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hi all...

i was checking my mailbox today, and found, you guess it, EPA letter, i owned my car LESS THAN A YEAR and i already got EPA'd...and i hardly drive it around :D:) ..

anyways anyone here, generous enough to lend me their stock r34 MUFFLER ONLY just to get the certificate done or i can rent it out for a day or two.???

im from the west side of melb. so anyone from the west would be good...but if not, ill be happy enough to drive around to pick it up...

cheers guys..

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yeh i know how you feel mate, i just had one of these cleared about a month ago..

same situation. had an officer following me around while i was looking for a car space on keilor road, middle of the day. he obviously didnt feel the need to pull me over, but still ended up getting an EPA exhaust test notice in the mail.

Is there any chance your exhaust will pass with the exhaust you have on?

Lol at noise test :) Ive had 2 full epa's and 1 noise test, and 2 defects just this year hahaha. Noise test is piss to pass :)

I reckon my car might have some trouble passing >.< I got pulled over last night by two totally reasonable cops, or so I thought, Hamish reminded me I should probably expect an EPA notice in the mail. It's gonna cost me I can feel it. At least, they didn't pop the hood or look under the car...

Depends what kind of EPA notice Chris. Hopefully its a noise test because i think for them to send you out a full epa they would have to see something wrong under the bonnet. My full epa came from reasonable cops who seemed really nice at the time and told me i wont get one LOL. Would you take the turbo and everything off yourself? Matt (Femno) does all that work for me and he is very reasonable at pricing. Think its $300 each way to swap things like Turbo, Injectors, Afm, remove boost controller, powerfc. So its not that bad.

yeah ive had 2 full epas and one noise epa and 4 defects this year lol, but ye if its the noise epa then you got nothing worry about a stock exhust and done but if full one and you have aftermarket stuff then your in for a headache, and it doenst matter if they check your engine or not all my epas have been from not even being pulled over, ive basically worked out if they hear a flutter or bov theyll send you a full test but if just hear your loud exhust theyll send a noise test anway good luck hope its a noise test

Cool, I didn't realise noise test was so easy to pass. That's good news. I reckon it would be noise test only if it comes at all, as I was babying it. I kinda knew they were stalking me.

Only problem with swapping turbos around, etc, is gonna be access to little missing parts ey. Figured Chasers or whoever would have all that shit handy. Matt's price is very reasonable, definitely worth it if it comes to that and if he has the time :merli:

Cool, I didn't realise noise test was so easy to pass. That's good news. I reckon it would be noise test only if it comes at all, as I was babying it. I kinda knew they were stalking me.

Only problem with swapping turbos around, etc, is gonna be access to little missing parts ey. Figured Chasers or whoever would have all that shit handy. Matt's price is very reasonable, definitely worth it if it comes to that and if he has the time :merli:

If you need help i have standard turbo, front/dump pipe, ecu, injectors, afm. Everything you need to make it pass :D

hey mate, i have one you can borrow, just pm me your number and ill get back to you asap.

i have a full cat back if thats what you need.

regards

Baset.

ps. im close to the ring road.

cheers Baset, someone offered me a stock exhaust for sale, so might grab that one instead for peace of mind....

just hated thinking bout it, eventhough its only a "noise test", i can not believe it as i only drive my car on the weekend...but still lucky enough its not a FULL TEST...

Victorian law sucks balls really :ermm::)

yeh i know how you feel mate, i just had one of these cleared about a month ago..

same situation. had an officer following me around while i was looking for a car space on keilor road, middle of the day. he obviously didnt feel the need to pull me over, but still ended up getting an EPA exhaust test notice in the mail.

Is there any chance your exhaust will pass with the exhaust you have on?

cheers guys

my case was, they saw my car drove pass and THEY THINK it was excessive noise from my exhaust or faulty exhaust system, and took my number plate and send me these stupid noise test :) ....

i have a cannon type of exhaust on, and i went to one of the exhaust tester, told me its too loud to have it on, he said, i just need to stick back the standard muffler on for test and do the certificate and put the cannon back on again ;):ermm: ..lolz... which is great...so hopefully ill get it done asap...

Edited by myRB25DETT

bad luck dude, i got epa'd a month after getting my car. bloody BS tho, they did me in an underground carpark at knox. they got me at 93db on 5000rpm. i slapped on the stock exhaust cat back (not stock cat tho) and i got 89db. i got the full standard exhaust at home if u still need it

  • 3 years later...

Ok so this was a good thread I found in regards to my search so rather than start a new one I thought i'd add to this one.

I got my first EPA notice for exhaust noise about two weeks after getting my R33. Points to anyone who guesses already where i'm going with this.

Bought car with registration

Registered car must be sold with RWC

EPA notice 2 weeks after purchase

RWC lasts 30 days

EPA'ed while still having a valid RWC

Can I use that to fight off this bullshit EPA notice? It clearly states an exhaust system and emissions pass on the RWC.

Edited by jukic.j

Ok so this was a good thread I found in regards to my search so rather than start a new one I thought i'd add to this one.

I got my first EPA notice for exhaust noise about two weeks after getting my R33. Points to anyone who guesses already where i'm going with this.

Bought car with registration

Registered car must be sold with RWC

EPA notice 2 weeks after purchase

RWC lasts 30 days

EPA'ed while still having a valid RWC

Can I use that to fight off this bullshit EPA notice? It clearly states an exhaust system and emissions pass on the RWC.

nope EPA and RWC are separate, no noise test during a RWC

I'll add to this that...your RWC is also useless against defects and notices of unroadworthiness. Even if it's a few hours old...for the simple reason that nothing can prove you didn't do the unroadworthy modifications straight after obtaining RWC.

Welcome to the import scene in Victoria - enjoy your stay.

I'll add to this that...your RWC is also useless against defects and notices of unroadworthiness. Even if it's a few hours old...for the simple reason that nothing can prove you didn't do the unroadworthy modifications straight after obtaining RWC.

Welcome to the import scene in Victoria - enjoy your stay.

QFT The fagginess of Victoria.

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