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quick question

  • 28-07-2010 12:48pm
    #1
    kielmanator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭


    Alright lads. Just a quick question in relation to exhausts for the legal eagles out there. If the car is over ten years old, are there no limits to the decibles? Or is it the car has to be before 93?

    Thanks in advance.

    Kielmanator


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  • #2
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    Doesn't matter what age it is, to pass the NCT it has to be below 99DB.

    On the road its up to a Garda's opinion on whether it is a cause of noise pollution.

    The only thing pre 93 car's are exempt from with regards exhausts in the NCT is the requirement to have a cat.


  • #3
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    I read somewhere that if your exhaust is really loud from the factory, the manufactorer can give a cert to say so and that exempts you. I can only imagine it'd be the case with supercars only


  • #4
    stealthyspeeder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭stealthyspeeder


    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    I read somewhere that if your exhaust is really loud from the factory, the manufactorer can give a cert to say so and that exempts you. I can only imagine it'd be the case with supercars only

    Ah graham, your a moderator in here now, you should be doing better than this idle hearsay and speculation......


    :p


  • #5
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    stealthyspeeder wrote: »
    Ah graham, your a moderator in here now, you should be doing better than this idle hearsay and speculation......


    :p
    Ah c'mon! I can't remember where but it was...eh...somewhere! :D

    Twas in a car mag and I ain't going scanning up pages just to prove it! It doesn't really matter anyways because I doubt the poster is driving a Lambo...or is he?!


  • #6
    kielmanator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭kielmanator


    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    Ah c'mon! I can't remember where but it was...eh...somewhere! :D

    Twas in a car mag and I ain't going scanning up pages just to prove it! It doesn't really matter anyways because I doubt the poster is driving a Lambo...or is he?!


    I lol'd:D

    No it's only a 1.4 MPi Fabia, with a few aftermarkets thrown in.


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  • #7
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    kielmanator wrote: »
    I lol'd:D

    No it's only a 1.4 MPi Fabia, with a few aftermarkets thrown in.
    My ITR passed the NCT a few weeks back with an aftermarket exhaust. I had a bung in it, it was still loud(ish) but it passed no problem!


  • #8
    martydunf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 403 ✭✭martydunf


    As above, it doesnt matter what year the car is.

    One of my friends is driving a 90 Escort with a fairly loud exhaust on her and failed (quite badly!:o) the NCT on a number of things, one of which being the exhaust decibel level being too high. Think it was around 99db?

    EDIT: just seen there it has to be below 99db, will have to double check me mates NCT report again to see what db level it was. (unless it actually was 99db and the tester was being a right pr1ck!:eek:)


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