[Aussie Mike]

I think they have let up on the chrome in the drivers view rule i.e. chrome bezzels on the guages etc. Most people were putting black tap on the back of the wind screen frame and painting the bonet handles black but it seems to come off pretty quickly after rego (You just can't get good quality paint and tape these days). I think the let up on this rule has happened because a few production cars have come through with chrome in their interiors and the big manufacturers can put a bit more pressure on.

Door latches have to be burst proof design. I'm using XF Falcon items and they are one of the few Ford bits in the car.

It used to be 95dB at 0.5 meters but they dropped the noise limit a few years back. The drive bey test can be hard to pass too. Many have to close up the side vents and bonet scoop and even run a tray under the engine bay to get reduce the mechanical noise. Even wheel and tyre noise can present problems.

You would think the government expects the cars to float by with the sound of Motzart gently playing whilst the scent of daisies and new born babies wafts out the exhaust pipe.

Cheers