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ASheng89 · 07-14-2009, 04:50 AM

California laws are definitely really weird. I got an exhaust ticket a long time ago because I had a muffler welded on to stock piping. When I pointed this out to the officer he said "any modified exhaust is illegal" and gave me a ticket. At first I thought this was just a mistake on his part, because he looked pretty young. After looking through some emissions laws I did find a section that said any modification made to a car's exhaust system is illegal. Anyway, I put on my friend's 100% stock exhaust on my car, because I had heard of many people getting their exhausts checked by a police officer and their tickets written off. I actually found a cop and got him to check my car and sign off my ticket. When I sent it in I got a letter back saying that it was a non-correctable violation and I ended up having the pay the fine anyway.

If you think about it though, what if someone jacked your exhaust and you had to get one made at a muffler shop? Wouldn't that qualify as a modified exhaust system and therefore be illegal? Wtf is going on in Cali...

07-14-2009, 04:50 AM	#23
ASheng89 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Age: 35 Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	California laws are definitely really weird. I got an exhaust ticket a long time ago because I had a muffler welded on to stock piping. When I pointed this out to the officer he said "any modified exhaust is illegal" and gave me a ticket. At first I thought this was just a mistake on his part, because he looked pretty young. After looking through some emissions laws I did find a section that said any modification made to a car's exhaust system is illegal. Anyway, I put on my friend's 100% stock exhaust on my car, because I had heard of many people getting their exhausts checked by a police officer and their tickets written off. I actually found a cop and got him to check my car and sign off my ticket. When I sent it in I got a letter back saying that it was a non-correctable violation and I ended up having the pay the fine anyway. If you think about it though, what if someone jacked your exhaust and you had to get one made at a muffler shop? Wouldn't that qualify as a modified exhaust system and therefore be illegal? Wtf is going on in Cali...