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steve wrote:Bry wrote:Strangely enough there's a VOSA road side check been set up just up the road from my house today,after what they've told you I think I'll steer well clear,as my car aint got a hope in hell of getting by without being stopped.Just borrow a standard exhaust, get it inspected then whack the Nur spec back on,don't let them beat you mate
where abouts mate?
i'll have to steer clear of them
!!Bry wrote:steve wrote:Bry wrote:Strangely enough there's a VOSA road side check been set up just up the road from my house today,after what they've told you I think I'll steer well clear,as my car aint got a hope in hell of getting by without being stopped.Just borrow a standard exhaust, get it inspected then whack the Nur spec back on,don't let them beat you mate
where abouts mate?
i'll have to steer clear of them
At the top of the hill just past the copperfield pub/restaurant
... basically all i need to get it through another mot is tigten the handbrake ( is there somewhere on here to tell me how to do it) and quieten the exhaust....... So is anyone willing to sell me there nur baffle?... Now the vosa bloke put the handbrake on and pushed the back of my car and failed it because it creaked.... I've just been out and pulled the handbrake up ( 7 clicks ) and the car holds like a rock!!.. just been on the mot guidelines and all it says is:- Checked for reserve travel so that it doesn't reach the stops on application. The mountings will be checked for security and/or corrosion. D LUCK. On the MOT they test the efficency of the handbrake not the amount of clicks, although I seem to remember something about reserve travel? 7 should be fine, it just sounds like the VOSA guy was being a d1ck.& the handbrake by pushing down on the back and heard a creak 
"nope you failed the emissions, your exhaust didnt smell of oranges" 
So adjust your handbrake one click and put on lighter tints (or none), no biggie.technically there are guidelines on modifications over standard. But to enforce this really is taking it to the letter and beyond and is not normally pursued. An exhaust place should be able to make you a baffle, but if it was passed by an MOT inspector I'd be tempted to take it further and fight it. Like I contacted Tein on the suspension question, I'd contact them and tell them their exhausts are illegal and see what they say - they may have some kind of EU conformity which means Mr Vosa is taking out of his a-r-s-e.- if I took my car to a testing station after being demanded by VOSA and had to pay them to test my car only to find nothing wrong with it, I'd send the bill for my costs to VOSA with a wonderful covering letter about incompetence..... SB wrote:Not only that
=D> the handbrake, MR2 handbrakes do sit quite high when applied, compared to 'normal' cars, so its more then likely this guy was just being ignorant. If you're within the manufacturers guidlines then leave it, maybe nip it up 1 click like Toni says. Check for any sideways play though because that would make it feel like its a bit loose....... thankyou all so much. Its at times like this that i realise why joining a club like this is so worth while. Tbh if i wasnt in this club i would of probably ripped the exhaust off by now and sold it.... On top of this i've had swap offers and people offering standard exhaust's. It looks like it'll be sorted soon... Got my hands on a baffle so im gonna bung that in for a while, I'll do the handbrake when the weather clears up and the tints are off. Lets hope it passes its mot. =D> =D>Al-sw20 wrote:
Was the same here till a while ago.
The exhaust/car industry got on the Governments back and now we have a set limit for modified exhausts which is 95db
95dB isn't exactly quiet either. I said if you give me a decibel limit then i can make sure its under the said limit. He just stood there and said, does it sound like a standard car? I said it depends what standard car your on about.... is it quieter than a dodge viper, erm yeah. Anyone who has seen my car will know its not really that loud... the cat is still in place and i was considering ways of making it louder... but i think i better not now 
... look at that mr2 with that big exhaust on it..... but look at the size of the hole inside it..... my 1.2 corsa is louder than that...... yeah whatever chav. 
Al-sw20 wrote:
The exhaust/car industry got on the Governments back and now we have a set limit for modified exhausts which is 95db
The design and construction of the Nur Spec
Most silencer boxes have a 115mm sized tail pipe.
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way.
... You see if our country gave an exact limit as to whats to loud then i could compare it..... but we just get a silly inspector saying..... its to loud 
...too loud in his opinion perhaps. I'd print out the Blitz UK stuff and take it to the testing station and see if they pass it. RTA sec.
in such circumstances that the use of the vehicle on a road would, by reason of that part being fitted to the vehicle, constitute a contravention of or failure to comply with any of the construction and use requirements, he is guilty of an offence.
When
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way.
...then im sure everyone would be alright with it. This "ist just too loud" business is a load of bollards!!
