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Originally Posted by BBK
Is it actually legal to drive our cars with the back seat out? Just wondering if it's worth doing it next time I go... I would think taking the front passenger seat out is definitely illegal?
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Richard it is not legal if you modify your vehicle so the seating is different to your rego papers. For example, if your rego says 4 occupants, then you need 4 seats.
However you can have your registration altered via an engineer's report and it will be legal to have no rears seats. But then it would be illegal to put the rear seats back in.
Most people simply remove the seats on race day and then return the car to stock afterwards. you'd be unlucky to be pulled over on the way to the strip but it does happen. If you prepare a letter stating what you are up to and your intention to return the vehicle to stock on the next day (include date) and put that in a sealed envelope in your glovebox, you can demonstrate to any police officer what your intentions are. That might not help, but it might in the unlucky event of being pulled over on the way to or from the strip.