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FreeLitres said:
Looking forward to your next MOT without your cat?
Might be pre cat, although Kwik Fit (rang them out of interest) span some utter bulls
t about it being illegal for them to do it, even on a pre cat car.I put the phone down in utter disbelief.
Monkeys.
ETA unless it actually is illegal, in which case "Bravo the mighty Kwik Fit sirs, they saved a good drubbing at the hands of the MOT poltroon. Have at it!"
A simple cat-replacement pipe will be cheap, and relatively cheap to fit (assume an hour's labour).
However, depending on the car (and the total number of cats) you may need a remap and you'll need to declare the mods to insurers, who will (probably) charge you more premium. A remap for something like a Subaru Impreza would be c.£500 + VAT.
Depending on the number of cats (and their efficiency) your car might not pass it's MOT, so you'd need to keep the original cat in case you need to put it back on to get through an MOT.
It'll make the car louder too.
However, depending on the car (and the total number of cats) you may need a remap and you'll need to declare the mods to insurers, who will (probably) charge you more premium. A remap for something like a Subaru Impreza would be c.£500 + VAT.
Depending on the number of cats (and their efficiency) your car might not pass it's MOT, so you'd need to keep the original cat in case you need to put it back on to get through an MOT.
It'll make the car louder too.
FreeLitres said:
Looking forward to your next MOT without your cat?
be clever
I'm not a fan of cats but it's got harder to remove them - when it was just a lanbda upstream of the cats it was easy but when manufacturers started putting one in front and one behind both tied to the ECU it's much harder
Edited by B'stard Child on Tuesday 3rd July 00:38
If it's a petrol car that has a cat as standard, absence of that cat will lead to an MoT fail unless the whole area is hidden away and can't be seen ( 
) . (Even though a stainless steel exhaust could be enough to get the car through the emissions test on its own...)
If it's a diesel, my reading of the rules is that no cat is necessary... Usual rider; I could be wrong
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) . (Even though a stainless steel exhaust could be enough to get the car through the emissions test on its own...)If it's a diesel, my reading of the rules is that no cat is necessary... Usual rider; I could be wrong
.aw51 121565 said:
If it's a petrol car that has a cat as standard, absence of that cat will lead to an MoT fail unless the whole area is hidden away and can't be seen ( ) . (Even though a stainless steel exhaust could be enough to get the car through the emissions test on its own...)
If it's a diesel, my reading of the rules is that no cat is necessary... Usual rider; I could be wrong .
This is my understanding also. ) . (Even though a stainless steel exhaust could be enough to get the car through the emissions test on its own...)If it's a diesel, my reading of the rules is that no cat is necessary... Usual rider; I could be wrong
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