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Hard luck dude the odds caught up.

May i ask whats wrong with your exhaust and wheels setup?? Or why they defected?

They're 18" and stock are 16" so i'm right, but i need engineer certificates saying that they comply with the australia design rule.

same with exhuast... any modified exhaust on a car has this rule

Yeah really, it'll cost you more grief than its worth. Lesson learned

definitely

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Dude ouch!!

As said, yes it could of been a lot worse.

Sucks though majorly that you got done though; for both speeding and defects.

What a shit way to start Christmas

I had the same treatment not long ago... sent to epa for noise... had to whack a stocker pee shooter on there to pass... and the dicks defected me for an unenclosed pod filter.... and ride height..

but i out smarted them with the ride height ... i just put tighter rubber things on to support my exhaust and it raised it like 30 mm .. lool

They're 18" and stock are 16" so i'm right, but i need engineer certificates saying that they comply with the australia design rule.

same with exhuast... any modified exhaust on a car has this rule

definitely

Hey,

no, don't think so. Pretty sure exhausts are an 'owner-approvable' modification according to the RTA.

This means that as long as it passes the relevant ADRs (ADR28, for noise level; ADR37, for actual

gas and particulates; there may be others - ask the RTA) it's OK. It doesn't need to be standard.

What most likely happened is that they tested your car with a dB meter; and it was too loud (corrected

reading of over 90dB, putting the car in violation of ADR28). I doubt they tested ADR37 - pretty sure

the kit to do that test only exists at Penrith and Botany.

To fix this, visit an exhaust shop with a meter and tell them you need it quieter than 90dB at test RPM -

for you, it's probably around 3500RPM. Note I said 'corrected' - they're supposed to apply corrections

for temperature and pressure (this doesn't often happen). If you get tested in the middle of a cold night

your car will read louder than in the middle of a hot day.

Borrow a set of stock rims.

Then visit the inspection station, show them your car complies with the paperwork, and get the

defects cleared. Visit them in the middle of a hot day in case they don't apply the corrections on the

noise test.

Then your car is street-legal again, and you can figure out whether you want to get your car

engineered (budget about $500) for the rims or not. If the rims stick out beyond the bodywork I'd

guess you have SFA chance of getting them approved - talk to your engineer about that (you might

be able to flare the guards enough to get them allowed). Might be better to replace them with a set of

smaller rims which don't require approval from a signatory.

Lastly, don't drive like a tool. Driving like a tool attracts the wrong sort of attention. And if you _do_

drive like a tool, don't be surprised when the police throw the book at you.

Regards,

Saliya

Hey,

no, don't think so. Pretty sure exhausts are an 'owner-approvable' modification according to the RTA.

This means that as long as it passes the relevant ADRs (ADR28, for noise level; ADR37, for actual

gas and particulates; there may be others - ask the RTA) it's OK. It doesn't need to be standard.

What most likely happened is that they tested your car with a dB meter; and it was too loud (corrected

reading of over 90dB, putting the car in violation of ADR28). I doubt they tested ADR37 - pretty sure

the kit to do that test only exists at Penrith and Botany.

To fix this, visit an exhaust shop with a meter and tell them you need it quieter than 90dB at test RPM -

for you, it's probably around 3500RPM. Note I said 'corrected' - they're supposed to apply corrections

for temperature and pressure (this doesn't often happen). If you get tested in the middle of a cold night

your car will read louder than in the middle of a hot day.

Borrow a set of stock rims.

Then visit the inspection station, show them your car complies with the paperwork, and get the

defects cleared. Visit them in the middle of a hot day in case they don't apply the corrections on the

noise test.

Then your car is street-legal again, and you can figure out whether you want to get your car

engineered (budget about $500) for the rims or not. If the rims stick out beyond the bodywork I'd

guess you have SFA chance of getting them approved - talk to your engineer about that (you might

be able to flare the guards enough to get them allowed). Might be better to replace them with a set of

smaller rims which don't require approval from a signatory.

Lastly, don't drive like a tool. Driving like a tool attracts the wrong sort of attention. And if you _do_

drive like a tool, don't be surprised when the police throw the book at you.

Regards,

Saliya

Wow, thanks for that.. I can tell you now that my exhaust has been already defected and taken to an exhaust shop which complies and is under the 90db rating. RTA did NOT use any sort of meter for the exhaust as the car was off, For the rims, i'm putting stock back on and getting cleared..

Thanks for all your help.!

bad luck matey, the defect doesnt look too bad though couldve been heaps worse. shouldnt be too difficult to get it cleared

if the cop really wanted to be a c**t he wouldnt of let you chuck a shit lol.

good luck with the defect clearing.. looking at the bright side, at least with the 3 months you have off you'll save alot of money not driving and modding :)

Just a quick note, you won't lose your license for ages yet. I know someone who was booked for the same offence in January of this year. He paid the fine on time and received the letter from the RTA a good few weeks later advising that his loss of licence was to occur in the first week of May through to July.

that defect notice they gave you specifies that to be cleared you need to get a minor part inspection at an AUVIS.

This means that you only need to get it inspected at any place that can provide a blue slip.

Put the parts that were mentioned on the notice back to standard, then get it inspected. You may not even have to change the exhaust, talk to the place you are going to get it passed by and see what they say needs to be changed before doing anything.

Either way, you don't need to take it for a full RTA inspection and emissions test, so dont stress about it, it is not big deal.

You will probably still have your license for a while yet, so get it done now while you can drive.

Sorry to see you got caught out!

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wow intresting...

D_I_F i had mcdonalds.. i have no idea how i got sick..

Sorry dude but I suffer from the same problems.. if I eat something wrong it def wont agree with me.. so I stop eating those kinda foods.. Sloves the problem all together..

Not to mention you just got your licence and should know better..

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