for a FIX IT ticket for my exhaust.. anyone have a spare stock exhaust?
 

i live in the bay area.
any help will be greatly appreaciated..

What exhaust do you have on your car right now?

I have one... you can have it for free but I'm a few hours away :(

Yes but Ross is closer.

renesisSE3p, has one, he no longer has an 8...but hes here in garden grove

so many ppl in Bary area are getting fix it ticket !! 0_0

i have the AP exhaust, with the stock cat.
someone told me that this is legal as long as i dont put the AP midpipe on?
is this true? if it is how can i go about telling the cop thats its legal and not have to fix it?

Damn Fast and the Furious 4 has cops busting all modded cars. I don't have anything against cops but the movie has spawned a lot of negative activity against imports and that movie mostly had old muscle cars. lol

im pretty sure ap exhaust w.o midpipe is legal. and my hks hi power exhaust isnt. =(

It has been said 1 million times before, anything with a midpipe is illegal lol. It must have a catalytic convertor. As far as sound though, that is another thing.

he doesnt have midpipe though

When I got my fix I ticket the cop said anything that makes your car louder is not legal. That's was said by a northbay CHP and they made me pop the hood too!

then u have to send proof that ur exhaust is legal

thats why that movie never earned my respect. cuz almost all the info are wrong and they made cars modification is a 'gang, bad guys' kind of thing. ppl who mod cars just want to street race all the time

remember that fox news couple days ago ? fuxking 'press a button will turn the car into a race car' rofl, fuxking shit was mad epic. and the intake part omfg, illegal my ass. fuxking morons.

they are so freaking stupid. The reporters and cops just want to generalize everything so that they can make their jobs easier. If any of them new wtf they were talking about and stopped talking out of their ass, there wouldn't be this stupid bullshit around here.

Yeah I saw that stupid reporter saying that "At a press of a button it will turn the normal car into a race car". Stupid fag, GTFO. If he had any pride or any sort of shame, he should quit his job for that epic fail.

This is incorrect... There is a decibel limit for a reason...
Also anything after ur cat is legal... As long as it respects the decibel limit. He probly just said that so u go back to stock...

Here is good info on the regulations.
http://www.pointhappy.com/cvcars/calregs.htm

from CHP Information Bulletin No. 98-100


The exhaust noise provisions in 1036(d)(1) establish a limit of 95 dB(A) measured 20 inches from the exhaust pipe outlet with the engine operating in neutral, at a specified speed typically between 3000 and 5000 rpm (see regulations for details). [Q9]. Exhaust system modifications are permitted to increase noise above the level of original factory installed systems as long as the 95-decibel limit is not exceeded. [Q10].



You can get a cheap decibel meter from radio shack and check for yourself.

Here is a sample chart of various sounds for a comparison.
http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html

The reason they use 95db is because that is the accepted level at which sustained exposure will cause hearing damage.

If the A.P. catback is C.A.R.B. legal and you can send proof (from A.P. website) than you don't need to fix it with a stock exhaust. If it is not C.A.R.B legal, then in order to pass the inspection you will need either a legal catback or just put a stock one on and switch back to he A.P. after

this is one reason why i'm glad i live Louisiana. the police really dont care what you do to your car as long as you arent drving like a moron.

i remember a few years ago i bought an 87 Mazda RX-7 Turbo. well, the privious owner was one of those fast and furious lovers and put a flame thrower kit on it. i left it on there for a few days just play with it. One day at work i was showing my co-workers it, it would make an extreamly loud popping noise when the plugs would ignite the exhaust gas.

someone called the cops. when the state trooper showed up he asked what all the noise was. i told him it was a flame kit. he was like "really? well, im glad it wasnt anyone shooting people. got a second to show me how it works." so i did. then i asked him if something like that was illegal. and he basically said, as long as i didnt use it to destory property it wasnt.