I paid $300 for the pipe + cat and $100 for a stiffer rear engine mount to make sure the engine didn't move under heavy acceleration and hit the pipe.
(Apparently can happen when you go 3" on A3s/Golfs - Don't know if polos would have similar problems)
so tempted to change insurance just to fit the dump pipe...
damn you RACQ!
Trust me Tim, they're extremely anal with stuff like that - especially if i'm replacing it with a larger pipe! lol If only things was that easy...
And Kai doesn't that phase you at all? haha - I wouldn't wanna pay for full comp. if it's not gonna cover me if i write it off *touch wood*
I'm with RACQ and have the chip. I brought the car 2nd hand, and the guy I got it off had the chip installed by the dealer.
I'm pretty confident if anything happens to the car they will never know about it. The only way they can see is to look at the actual ECU right? or drive it... and if they are inspecting it... it’s probably not going to be driven anywhere.
If for some reason they know its there i can still get away with no-one has touched the car since it was purchased. I have disclosed the leather seats which was put on aftermarket... and i will tell them about the stereo when i get round to it. I'm not too concerned.
I wrote off my old old swift 4 years ago delivering pizza. I stupidly told them (they didn't ask) that I was actually delivering pizza at the time. (this was AAMI) They said if it was my fault, they could have easily not paid out... but because it was someone else's fault... they didn't care and still paid out. So i'm also assuming if they don't actually get hurt financially... you can mod your heart out... but if it does hurt them... they will use any and all means to avoid handing over the $$$.
It's fairly well hidden so a dump pipe would be difficult for an assessor to pick up (unless they were looking for it, and umm, ..why would they? ..unless they were told it was there). It's not that radical a mod really, and if your insurance company is prepared to make your policy null and void over such a petty 'enhancement', then change insurance companies. Not all operate that way.
Last edited by GT3; 12-07-2007 at 09:27 AM.
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