TORK?

iTrader: (27)

So I tried to get my Magnaflow muffler and cutout installed today but the guys at Meinekie (sp?) told me that a cutout is illegal. I said yea, maybe if I run around with it open but its not illegal to have one on the car though... is it? I called ahead and he didn't tell me they wouldnt do it until I got there so I didn't have time to go anywhere else today.

He said he has been in the business over 20 years and isn't going to go to jail over something like this So is there any truth to the illegality of having one? I don't want to run it open on the street. Thats the whole point of having the muffler welded in

I guess I'll have to go to "Bob's Auto" or someone generic with some cash. Those places will do anything haha

PS: Yaye for PowerTour in Springfield tomorrow!

91 LS1 Z28

I would have to say it all depends on your state or local laws and technically it probably is regardless of what you tell them your intentions are. I don't see someone installing one going to jail though.

orangeapeel

iTrader: (18)

They can get fined for doing modifications to a "smog legal" car. It is a good chunk of change too.

01FormulaTA

iTrader: (20)

as long as you put it after the cats it is not illegal......so they are retarded like most guys who work for meineke.....

chefman's_TA

Rofl @ Meneike... hell Midas too..lol.

waldershrek

iTrader: (1)

Some states do not allow them while others do so long as emissions equipment is left in place. However you also run into the loud exhaust issue with a cutout and could be getting stopped more frequently depending on how you drive.

beeker82

I love how theres so many laws against cars being loud,but its ok for people to run around with loud *** harleys day and night,not that I dont love the sound of a harley but its just a little biast if you ask me

staringback05

iTrader: (8)

i never pulled over a car for that kind of noise, neither a bike....however i HATED BOOM in cars....i wrote more tickets then anything for that ghetto ****

Michael02hawk

iTrader: (26)

If you try going to a chain type muffler/exhaust shop - they probably wont install the cut-out for you. Find a small, local owned shop, and you'll be fine.

Its very legal to have a cut-out, just as long as its Closed on the public road, Illegal if its open on the public road.

If the block off plate is held in by the 3 bolts, and you get pulled over, it's easy to prove that its closed...cop only has to look. If its an electric, it might be a tough sell. :-)

jay_99z

iTrader: (5)

Guess it depends on where you are if they'll do it for ya. I got mine done by Meneike down here. $50 and they did a good job.

TORK?

iTrader: (27)

I remember on another car I had I wanted full exhaust and they wouldn't do anything forward of where the cats are supposed to be. But anything from that point back was fair game.

Yeah, those little shops will do anything as long as you have cash. I didn't have time yesterday to shop around to see if anyone else would do it. I'm sure someone around here will do it, I just wanted to investigate how "illegal" it is to have one in your car.

I don't even want to drive around with it open. My LT/ORY/LM right now is more than enough loud. Hell to put in a bullet and cutout can't take more than 45 minutes.