Rogue Trooper

[Marishka]

wow , awsome job Rogue, ur van and busy,s are my 2 fav custom beddy,s,

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey guys, maybe one reason we aussies dont do to much custom these days is because of the B***LS***T rules that our transport have. I have just spent months designing a one off very original exhaust system for my van, only to be told an hour ago that you MUST run your exhaust out the back of your van, well now i can flush 3months of work down the toilet. I looked at dozens of pics from the van nats on the weekend, the amount of vans and cars with side pipes and side exit exhausts is amazing, according to transport and some muffler places, they are ALL illegal and and can be defected if inspected. I just find it hard that all these guys would risk having their vans defected, there must be something i'm missing.
George.

[Marishka]

get more than 1 opinion on whats legal George.
some wankers in the motor rego,s take it upon themselves to give their anwsers,
as truths,
i hope he was just a wanker givin u his bullshit 2 cents worth,

[Bedfordcrazy]

i'm back, i was just looking at warrens gallery with some of his pics from the nats, mystic fantasy and the ford from wa both have side pipes, so what loop hole did they use to get their pipes on, or are they just rebels waiting to be booked, i doubt it, if you spend that sort of money on a van you are not going to drive it knowing you could get defected at any time.
George.

[Marishka]

have a y piece made up in the ehhurst, and a solinoid valve so u can run the sidepipes,(run a small tail pipe out the back 2)  when the blue lights flash behind swap over 2 the tailpipe out the back, lol, then when on ur way again out the sidepipes, haha,

[Bedfordcrazy]

hi Marty, yep i agree, thats why i rang a few muffler places as well, they are willing to fit whatever i want, but they also had to advise me that the only exit spot under qld law is out the back.  Transport pdf says the same thing, what transport did say was to have an engineer look at my van and make a ruling. I could take that comment as, an engineer might allow side exit exhaust pipes. As i said above, what am i missing here. Its as if qld trans dont want to say something.
George.

[Marishka]

say u only run it ouit the sidepipes at van shows, rofl,:)l

[Bedfordcrazy]

thats not as funny as you might think. A guy in yank land was building a replica dukes of hazard car, he wanted no mufflers so he did the same as you said, if he got pulled over for noise he only had to divert exhaust through pipes with mufflers which quietened the exhaust again, cops thought they were hearing things.
George.

[John Abbott]

Hey George....I have wide wheels on my truck and only once have the cops asked if they are light truck tyres (legally they should be but they aint .I  just luv the look of big tyres on anything). I drive by cops every now and then but never give a thought to my wheels.
I am a true believer in ones demeanor when talking to the boys in blue.

[Bedfordcrazy]

i am so used to beauracy marty, that i always have a plan B. In this case if i can not use the design i really want, then i will go with a back up design, not as good but will still have people talking.
George.