM

If you get pulled over , you'll probably be cautioned (be nice though) but like stated, it is illegal to have less seats than the number of passenger that the the car is registered to carry.

**TUF UTE** · 03-03-2009, 07:31 PM

should be fine, just leave the front ones in as your airbag system is rigged up to them.

as for welding up doors... structural modification = big no no.

removing interior... if u get a dimwitted cop... he will let you off providing you have removed all seatbelts and all holes have been filled with bolts.

**piggavy** · 06-03-2009, 09:51 PM

LOL why the F*CK would you want to WELD UP your doors???

FFS

**TUF UTE** · 06-03-2009, 09:54 PM

stretched monaro broo.... cause tall people wanna ride in the back sometimes too

**needwork2-4fillhabbit** · 07-03-2009, 07:43 AM

No, because i do not want to carry passengers and save on weight by having the door gutted internally. and the omg im so sick i own a stretched moonaroo broo!

**TUF UTE** · 07-03-2009, 11:22 AM

weight reduction in a commodore ? lol like it would make a difference. buy a ute.

**nicko** · 07-03-2009, 11:24 AM

vy ss ute is 30kgs lighter than the sedan............ sweet fa

**TUF UTE** · 07-03-2009, 11:30 AM

vs is a coupld hundred lighter

and 30 kg's lighter is still lighter than removing door internals :P

**greenfoam** · 07-03-2009, 11:48 AM

Removing the rear and passenger front seat actually does make a fair difference to the performance of the car but still. I've driven around with the seats removed before as have plenty of my friends. Some of them have been pulled over like that but no ones been fined. Anyway to legally 100% correctly do it you need to go to the rego office and have the seating capacity updated not sure about the door trims. I'm guessing that would depend on which safety rules the car has to pass.

Group A/C touring cars still ran door trims

(but no deadner, carpet or passenger seats).

As for the original poster just take them out and go, very unlikely you will have any problems

**TUF UTE** · 07-03-2009, 11:52 AM

he has airbags though .. lol needs the front seats in

**greenfoam** · 07-03-2009, 12:06 PM

bah I'm sure they still work without the seats in. He's going to stop faster and corner better without the seats anyway so it should be a crash free trip

and in the unlikely event it will have less momentum when it does crash

**TUF UTE** · 07-03-2009, 12:13 PM

when will u start doing my memcal hahaha

**greenfoam** · 07-03-2009, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by davecunno

when will u start doing my memcal hahaha

After I have some food

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