Tickets...

[TISon28s]

So i got a 4" catback exhaust on my car yesterday. How can i get out of an exhaust ticket withoutt changing out my exhaust.? THanks!

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

Don't get caught!

Don't rev your motor around

DJ

[G_whizz]

Why did you get a ticket??

Bare with me...I'm a Canucky so we have different laws..

[Jacko3]

Exhaust ticket, how is that possible?

[phil4watching]

Exhaust ticket, how is that possible?

+1.. i didnt know that was possible

[marlin29311]

Did you actually get a ticket yet? There is no law about having an exhaust - only smog emissions laws and noise violations. Does your exhaust make noise above the legal limit in your area? Is your exhaust 50-state emission legal?

[TISon28s]

No, no ticket...yet. Im putting my Cats back on this weekend possibly. The sound is fantastic. I heard from my co-worker that here in Virginia, if your car is less than eight years old that not having cats can be a felony? Correct me on this please..

[Sentientbydesign]

It's a pretty hefty crime to not have cats.

Putting them back on should get you into the correct dB range.

[Beancooker]

No, no ticket...yet. Im putting my Cats back on this weekend possibly. The sound is fantastic. I heard from my co-worker that here in Virginia, if your car is less than eight years old that not having cats can be a felony? Correct me on this please..

More like 18 years... It's a Federal Crime, which usually goes unpunished, unless you live in California.

None the less, you don't want the ticket. Test pipes aren't that much cheaper than high flow cats.

[infinitgkid]

Virginia laws are crazy...

I go to school up here, and I'm kinda afraid to get in my car and drive because I'm afraid a cop is gonna pull me over and say "Your doing it wrong!!!111"

[tollboothwilley]

you can get a ticket for having your exhaust being too loud...but it must be over a certain dB level, and its really high from what I remember. I haven't heard a G35 that loud yet...

If you are just doing the cat-back exhaust though, you won't have any worries and its perfectly legal.

[soul_hfk]

its the same here

[TISon28s]

No, no ticket...yet. Im putting my Cats back on this weekend possibly. The sound is fantastic. I heard from my co-worker that here in Virginia, if your car is less than eight years old that not having cats can be a felony? Correct me on this please..

[SteveTheTech]

Virginia does in deed have very strict laws regarding exhaust tones. For the most part it is up to the officers discretion as to an improper noise level. As anything that replaces factory is not legal.

The legality of HFCs and test are often overlooked. If the officer suspects you have done something to compromise the emissions control devices on your vehicle. If they want to ruin your day basically they can and there is not much you can do about it.

This is straight out of the inspection rules.

19VAC30-70-310. Air pollution control system or device.

A. No motor vehicle registered in this Commonwealth and manufactured for the model year 1973 or for subsequent model years shall be operated on the highways of this Commonwealth unless it is equipped with an air pollution control system or device, or combination of such systems or devices installed in accordance with federal laws and regulations.

B. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit or prevent shop adjustments or replacements of equipment for maintenance or repair or the conversion of engines to low polluting fuels, such as, but not limited to, natural gas or propane, so long as such action does not degrade in any manner or to any degree the anti- pollution capabilities of the vehicle power system.

C. INSPECT FOR AND REJECT IF:

1. The air pollution control system or device on motor vehicles registered in this Commonwealth and manufactured for the model year 1973 or for subsequent model years has been removed or otherwise rendered inoperable. The conversion of an engine to utilize low polluting fuels such as natural gas or propane may result in the removal of some part of the pollution control system; however, if the engine is converted to utilize both low polluting fuels and/or gasoline no part of the pollution control system or device can be removed or otherwise rendered inoperable.

2. Any of the essential parts of the pollution control system or devices on vehicles registered in this Commonwealth and manufactured for the model year 1973 or for subsequent model years have been removed, rendered inoperative or disconnected. This includes any belt, valve, pump, hose line, cap, cannister, catalytic converter and the restrictor in the gasoline tank filler neck on vehicles required to use unleaded fuel.

NOTE: In order to determine if a motor vehicle was originally equipped with emissions control equipment, refer to the vehicle's emissions control information label which is usually located in the engine compartment.

3. The emission control system or device on motor vehicles registered in this Commonwealth and manufactured for the model year 1973 or for subsequent model years is not comparable to that designed for use upon the particular vehicle as standard factory equipment.

Any new or used after market catalytic converter installed on a vehicle after December 31, 1987, shall meet and be installed in accordance with specifications established by the Environmental Protection Agency. A catalytic converter so installed shall be identified with a visible, permanent, non-destructible label or stamp which will identify the manufacturer, vehicle application and month and year of manufacture.