Willox
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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Had my m.o.t today and it came back with a fail because it is fitted with a magnex backbox and a stainless steel centre section.Apparently to get it passed I need to pay the garage £38+vat for a new one because the old one had to be cut off so that it has a silencer because an m.o.t requires a silencer to pass,is this correct
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mark_gsi
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nope just a cat
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Mike
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It does need a silencer but that's what your back box is
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Willox
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Well i have been told they have had to order a new standard centre section to fit for the m.o.t because it is not passing it with the stainless steel one as there is no silencers.Ok i have a magnex backbox but yeh i thought the same,its still a silencer Not too sure i want to pay for 40-odd quid for a new centre section just to pass an m.o.t when it still has a cat and effectively is a cat-back system which seem to pass m.o.t's all day long without problem
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big eck
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The garage is talkin bollocks mate as long as it isnt blowing from anywhere and has at least 1 silencer then it will pass
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scotts v6
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trying to have u over mate a no loads of people that dont have them my mates corsa is well loud and passes
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scottyp1989
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Registered: 29th Jul 07
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an if they'v got to cut it off its basically ruind the exhaust you paid for. IMO i wouldnt let them do it, insted of giving them £40 to wreck the exhaust you have on there now to put a standard middle box back on i would just take it to another mot station an give them the £40 for another MOT
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random dav
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Take it to another garage and if it passes claim the MOT fee back of the original garage
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Mike
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They've actually ordered the part? I'm guessing you haven't asked them to?
I'd advise taking it elsewhere, you do have the option to appeal but all that means is you have to pay for another test at an MOT station specified by VOSA, which could be anywhere in the UK 
May be aswell finding another test station, and ask before you let them do it, if it would fail, I know it means paying out again but if it's only failed on a LEGAL exhaust then it should just be the test fee again
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Willox
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The garage i put it to is a new local garage and they stick the cars out to another local garage i think it is to get the mot done due to not having mot sertification through yet to do it themselves but he said once it's passed the mot with the standard section on it he will happily take it to his garage and re-fit the stainless steel one,basicly if he is telling me the truth,which going by you guys he isnt,my mot wont be legit
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Pucci1
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another test station defo mate
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scottyp1989
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ye another station, hes just tryin to make some money out of you by the souds of it
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Willox
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No idea.Definately gonna either phone him first thing tomorrow or question it when i get a call saying it's ready because i couldn't understand it myself
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scottyp1989
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if he is goin to charge you £40 for a new middle piece, fit it, take it for MOT then fit your middle piece back on after it has pased tell him to do it but send the middle piece back when he gets the car back as you are not goin to need it so no need to pay him £40
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Willox
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but will i not still need to pay for the new section even if i tell him to send it back? the bottom line is either him or the mot centre he uses is speaking shite but i'm no mechanic so dont wanna go in guns blazing questioning why when at the end of the day his knowledge of cars is,or at least should be higher than mine
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scotts v6
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did u ask him to get the part if not you shunt pay for it mate i wont pay for something i dint ask for
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B3KAN
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Tell them to fit your old centre section back on 
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Willox
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I didnt ask for him to get it,he just said i would need one in order for it to pass and he would order it once he was off the phone to me and it would be there bout 9am tomorrow
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Willox
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
Tell them to fit your old centre section back on
I know i should have but was on the phone to him at work and wasn't reallly meant to be answering calls,but never asked him what he did with the old one.I presumed it would pass the mot so when he asked this morning what condition it was in and would I be needing it back I just said no I wont be needing it
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yozzer2008
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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i took my car with middle silencer out and sportex backbox .and failed on headlamp to low and side repeaters not flashing rite colour how stupid 
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Willox
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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If it turns out that it has no reason to fail,as a mate is telling me if it failed on having no silencer then the probably havn't done an emmissions test,so if it is lack of silencers and it's incorrectly been failed i will go fuckin nuts
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