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Got pulled up for a random breath test last night (blew 0.00 :P )

And was told that i could be defected for not havin the factory exhaust on the car,

there was no mention about being too loud, even though i think it might be lol.

As far as i believe you can have any exhaust system you want as long as it's not over the max dba, has an approved cat and is no less than 1 metre from the nearest opening window, am i right?

By the way i have a Blitz NURspec 3" catback and it is a bit noisy :P as i have the baffle out at the moment, with it in it's bout half as quiet.

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Actually i don't think he had any idea what the car was, he was looking at the back of it for a while, and even took a second look.

For most people i think it would be easy for them to pick that it's not factory, seeing as though it's a nice shiny cannon :)

hehe, by that rule we're all liable for defect as i bet our spark plugs aren't factory.

what if your exhaust had rusted out and you replaced it with the cheapest easiest one you could find? i doubt he'd argue if you said something about that

Actually here in QLD, (dunno bout other states), but the traffic act (what the QLD Police govern under) clearly states that anything which is not stock from the manufacturer or can come as a factory option can be considered a defect and it is up to the officers descretion to defect or not.

Big problem is that you go to the Dept of Transport to have the defect cleared, and they are governed by a totally seperate set of legistlation, meaning something the police defect you for, is fine in the Dept of Trans eyes....... stupid!

Here in NZ they used to have a decibel limit, but they scrapped that rule and changed it to 'if it is appreciably louder than the factory standard'.

So now it is totally up to the descresion on the police officer, who only has his opinion to go on!

Mine is louder than standard, and the only thing that is non-factory is the NISMO rear muffler that it came with from Japan.

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