rich666

Any 1 no the legal db limit ?

DavieQ

Hi rich, The legal decibel limit for a car exhaust in the UK base on regulations are 88db

s70rjw

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Newer cars have the db level it comes with as standard from the factory on the V5. What MY car are you referring to?

rich666

Hmm may have to change my bk box lol

Paul Hutch

who cares how loud it is coppers dont do **** all anyway

rich666

Mines proper f*****g loud

Paul Hutch

what exhaust you got on?

westallc

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vosa are!!!

you will get a report to tell you to get it replace within 14 days and has to be tested and signed off by the mot test station

after 14days if not done your car is illegal on the road and will show up on any anpr camera's

nick172sport

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racetube thats really loud 109dcb pulled it off coudnt think properly with the noise lol

rich666

Mines just an oval back box but its hollow and is way way to loud lol starting to hate it

Paul Hutch

If you dont act like a *** in your car your not gonna get pulled are you. Police have got more important things to do than listen to exhaust noises thats just petty. If your worried about your exhaust noise sell the scooby and buy a lexus hybrid ta ta champs

scott181

Well said paul

Paul Hutch

cheers lad

Alan Jeffery

This is how Plod is playing it.
They are letting you get away with 90db.
Strictly speaking, the limit is to be found on your log book if the car is new enough. Rather than faff about with "plus 1 db over" arguments, they are taking the view that 90 db is a good leeway, and anything over that is taking the pi$$ and you need a slap.
They are primarily only interested in lairy types who don't know how to behave.
I was told all this by the man who designed the noise testing system.
Don't shoot me! I'm only telling you how it is.

thunder8

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my scorpion is load and sweet .border line 87db on full throttle goes fairly quiet i think on normal 60mph driving

passed mot ok as its a classic ,and the mot bloke loved the sound so much he asked if he could have a quick drive ,

i said yes the the mot ticket in my hand ,another year and cost me nothing again sweet

Blue and Gold

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Get a nur spec with full decat and no silencer that will please your neighbours

Mine love it........ not

JonMc

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I have that same relationship with my neighbours, they particularly like it when I leave for Heathrow at 5am when I've got an early flight, or when I come home late at night

Blue and Gold

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My answer is f*ck em they might have retired but I aint, my car is parked about 6 inches from an 8ft wall and the sound reverberating off it in a morning while its on choke is glorious I pay my road tax I'll start it when I like

sp00ks

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+1 we all pay our car tax and therefor can do what the **** we like....

i think the general rule is so long as you aren't driving like a tw@ then the old bill aren't likely too notice...

You'd of thought that un-insured drivers, drink drivers etc... would be higher up on the list than people with slightly too loud exhausts..

Paul Hutch

blue & gold i like your thinking reminds me of mine ;-)

Anger

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I got pulled for a Nurspec last year and was crawling along in traffic, had to get a new MOT and then go to the cop shop with MOT, my local didnt have a clue what to do and in the end i had to go to the main police station for my area...

I now run a Milltek

The Rig

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I run a Blitz but dont like peoples attitude on here of **** em i pay road tax can have a loud car at midnight blah blah.

when i return home at night i usually turn ignition off as i roll down the drive etc,bit of consideration goes a long way

F1 CJE UK

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team ice but i do have a 2nd rcm system for track days etc

acstua

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personally i like a more subtle noise, thats only really loud when you floor it

also strongly agree with The Rig, abit of consideration does go a long way
unforunately everything i see nowadays, from the road to the local shop, people just dont seem to care about anyone but themselves

Road tax != legal noise reg's

some sods near my last flat were playing loud music and karoke at 3am in the morning during last summer :| had to have my window open or sweat to death
but then i couldnt get to sleep with the noise...... could hear various neighbours shouting at them now and again....
i guess they could have said "I Pay my council tax i'll do what i like.."

Im not getting at anyone , just my personal thoughts
if we were all the same it'd be a boring world etc..


also the db scale is a logarithmic scale, one unit of scale will be an exponential rise in volume
but we all knew that

acstua

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how does the rule affect imports etc, does anyone know

just wonder how they work for the big ol'yank muscle cars etc, they always sound pretty damn loud! lovely sound tho

sp00ks

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I didn't say anything about a lack of consideration!! I usually come home as quiet as possible, and make sure there's no faffing about on driveway etc.
Although being in a detatched house does have it's benefits of neighbours not close by...
If you don't use your car often then it's certainly not as much of a nuisance.

My aim was just at the police, not neighbours or general public.

acstua

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come to think of it, i wonder what the rules are on bikes

Although ive heard the phrase, loud pipes save lives

Sabas

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I prefer a nice deep tone rather than loudness, still looking for a backbox which gives a

nice tone, but isn't too loud, I have had 7!