» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | 12-30-2005, 01:08 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 312 | UK MOT & cat-back pipes Anyone have any problems with the MOT test with a aftermarket pipe fitted? I'm guessing it shouldn't be a problem as long as it's not too loud + emissions should be ok as the stock cat is retained. When I used to run sportsbikes we had to swap our race cans for the stock pipe once a year to get through the test. | | | 12-31-2005, 12:05 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 | hmmmm, shouldn't be a problem i would have though or i am shagged __________________ 1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black Mods: • Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust • Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators • M3 17" Wheels • De-Baffled Air Box • AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob • DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings • Chrome Interior bits •IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs • Kenwood Power Series Audio • Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers • Sports Seats | | | 12-31-2005, 02:48 PM | #3 | Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 83 | My MOT up in Feb and the exhaust is way too noisy. I need to change it as the previous owner put a really cheap exhaust on and it sounds like a wet fart. What exhaust have you guys got? I want one with a catalytic converter as it'll defo fail the MOT if you don't have one (although my mum’s 2000 plate mini with straight through exhaust and stage 3 heads, superchipped engine always seems to wiz through the MOT?). | | | 12-31-2005, 04:29 PM | #4 | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 | most exhausts available are "cat-back" systems meaning the stock cat stays and you replace from there back (stock resonator and muffler are one long section). __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts 2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | 12-31-2005, 09:23 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 | i got the magnex jobbie. looks and sounds "the business" not to chav, not too geek __________________ 1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black Mods: • Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust • Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators • M3 17" Wheels • De-Baffled Air Box • AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob • DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings • Chrome Interior bits •IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs • Kenwood Power Series Audio • Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers • Sports Seats | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |