my vehicle got defected

vivek · Post by **vivek** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:29 pm

Yesterday while coming back from sydney, the cops pulled me over and said that the HKS Air intake pod needs to be inside some box and so they put the defect sticker on to my car. Now do i need to get the standrd air box and replace my hks pod?

if anyone here has the standard air box, can i buy it of you. If non of you guys have it can someone suggest a place in australia where i can get the thing from.

thanks

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:43 pm

Just built a permanent box around the filter rather then swapping to stock and back to the HKS again..
This will be a fix without future headaches for you.
The cops will get you again otherwise, more headaches and more time wastedâ€¦

vivek · Post by **vivek** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:44 pm

is there a DIY for this. Man i'm really dumb when it comes to making things like this. What should i start off with

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:48 pm

vivek wrote:is there a DIY for this. Man i'm really dumb when it comes to making things like this. What should i start off with

Grab one of that aluminium looking window shields and rap it around the filter like a box.
Alternatively, one full box DIY has just been released by one of the fellow FTO owner

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:54 pm

Were you in Sydney or Melb when you got defected?

vivek · Post by **vivek** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:17 pm

i was in NSW, but now i'm back in victoria.

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:41 pm

Cool. What's the process for you to clear that defect then? Do you have to get it cleared in Vic or NSW?? Let me know because I'm not exactly sure..

In any case, a HKS pod is an oiled filter and that's even illegal in Vic, you're only supposed to run non-oiled filters (eg Apexera).

In any case, easiest solution is to borrow a stock airbox, and get the defect cleared. But if you want to box yours, get some cardboard, use it to make a template, buy some 1mm aluminium (or similar) and use the template to bend / cut to fit the template.

poster · Post by **poster** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:53 pm

im not sure if its true

...but i heard that u allow to have 3 mods any where....

and wouldnt that count for the pod.. ?

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:10 pm

poster wrote:im not sure if its true ...but i heard that u allow to have 3 mods any where....

and wouldnt that count for the pod.. ?

nope.... if its illegal its illegal.....

some insurance policies allow you to have (x) amount of none standard modifications per policy....

Camo · Post by **Camo** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:28 pm

oiled pod filters arent illegal in Vic.

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:32 am

Camo wrote:oiled pod filters arent illegal in Vic.

Taken from an EPA (VIC) response:

bobz · Post by **bobz** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:28 pm

So in Vic you can have a pod filter, exposed.

BobZ

GPXBOY · Post by **GPXBOY** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:40 am

anyone have the NSW version of those rules?

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:27 pm

they are EPA rules but my insurance place will let me do all types of mods and are happy for me to do them...including all the mods listed in the above.

Daz_FTO · Post by **Daz_FTO** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:18 pm

You like defect notices?

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:45 pm

I have an HKS air filter.. I never new it was illegal!!! Agh!! So if it has a box around it like a heatshield, it's legal?

wjhe · Post by **wjhe** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:48 am

I have an HKS air filter.. I never new it was illegal!!! Agh!! So if it has a box around it like a heatshield, it's legal?

Still illegal..i have the same setup....it all depends on the mood of the cop and your attitude towards the issue......

some might give u a warning...others will be a prick ...all depends...

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:01 am

wjhe wrote:
I have an HKS air filter.. I never new it was illegal!!! Agh!! So if it has a box around it like a heatshield, it's legal?
Still illegal..i have the same setup....it all depends on the mood of the cop and your attitude towards the issue......

some might give u a warning...others will be a prick ...all depends...

so a heatshield is illegal? but isn't the heatshield same as getting the box

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:41 pm

So all those blow off valves that vent to atmosphere that a lot or rexxie drivers have are illegal?

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:19 pm

no blow off valves aren't illegal. unless u get one thats like too loud or sumthin