modified exhaust ticket?
08-19-2007, 04:45 AM
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modified exhaust ticket? ok so i got pulled over for some stupid reason. i got a ticket for having the tail light covers, no front plate, as of which i dont care about either of those. but also he got me for a modified exhaust (headers). all he saw was that no egr was hooked up to the exhaust. he did not see that i had no cats. he said i will have to take it to a smog referee to have it singed off. is there any ways around this?
08-19-2007, 11:34 AM
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Sorry, no way around it. I got nailed the same way you did and I had heads/cam/LT headers, etc. I had to put it all back to stock and take it to the referee.
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You actually have no choice in the matter. You have to put it back to stock so it passes, or there will eventually be a warrant out for your arrest. The referee is worse than a test only, they do a VERY detailed visual, i.e., using mirrors and such to make sure your cats are in place, 02's are hooked up, etc. Good luck
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08-19-2007, 11:50 AM
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Well, if it's true you can pay a fine rather than go to a referee, then I got totally screwed. I wasn't in the mood to put my heads/cam and all back on just to get it smogged in another year, so out of frusteration I sold it and got a Vette. The Vette is also modified, but I learned my lesson the first time. Don't give them a reason to pull you over in the first place, like doing 92 in a 40 and you won't have that "modified exhaust" problem.
08-19-2007, 11:55 AM
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yeah well unfortunatly i was doing nothing wrong and i was being harrassed. **** the police. if a cop asks you to pop the hood can you legally refuse?
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yeah code4 i was thinking of doin that sam thing.....lol. and i think next time ill tell them to get a warrent just to **** them off a bit.
how do you pop your hood code4?
how do you pop your hood code4?
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yeah.....i was thinking of doin that, when i was getting the ticket. i have never been pulled over for this kind of crap. i had a chevelle that was 10 times louder than this car, i mean i shook windows. cops just hate on maros.