Exhaust too loud!

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2007 Blackpool Posts: 686 106 Quiksilver
    #1
    Got an Ashley exhaust system on my Furio but it is quite loud and the neigbours are getting ratty! Anyway I can quieten it down without taking the whole thing off?
  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2005 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 19910 CW Honda Integra DC5
    #2
    no, no joy fuck them! ashley ftw
  3. Established Member Joined: May 2007 Dorset Posts: 1467 RB Renaultsport clio 182
    #3
    Have you de-cat at all? My girlfriends mum gets pee'd off with my car, because the dog goes crazy when he hears my car, lol. Screw what the neighbours think, its not like your doing anything illegal, are you?!?!
  4. Frequent Poster Joined: May 2007 Evesham Posts: 949 3x mk1 Saxo VTR's 1x 1987 mk2 xr2
    #4
    Umm yes he is actually, technically speaking your car is not allowed to be any louder than standard.
  5. Saxperience Addict Joined: Sep 2004 Warrington, Cheshire Posts: 11649 FN2 Civic Type-R
    #5
    sod them dude

    just dont have the engine running for long when your outside your house

    im sure simos neighbours get annoyed but he cant help it lol
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2007 Blackpool Posts: 686 106 Quiksilver
    #6
    yeah, but it would be nice if i cud make it just a little quieter someway, just to shut them up
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)
    #7
    on track days people often purchase a bung to quieten down the exhaust. Fit that drive down the road.. take it off Problem solved
  8. Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Leicester Posts: 1083 BMW 5er
    #8
    any idea where to get one kam?
  9. Frequent Poster Joined: May 2007 Evesham Posts: 949 3x mk1 Saxo VTR's 1x 1987 mk2 xr2
    #9
    demon tweeks do them
  10. Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Leicester Posts: 1083 BMW 5er
    #10
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stalkah66 View Post
    demon tweeks do them
    cant find any on their site?
  11. Established Member Joined: May 2007 Dorset Posts: 1467 RB Renaultsport clio 182
    #11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stalkah66 View Post
    Umm yes he is actually, technically speaking your car is not allowed to be any louder than standard.
    Technically speaking it is, its just not allowed over 98d/b i think, maybe 96, something like that. Thats like comparing the standard noise of a yaris to a lambo LP640, one can be noisier than the other.
  12. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 6543
    #12
    Pack it with insulation
  13. Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Leicester Posts: 1083 BMW 5er
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by K600RYS View Post
    Pack it with insulation
    the neighbors ears?

    if you did that to the car, expect a bang
  14. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 6543
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gartrell View Post
    the neighbors ears?

    if you did that to the car, expect a bang
    Boys up here have done it to old cavvy gsi's lol.. Wouldn't the fumes flow through the insulation?
  15. Established Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1729
    #15
    Rep to the OP for actually acknowledging there is a problem, and for wanting to find a solution to it.

    Do you have any other mods?

    If you can, try to minimise the noise as you approach the house, turn off the stereo, I assume you don't bounce off the limiter all the time, drive slowly and keep the revs right down.

    Why not talk to Ashley? Do they have any noise parameters published?

    If you are really concerned, why not ask your local council or VOSA for advice?

    V.
  16. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2004 Herts. N/W London Posts: 13578 Project MK4 MoreDoor
    #16
    is it a straight through system?
    I once got a loud/raspy systems noise altered by putting in what was known as a booster. Effectively it was just a smaller version of a silencer. But it made the world of difference.
  17. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Benfleet, Essex Posts: 10834 Megane 225 Cup
    #17
    Can you go to a local Exhaust place and ask them if they can make you a Removeable Baffle?
  18. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Apr 2006 Ashford Posts: 25611 LY R26
    #18
    Park your car in aclose by street?
  19. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2004 Herts. N/W London Posts: 13578 Project MK4 MoreDoor
    #19
    I wouldn't let myself be inconvenienced by neighbours TBH.
    I'd just go out and buy them all ear defenders and tell them to like it or lump it.

    I've got similar probs. Where my garage is located, is right in the middle of a group of houses that are all occupied by old people. And when I turn up at 2-3am in the morning or leave for work at 7am, they get annoyed.
    I even had a note left on one of my cars when I worked in Halfords (back in the day)
    Its the type of cars I drive, sorry. Just cos I choose not to drive a standard Vauxhall Agila with 13" wheel trims etc, doesn't mean they can tell me what to do ! lol
  20. Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS
    #20
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stalkah66 View Post
    Umm yes he is actually, technically speaking your car is not allowed to be any louder than standard.
    so performance exhausts are for what then?
    do your research mate.
  21. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2007 Blackpool Posts: 7123 MK5 Golf GTi FSi
    #21
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stalkah66 View Post
    Umm yes he is actually, technically speaking your car is not allowed to be any louder than standard.
    Thats bullshit, whos to say what loudness is? such as your loudness could be the equivilant to my quietness, everyones loudness sences are diffrent and nobody walks around with a Db ready!
  22. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11423
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    Suppose you could try putting the cat back on, but you wouldn't want to do that would you? lol

    As someone previously said give Ashley a bell, see what they advise.
  23. Established Member Joined: Dec 2007 Southampton Posts: 2278
    #23
    Law states an exhuast becomes illegal when an officer decides it is causing a nuisance, be careful if you piss them off, if they report you and the copper that comes is a bit arsey he can make you remove it.
  24. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2007 Blackpool Posts: 7123 MK5 Golf GTi FSi
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by RCD-Performance View Post
    Law states an exhuast becomes illegal when an officer decides it is causing a nuisance, be careful if you piss them off, if they report you and the copper that comes is a bit arsey he can make you remove it.
    But theres cars such as a ferari (sp) i saw the other day that was standard and that was louder then anything ive heard and i mean it was loud, so what would they do about that, thats how the car comes as standard?
  25. Established Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1729
    #25
    VOSA roadside check may get you on this one, however a section 59 is always a good way of finding out whether it's too loud.

    V.
  26. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2007 Blackpool Posts: 7123 MK5 Golf GTi FSi
    #26
    Wasnt being a cock btw was just wondering.

    My mate got a section 59 for his exhaust being to loud rung up VOSA i think and they had no regualtions as such under section 59 for loudness, that was a year or so back, they did take his car to get a dB reading though, and it was ALOT quieter then it should of been, so the section 59 got removed
  27. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Benfleet, Essex Posts: 10834 Megane 225 Cup
    #27
    Sure the maximum noise level it can be is 98 decibels.
  28. Established Member Joined: Dec 2007 Southampton Posts: 2278
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by betty02 View Post
    But theres cars such as a ferari (sp) i saw the other day that was standard and that was louder then anything ive heard and i mean it was loud, so what would they do about that, thats how the car comes as standard?
    Thats because the car is built like that. And they cant change it. But with a modified car its an added extra.

    But, most coppers hate modified cars because we are all "boy racers" so they tend to be a bit GAY about it lol.
  29. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2007 Blackpool Posts: 7123 MK5 Golf GTi FSi
    #29
    i see were your coming from, could you not play a cock and say listen i bought it like this to me this could be standard i dont know and i know fuck all about cars?
  30. Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2004 Herts. N/W London Posts: 13578 Project MK4 MoreDoor
    #30
    I got a section 59 for my D/V on my Saxo turbo once! How mad is that!!
  31. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Feb 2007 Burton Posts: 3661 Alfa Romeo GT
    #31
    Pop it in neutral and roll down the road?I tend to do that past police lol.
  32. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2005 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 19910 CW Honda Integra DC5
    #32
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by kev999_VTR View Post
    Technically speaking it is, its just not allowed over 98d/b i think, maybe 96, something like that. Thats like comparing the standard noise of a yaris to a lambo LP640, one can be noisier than the other.

    thought it was 98db same as croft circuit. thats 98db at 3-4k revs btw
  33. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2007 LEEDS / BLACKBURN Posts: 307 Ford Escort mk6 1.4 HCS Ford Fiesta MK3 Classic 1
    #33
    when i had my lowered si with full stainless sytem 15" wheels lowered 60mm with a set of nice ligths got pulled 5 times just to check i wasn't doing owtillegal my saxo has had no such but im sure when i start doing zorst and supsension they'll try bummin me
  34. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2008 cambridgshire Posts: 137 citroen saxo vts
    #34
    ive got a magnex there load and sporty