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There it is... I just went and took a pic. I used the LED strip so you can't see anything hanging down... and it does a better job of lighting up the entire number plate.

Technically, all the bolt-on mods from the GSR Lancer turbo should be the easiest thing to pass!! The Engineer HAS to approve those type of mod from the same family production vehicles, otherwise he's crap.

Thats what I pointed out to him... he just said ''well that doesn't happen here. I pass things when I'm happy with them''

I will get it engineered somewhere down the track... unfortunatly right now funds are gone, and I'm playing it safe and just changing a motor to get it on the road. Taking it to another VASS inspection is still a gamble. This way I get to drive it again, and sell my current daily driver which will fund a small overhaul on my CC Lancer anyway.
Unfortunatly, my taillights, while being Mitsubishi equipment, is DSM Mitsubishi... so no amber indicators and the seperate reverse lights. The RWC involved mounting amber indicators in my reverse lights so they flash orange and also serve as reverse lights. Perfectly clear and it was the mechanics recommendation to do it that way.
My number plate lights are now those LED running lights that people are putting on headlights, the mechanic doing the RWC inspection was impressed enough that he grabbed the other one from me to fit to his car in the same way!

I'm getting used to this response from workshops... I had a roadworthy center refuse to look at my car because of ''the dirty great hole in the roof''. He claimed my roof scoof was flimsy and dangerous. Not to mention the other mods to the bodywork. When I pointed out how it was fixed to the roof and didn't actually lead anywhere he tried ripping at it to prove his point, which just rocked the car and cut his finger on the edge of the fibreglass

I know that the car isn't to everyones tastes... its a ricer! But really, its not that dodgy... and I could have done things much worse. Hopefully it lasts longer between defects than last time it was on the road.

This is how it stands atm...

Yeah that's my car. The rear light section was made from a mustang beaver panel and steel straps. He criticized the rear quarters that I had to pump out with fiberglass panels I'd made. I think he regrets putting that down since I turned up straight from work covered in fiberglass.
It's just been sitting out the front of my house for a few years now, getting started up to keep the motor healthy

Yeah, I wish I had that kinda cash left... after what the engineer stung me I'm just going as cheap as possible. For a glorified RWC inspection he charged me $580!

But the good news is that I have a Lancer GL I'll be picking it up next weekend and pulling out the motor (I'd bought it years ago when I needed parts and forgotten about it, expecting that it had moved on, but it was kept in a shed so should be all good). From memory it had some good parts on it too like those roof strips too. So while its here I'll rip off anything that may be needed.

That way I can register it as a 1.5L, get it inspected, then just go back to the 4G63T... I reckon some oil and dirt over the engine number should put any cops off a engine number inspection. I wouldn't be poking my hand that close to the exhaust when its just been running to wipe off the grime!

Thanks everyone for your help... especially Gianni!
Hopefully I'll be joining you guys on a cruise soon... its been 7 years since I went on the team 4G cruise from memory, way too long and this time my 3 year old daughter can come out with me.

Just for a laugh, this was the list he gave me to fix...

number 5 to be removed from front bumper (I don't know how a red number 5 is illegal)
rear seat belts faded
battery bracket hitting bonnet
exhaust too low
front reo cut
rear reo cut (for every bumper iron modded to make the kit fitted I had an engineer make up a support frame for the bumpers from tube steel and was documented in the structural integrity report I handed him)
rear number plate lights not ADR approved
must have seperate reverse lights, and must be ADR approved
taillights do not conform to ADRs
must have 2WD gearbox, not a modified AWD gearbox
turbo timer must be removed (it was turned off and stuck way up under the dash)
rear of the car can't have ANY filler... must be repaired and resprayed without any filler (mind you these are fibreglass rear quarters with bog to blend the edges)
windscreen washers apparently weren't working (work fine and bottle was full too?)
rear brakes must be upgraded to factory specs of the car the motor came from
wheels 5mm too big in diameter and 15mm too wide (17s with 205 tires)

what annoys me most is I provided him with a structural integrity report for the body mods, and the results of a brake test that confirm that my car is up to the task with the stock rear drums. But for now I'm just getting it on the road, down the track when its on the road and not just a lawn ornament I'll get an engineer who isn't a cranky old prick to look it over. At least he didn't pick up on my exhaust full of steel wool to keep it quiet!

When I picked the car up he went on to whinge that my car ''looks like one of those stupid things from that Fast and the Furious movie''... I told him, ''great because its a replica of one of those cars''.

Sounds great Gianni! I'll have to tee up this 2nd Lancer. (its missing rear shocks so not really fit for driving at the moment)