FTO AUSTRALIA

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

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 wasted…

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

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

Were you in Sydney or Melb when you got defected?

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

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.

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.. ?

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....

oiled pod filters arent illegal in Vic.

Camo wrote:oiled pod filters arent illegal in Vic.

Taken from an EPA (VIC) response:

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

BobZ

anyone have the NSW version of those rules?

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.

You like defect notices?

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?

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...

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

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

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