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 Post subject: Is it illegal in NSW to remove mufflers????
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:21 am 
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hi guys, i live in NSW and own a 95 Fairmont, i am looking at puttin a exhaust on my car in the not to distant future and was wondering if i was able to remove the muffler just after the cat and run a single muffler system on the car, is this legal in NSW????

Cheers Josh

P.S. sorry if this has been covered already as i cant find anything on it.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:41 am 
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hi mate, i got a one muffler system on mine, but i removed the rear muffler like most others do instead of the middle one, this usually gives a meater and louder noise, and dosnt drone. but im pretty sure its illegal and its too loud too.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:52 am 
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hi mate, i got a one muffler system on mine, but i removed the rear muffler like most others do instead of the middle one, this usually gives a meater and louder noise, and dosnt drone. but im pretty sure its illegal and its too loud too.
almost all 2.5 inch cat back systems for the falcon i6's are designed this way.... has the centre muffler still but deletes the rear muffler... and is a bolt in system... there's a few different company's that sell them on ebay... cat backs from $300 upwards...
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:56 am 
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Yea i have been looking on ebay and stuff but i just dont like how the centre muffler sits so low, as im getting my car lowered on the weekend i dont want cops pulling out there magic wond and go "your car is to low now we are going to defect you", and is there anyway i can bring the mufflers up a lilttle bit to give me more clearance???
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:59 am 
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Yea i have been looking on ebay and stuff but i just dont like how the centre muffler sits so low, as im getting my car lowered on the weekend i dont want cops pulling out there magic wond and go "your car is to low now we are going to defect you", and is there anyway i can bring the mufflers up a lilttle bit to give me more clearance???
well..WITHOUT it will certainly give you more clearance.. but will put you well over the noise limit thus still rendering you defectable (catch 22)... perhaps you could chop the factory muffler out and install a smaller aftermarket one???

Ive had the exhaust system with the centre muffler for near on 5 years.. and you know how low my car is... :wink: ive never had a cop crwl under to check before... :wink:
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:08 pm 
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Yea i no how lonw your car is but your not a red p plater that the cops like to hassle, thats the only reason im asking is because i am a red p plater and would like cops to stay of my back ( i have had enough trouble with them as it is).
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:12 pm 
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Yea i no how lonw your car is but your not a red p plater that the cops like to hassle, thats the only reason im asking is because i am a red p plater and would like cops to stay of my back ( i have had enough trouble with them as it is).


well... if you want
*lowered
*legal db (quitness)
*ground clearance..

i'd try with a smaller muffler..
if you ran JUST the rear muffler.. it might exceed the DB limit...
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:19 pm 
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Ah yea thats a better idea, i was thinking of trying a smaller muffler.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:49 pm 
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there is nothing illegal about removing the muffler or resonator as long as your car remains under the 90DB limit and passes all emissions (which i doubt it will).

get your extractors, a 2 1/2 cat back system with a single mi mount muffler. if hieight is your problem talk to an exhaust shop and get one cusotm made, pipe work work is easier to start with nothing than try and patch existing pipework
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 Post subject: Re: Is it illegal in NSW to remove mufflers????
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:05 pm 
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BeastyEF wrote:
wondering if i was able to remove the muffler just after the cat and run a single muffler system on the car, is this legal in NSW????



Do you have comprehensive car insurance?

I assume you dont, so who cares if its "legal"?

If you dont drive like an idiot theres hardly any chance it'll ever be picked up, and if you ever did get caught with it being too loud, simple trip down to the exhaust shop to weld a resonator on maybe $70 total.... no big deal !!!
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:12 pm 
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Ah ok cool well will see what i can do later on down the track when i do go pricing up a new exhaust, i was going to make my own but dont have the facilities to do so.
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