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Just waiting for a final price then I will be taking the plunge. We have a lot more regulations in NZ and we have to certify any alterations to a vehicle , the biggest problem was the front crash beam so cant build the Kobra or 250 so have decided on the 300s as I can get my car citified. Taken nearly a year of working threw the red tape here.
You can get custom made crash front beams made these days that will enable the kits to be fitted, not sure who posted it but its somewhere on this forum - ideas anyone ?
Ah, thanks for waking me up out of my dreams and telling me to do my homework... It looks to be not simple... But this document http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/suplementary_information/LVVTA_LVV_Cert_Threshold.pdf Cosmetic body kits and components [including utility canopies and plastic bumper skins]
 The fitting system does not weaken the vehicle structure, and
 no frontal impact components have been removed where the vehicle is required to comply with a frontal impact occupant protection standard (see note on page 1), and
 the kit or components do not present any forward-facing external projections, and
 the performance of any lamp is not affected as a result of the kit or components.
seems to imply you can remove the front beam if the car was made before march 1999...
Agree that some of the other documents word things slightly differently and talk about modification date rather than the original manufacturing date. In the end you probably still need the car the be lvv certified but it should remain exempt of meeting any frontal impact standard?
couple of answers
We live in Napier
If u replace the crash beam with a modified one it cant be registered or certified
The LVVTA have made a ruling with the NZTA and it will have to be on each individual car and what year it was first registered in NZ to which regulations it comes under. Even though my car is a pre excempt of the regulation you quote it still goes on the 1st registered date which has made mine under the 2oo2 regulations. After all that if u can build any of the kits they still have to be certified http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/forum/images/smilies/doh.gif
Just tried this, and it didn't seem to work...
So I kept on entering the capture codes...
Eventually I realised that you have to scroll down to see the information.
Easy when you know how!
Chris has just got back to me with a freight quote , airfreight I could afford to buy another kit as it is basically the price of the Z300S kit so are now waiting for a slow boat price , hopefully this will be more realistic
Have found a lot cheaper freight so just waiting to see if the wife is up for a trip to England or if we dont come we will have to order sight unseen, and make up our mind which way we will go lane:
Green with envy matey, you live in a beautiful part of the world with a tempered climate and the art decor buildings will be suited to a tribute build. Spent some time on both islands and if i had had my own way i would be living down there. Over half my family live up in Auckland and the bay of islands area which i hold a soft spot for.
Hope everything is going well for this weekend and that there is plenty of interest and of course sales . Hopefully someone will be taking plenty of pictures and posting them to a thread
Sorry we wont be there it would be great to see all the models together
lane: 
Is there a strip down link for the Z3 ? 
