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When I rebuilt my 1st car I went live pipes but I wouldn't do it again. Noise, legality and public/family liability makes it a small gain for a potentially significant loss. They get VERY lava like hot and the thought of little kids burning themselves etc is too much for me to do it again. I have them on my track car but that's a different story. Still after 10 years of Cobra ownership I still burn my own legs.
Regarding state legality and engineering, I recently discovered that some tires I wanted to use, Nitto NT01 R specs are only completely street legal in NT, WA and SA. They are deemed a competition tyre in NSW, VIC and QLD due to there being no traditional load rating printed on the sidewall.
Strange how you don't read that anywhere online and that NSW retail tyre sellers sell them as DOT street legal tyre (just not in NSW Vic or QLD)
So if we now have state legalities splitting tyre legality good luck with cross boarder ICV and side pipe compliance. Another case of politics and bureaucracy gone mad!
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