even more, MORE bad woo news lol

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:24 am

Mine just failed MOT

In case that's just a UK thing, it means it failed it's annual general safety check.

I need a new backbox and I'm gonna get it done myself as garage want to charge ?70 for a standard one with fitting lol.

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:03 pm

whats a backbox?

nick

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:35 pm

This sort of thing:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum ... tnG=Search

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:39 pm

Oh - a muffler.

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:50 pm

^^^^^^^^

what he said

nick

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:55 pm

Is there any particular one you would reccommend? (Size / Style)

woo · Post by **woo** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:18 pm

my car failed rego this year... and last year it got passed with no headlights..

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:55 pm

so did you fail like a smog test, loudness or something like that?

nick

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:01 pm

"Rear exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases"

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:15 pm

so there is an actual leak somewhere or they're saying its just not passing b/c of too much harmful exhuast coming out of it? just tryin to figure out.

nick

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:21 pm

Yeah he said there's holes in it which are very noticable from the bottom of the car.

He said it would be unrepairable and better to replace it with a new muffler.

That's why I was looking at a performance one rather that just another stock/standard replacement.

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:00 pm

okay in that case any muffler will work. you can even go on ebay and get a universal muffler if you want. that'll be the cheapest route. if you want good qulity then get Ractive, magnaflow, flowmaster, apc, or anything like that. ractive would be my personal choice.

nick

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:38 pm

norbie wrote:"Rear exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases"

Hehe... Isn't that what a muffler does?! hehe

As for mufflers going bad and being more bad news? eh... not so much. Mufflers rust out. When I bought my woo, this is what my muffler looked like:

norbie · Post by **norbie** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:39 pm

You can see the hole at the bottom there.

Do all universal ones sound louder?
I'd like one that sounds cool as well as looks it.
I was thinking about ebay too, but they all say make sure you know what size your exhaust tube is to connect the backbox.

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:41 pm

There are lots of choices for mufflers (as long as they will fit). I went with an OEM muffler, which will be fine for me for now. I might upgrade to something else down the road, but I didn't want to go too expensive right away with my muffler.