Insurance for modified vehicle

[Jono24]

Hi all,

Got a BE5 legacy that i\'m preparing to do a tt to st conversion but before i get started i\'ve been looking for insurance.

Who do you go through for such a vehicle?

AA and the ASB (IAG) have said no, anyone had any luck with such a vehicle through the main insurance providers or do i need to go to NAC?

Any suggestions on where to go?

I\'m ready to start spending up on parts but just don\'t want to get caught without insurance.

Thanks guys

[lachlan]

are you aorried about them not covering you because you modified it or are you worried about them not giving you cover for the potentially increased value of the vehicle ?

you dont even need cert to do it because it bolts on to everything stock and it has the same rated power

why did they say no ? because of your circumstances (age / record / car ) or specifically because you are removing a turbo off it ?

[Jono24]

I spoke to AA and the ASB today and they said no because of the mods, not so much worried, but want to have the insurance lined up before i start.

I didn\'t think i needed a cert, and was going to do most of it myself then send it down to NZEFI for a tune on an hks fcon IS.

[Koom]

 lachlan said:

you dont even need cert to do it because it bolts on to everything stock and it has the same rated power

Cert for Turbo Substitution

Technically it needs a cert. You can\'t change turbos, wastegates etc without requiring a cert.

Its also been written like that in the LVVTA Thresholds pdf for years. But chances of anything happening due to you not having a cert is minimal? But better to have the correct information and leaving that decision up to the owner of the car.

[lachlan]

they only bought that in a year or so ago . it also means everyone who has reflashed a late model ecu is foul of the law

adding to the confusion is the fact the legacy was originally single turbo . then had 2 for a while . and is now back to one

[Koom]

Thats been the threshold since half you kids were still at school :

Its the same sentence about superchargers or turbochargers as a substitution or modification etc etc in every pdf of the thresholds that I\'ve ever downloaded off LVVTA. Even back when I had to wait about a week for it to come through on the dial up

And yes, it means that there is a huge percentage of people that are running foul of the law. Still yet to hear of anyone ever being picked up on it though.

[Guest]

Completely correct koom not that you needed confirming lol. Still unsure whether Ill get a cert for ecu may as well mention it cant see it costing any more $.

[Heylin]

Try Classic Cover, they are really good and compartable with the likes of AMI in terms of pricing.

- Mods OK

- Agreed Value

Underwritten by Vero.

[Guest]

 Heylin said:

Try Classic Cover, they are really good and compartable with the likes of AMI in terms of pricing.

- Mods OK

- Agreed Value

Underwritten by Vero.

Doesn\'t classic cover mean you can only do an X amount of kms a year though?

[speedfreak]

http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,2376.0.html

http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,27704.0.html

search reveals a couple of threads about insurance

 VADZTER']

[quote name='Heylin said:

Try Classic Cover, they are really good and compartable with the likes of AMI in terms of pricing.

- Mods OK

- Agreed Value

Underwritten by Vero.

/quote]

Doesn\'t classic cover mean you can only do an X amount of kms a year though?

http://www.classiccover.co.nz/ i had the rally car with them, 5000km a year but you could buy more in 5000 chunks. although im not sure if its just a road subaru if they do cover, they told me it was only because it was a rally car that they covered subarus.