Got pulled over...ticket issued...any suggestions?

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

Damn cop wrote me a ticket for loud exhaust and told me I gotta get my car reffed...damn test pipe made my car loud as hell...any suggestions on the best possible route? because even if I take my exhaust off and put the stocker...my helix will go back on again..also in what areas does getting state reffed affect you the most? insurance? etc? etc? This is the first time Ive dealt with something like this.. any opinions would be helpful. Thanx.

[1SloEvo]

Try to buy a stock cat. Should be able to find one somewhere on here or evolutionm.net. If you have the stock downpipe and catback, mate it with a high flow cat and that should work as well. There's my 0.02!

[mech88]

It won't affect your insurance at all, Either pay the ticket you got, Or put your stock exhaust with the cat back on and get it state reff. If you don't want another ticket I Either go with a quite exhaust. I heard the helix exhaust and it's pretty loud. Â* Â* Â*

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

Try to buy a stock cat. Should be able to find one somewhere on here or evolutionm.net. If you have the stock downpipe and catback, mate it with a high flow cat and that should work as well. There's my 0.02!

SO the stock cat is all it would take for me to be in the green? even with the helix catback, aftermarket dp, and o2 housing?

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

It won't affect your insurance at all, Either pay the ticket you got, Or put your stock exhaust with the cat back on and get it state reff. If you don't want another ticket I Either go with a quite exhaust. I heard the helix exhaust and it's pretty loud.

Yea the helix is pretty damn loud, I might switch to a different setup...do you know how much the fine will be by any chance?

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

Also the ticket that asshat cop gave me put a sticker on the back stating that an officer cant sign off the ticket...sounds pretty bad to me...so if I get reffed, I can still smog the car every 5 years?..I read somewhere that it might have to be 2 years if your car gets reffed or something like that....Im frustrated and due for a tune this monday...just my week..

[mech88]

I think it's around $300 If you pay the ticket ,or $10 or so if you take it to state reff and pass. As for getting it smogged ever 2 years that I don't know.

[1SloEvo]

Try to buy a stock cat. Should be able to find one somewhere on here or evolutionm.net. If you have the stock downpipe and catback, mate it with a high flow cat and that should work as well. There's my 0.02!

SO the stock cat is all it would take for me to be in the green? even with the helix catback, aftermarket dp, and o2 housing?


I would say no. Sorry for not clarifying. My point was that you have the stock downpipe and catback. If you get the stock cat, you could probably run that along the the stock catback and that should be ok, but to make sure you could use the full stock system and just leave your o2 housing as is. The o2 housing shouldn't do anything for making more smog, but the fact that you don't have the stock downpipe will. I was just suggesting to buy the stock cat and then just put it all back to stock, with the exception of the o2 housing. Should be good to go.

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

I think it's around $300 If you pay the ticket ,or $10 or so if you take it to state reff and pass. As for getting it smogged ever 2 years that I don't know.


wow..kinda steep...thanx for the info

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

Try to buy a stock cat. Should be able to find one somewhere on here or evolutionm.net. If you have the stock downpipe and catback, mate it with a high flow cat and that should work as well. There's my 0.02!

SO the stock cat is all it would take for me to be in the green? even with the helix catback, aftermarket dp, and o2 housing?


I would say no. Sorry for not clarifying. My point was that you have the stock downpipe and catback. If you get the stock cat, you could probably run that along the the stock catback and that should be ok, but to make sure you could use the full stock system and just leave your o2 housing as is. The o2 housing shouldn't do anything for making more smog, but the fact that you don't have the stock downpipe will. I was just suggesting to buy the stock cat and then just put it all back to stock, with the exception of the o2 housing. Should be good to go.


AH ic what your saying...stock piping with the exception of the o2 housing..ok I have no idea about this but say you had your car dyno tuned, and sometime after you had to get your car reffed because of loud blah blah..so you put the piping back to stock...correct me if I'm wrong but it would affect the tune/ecu via the restrictions of the stock piping? and the tune that you got was for the abundance of exhaust flow due to the bigger piping and what not..I'm not sure because I have never backtracked to stock parts w/o detuning the ecu ever unless the ecu detunes itself...my bad if this has been brought up previously in other topics but I'm just a little pissed that I got this ticket, I cant think straight...thanx in advance.

[awdaddict]

Where are you located at?
You can probably ask for a board member here to borrow the stock catback system for State ref.
Downpipe is more like a hit or miss, if the ref sees it then obvious no good.
In case he doesn't, then the stock cat + stock exhaust should able to pass it w/o problems.

Of course, the less obvious visual mods that you have that is smog-related the better.

[1SloEvo]

Try to buy a stock cat. Should be able to find one somewhere on here or evolutionm.net. If you have the stock downpipe and catback, mate it with a high flow cat and that should work as well. There's my 0.02!

SO the stock cat is all it would take for me to be in the green? even with the helix catback, aftermarket dp, and o2 housing?


I would say no. Sorry for not clarifying. My point was that you have the stock downpipe and catback. If you get the stock cat, you could probably run that along the the stock catback and that should be ok, but to make sure you could use the full stock system and just leave your o2 housing as is. The o2 housing shouldn't do anything for making more smog, but the fact that you don't have the stock downpipe will. I was just suggesting to buy the stock cat and then just put it all back to stock, with the exception of the o2 housing. Should be good to go.


AH ic what your saying...stock piping with the exception of the o2 housing..ok I have no idea about this but say you had your car dyno tuned, and sometime after you had to get your car reffed because of loud blah blah..so you put the piping back to stock...correct me if I'm wrong but it would affect the tune/ecu via the restrictions of the stock piping? and the tune that you got was for the abundance of exhaust flow due to the bigger piping and what not..I'm not sure because I have never backtracked to stock parts w/o detuning the ecu ever unless the ecu detunes itself...my bad if this has been brought up previously in other topics but I'm just a little pissed that I got this ticket, I cant think straight...thanx in advance.


As long as you're not running over 5 or so psi, then you will be fine with the stock exhaust. My car has a meth tune right now and I drive it without the meth. Actually put my stock dp and cb on for a couple weeks because I sold my ebay exhaust on top of that. Now I have a new exhaust and still no meth with the meth tune. But it's not going to hurt anything as long as you're not boosting. That's when things starting getting messed up. But I would have something planned so the stock exhaust doesn't have to be on there too long. The quicker it's on and swapped back out again, the better.

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

Damn..thanx guys for the info, sounds like a hassle..but it beats trying to pay a grip of money being done with it...also My girlfriend is trying to get me more info from her friend (who is a cop)...
thanx again guys for your input..it was helpful. -Ryan

[esco]

this is what happened to me.

I got a mod'd exhaust ticket.
Took it to the ref and he said I couldnt smog it with a non odb2 cat, but they werent there for that.

They measured the car @ 4750 rpm with one person in the car and another outside at the exhaust.

anything less then 95db your good.

Then, they put a sticker on the back of the ticket and gave me some documents, and btw its free, just 2 weeks out for scheduling. They are some lazy ppl there.

They dont care about anything except why your there. DB's.

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

esco, did you get tested with your catback on? Or should I ask what did you have on when you went in to get reffed?

[esco]

esco, did you get tested with your catback on? Or should I ask what did you have on when you went in to get reffed?


I had a bov, flash and a magnaflow muffler with a HF cat. All they did was turn the car on, write the mileage down, drive it in the parking lot, then stopped and pulled the ebrake and stayed in neutral and another person walked to the back with the decibal gun and gave the driver the signal to proceed. At 4750 rpm it registered 87.55 db, far behind the 95 db rating. i can post my paperwork if you like.

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

Yes please do!! It seems your magna flow is not as loud as a helix...damn, I need to go quieter..so all they will do after your done is give you some sort of paperwork to turn it to court and it wont be on file? or will it?

[esco]

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And all I did was turn the ticket to the da and she threw out the mod'd exhaust.

[Matz]

Is it possible to do this proactively? I wouldn't mind seeing how my setup registers on the dB scale.

[esco]

Is it possible to do this proactively? I wouldn't mind seeing how my setup registers on the dB scale.


you can do a random test but it costs $$$, not sure how much. CHP, sheriff's dont have the equip. anymore, tried.

[R-Ev0LuTi0N]

So thats all it takes eh? sweet...so maybe I can just leave the catback and put stock cat and stock dp on..You dont have to keep any docements inside your car or anything?? if they are just going to throw the modded exhaust crap in the dumpster then I got nothing to worry about, thanx man.

[esco]

I kept everything to piss the police off if they try that shit and remind them i will sue for lost wages if they even think about mod'd exhaust, as well as possibly harassment. All they DA (district attorney) used was the ticket with the sticker on the back.

[SpeedElement]

good job man.. I think i will get a few exhaust systems tested just to get those BAR paper..haha

[Evo9R]

that sucks