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Another side exit exhaust question.

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Magnum335:
My 90's STANDARD chimney is on the NS and points straight at pedestrians.
It aint exiting the rear of the vehicle, and it isnt exiting the OS, it isnt pointig upwards, and it isnt pointing especially downwards.

I'm not desputin what you are saying but have you got a link to the document where that lurks?

TDi90:

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You do know they're illegal on a public highway don't you? Exhausts have to exit to the rear or offside of the vehicle. If exiting on the n/s they must  point downwards or straight up above head height and be protected so that they are inaccessible to a pedestrian. They're also an MOT failure.
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im not sure about that.
mine is standard and it exits the NS.

Magnum335:
I can see tehre being some anal rule about it, but i want to see it in writing!
As opposed to my mate said this so it must be true.

redhand:

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You do know they're illegal on a public highway don't you? Exhausts have to exit to the rear or offside of the vehicle. If exiting on the n/s they must  point downwards or straight up above head height and be protected so that they are inaccessible to a pedestrian. They're also an MOT failure.
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im not sure about that.
mine is standard and it exits the NS.
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It comes under the smoke affecting other road users heading in the mot regs and the sharp protruding edges section The standard ones are below knee height and unlikely to be in contact with a pedestrian but once you start to raise it and stick it out thru the body work you start to fall foul of MOT and C&U regs There is a post on landrovernet.com from a guy who knows his stuff which is where I found out it's a no no. I suppose a lot depends how high you take it if it's only a couple of inches you'd probably get away with it.

Magnum335:
So they arent ACTUALLY illegal then?

Youd be struggling to get them much above knee height anyway i feel.

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