Prick cop, gotta quieten my car down.....help
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Long story, but a new cop that just moved in across street is raising hell over my car. It's been 5-15 degrees the past few mornings and I let the car warm up a few mins before driving. Mod list is usual bolt on's, x2 cam, etc. Exhaust setup is Pacesetter Long tubes, cattless y pipe and a magnaflow exhaust system.
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
My city is very strict on noise, but not between the hours of 8am and 10pm. There is another code called, "Disturbing the Piece", but it has to be in a way where you are purposely trying to disturb people, and running a legal car does not count. I found this out when someone complained about my car...they lost, and the cops drove away after telling the neighbor, "sorry, there is nothing we can do".
Now I wasn't being a dick....the neighbor called the cops like every damn day at like 4pm-6pm when I just drove in from work. It wasnt like I was workintg on my car at 6am or 11pm at night. And early in the mornings when I did leave or got home real late, I'd literally roll it down the street at idle and coast it into the driveway. Just a cheesedick neighbor.
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Long story, but a new cop that just moved in across street is raising hell over my car. It's been 5-15 degrees the past few mornings and I let the car warm up a few mins before driving. Mod list is usual bolt on's, x2 cam, etc. Exhaust setup is Pacesetter Long tubes, cattless y pipe and a magnaflow exhaust system.
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
F him. Tell him to buy some ear muffs.
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Long story, but a new cop that just moved in across street is raising hell over my car. It's been 5-15 degrees the past few mornings and I let the car warm up a few mins before driving. Mod list is usual bolt on's, x2 cam, etc. Exhaust setup is Pacesetter Long tubes, cattless y pipe and a magnaflow exhaust system.
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
if u want, put some gutted cats on there so it looks like u have cats so that way he cant say **** about it. im tellin u, i wouldnt sacrifice my fun for other ******** ever. my dakota that i have has headers, full exhaust, heads and cam and sets off car alarms and gets dirty looks from these suburbian stiffs but hey i have my fun and so do they but everyone has their own hobby.
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Its like this if you have kids and there outside playing and someone hits them while driving like an idiot then its ok, When I became a cop I didn't sign on the dotted line to just work an 8 hr. shift, when your a cop you are pretty much always on duty, I know what I can and can't do. But you can think what you want. I wrote her for a more serious citation that exhaust.
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i have a MUCH better understanding of law enforcement than you think and you can NOT write tickets while off duty. you can enforce the law but CANNOT write a ticket while off duty. this whole "your a cop all the time" is true, but that doesnt give you the power to write tickets, it gives you the right to stop crime and notify an ON DUTY police officer.
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I shouldn't had put "*****" in the title of this thread, so I refrain for saying that.
I don't like being a menace, or a problem. I of course do not want to make enemies with a cop because then I will have a huge red target on me with all of his buddies. I don't feel the car is too loud, but the fact that my car points in his direction (he lives directly across the street) is why I am getting flack. If the car did not have a cam, I don't think there would be any issue at all. With the lope, it just makes the car have a totally different tone at idle, obviously.
Here in Kentucky, the law states any exhaust modification that makes a vehicle louder than OEM/Stock is against the law. I don't know the exact times that you can't be "loud" around here but what they have me by the ***** on, is the actual equipment is making the car louder than stock. While its RARELY heard of a police officer enforcing this law here, they do have case against me with the upper hand. I haven't been issued a ticket yet, just trying to keep my cool around here. See how it goes I guess.
I don't like being a menace, or a problem. I of course do not want to make enemies with a cop because then I will have a huge red target on me with all of his buddies. I don't feel the car is too loud, but the fact that my car points in his direction (he lives directly across the street) is why I am getting flack. If the car did not have a cam, I don't think there would be any issue at all. With the lope, it just makes the car have a totally different tone at idle, obviously.
Here in Kentucky, the law states any exhaust modification that makes a vehicle louder than OEM/Stock is against the law. I don't know the exact times that you can't be "loud" around here but what they have me by the ***** on, is the actual equipment is making the car louder than stock. While its RARELY heard of a police officer enforcing this law here, they do have case against me with the upper hand. I haven't been issued a ticket yet, just trying to keep my cool around here. See how it goes I guess.
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so instead pulling your car in at night when you come home back it in so the car is facing your house and see if he still complains but explain to him you tried this so he sees your trying to keep the peace and come to a sensable conclusion.
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As mentioned your exhaust is illegal since it's not stock. Some people have said to put on the fake cats which might help for a quick visual but I'm about 99% sure it's still illegal even to put hi flow cats on since you technically moved the location of the stock cats. Regardless you're pretty much screwed. Even if you threw a stock muffler on there with a catted y-pipe that was quiet he could still give you a ticket for having LT's as it's not stock. I would try putting a bullet before each tip or some other "cheap" way to quiet it down. I had LT's, ORY, and magnaflow on my cam and bolt-ons T/A and while I didn't think it was excessive it's definitely louder than stock and not by just a little bit. The cam really made it louder.
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just back your car in the driveway. tell him you dont have the money to throw around but your pointing the exhaust at your house so you don't rattle his windows. this should make it A LOT quieter for him. if he still has a problem **** him.
edit: i see basballny2 already suggested this. I have a stock exhaust and i back my car in late at night and turn the headlights off so i dont beam the neighbors bedroom window. because early in the morning without all the ambient noise like during the day, it does resonate off the windows pretty bad.
i wouldnt let some dick that just moved in make me change my car around idc if he was the ******* mayor.
btw i have a few state troopers on my block and i respect them but they would think twice about starting **** i think. unless they are bored losers, its not wise to bring your work home with you.
edit: i see basballny2 already suggested this. I have a stock exhaust and i back my car in late at night and turn the headlights off so i dont beam the neighbors bedroom window. because early in the morning without all the ambient noise like during the day, it does resonate off the windows pretty bad.
i wouldnt let some dick that just moved in make me change my car around idc if he was the ******* mayor.
btw i have a few state troopers on my block and i respect them but they would think twice about starting **** i think. unless they are bored losers, its not wise to bring your work home with you.
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Damn man Ive been stationed in Ft Knox for about a year now and have runned a trex cam on true dual open cut outs, now its glasspacks dumped at the rear axle and never got any kind of ticket or anything.
Pointing the cars butt at your house would probably mitigate a lot of the problem honestly, magnas are pretty quiet.
Pointing the cars butt at your house would probably mitigate a lot of the problem honestly, magnas are pretty quiet.
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Go ahead and get these and tell him there is nothing he can do cause it has a full exhaust system...lol
http://www.frozenboost.com/product_i...04a9f3530288b7
http://www.frozenboost.com/product_i...04a9f3530288b7
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Well, since I also live in Lexington and know several Metro cops.. First off, install the cats.. Then if problem persists, go downtown and speak to the shift
supervisor or write a letter to the Chief of police.. Lexington Metro Police are VERY professional and they must follow strict guidelines.. The last thing any LFUCG employees want is a complaint against them.. Thats one of the good things about having the city counsel and mayor in charge of police ethics.. Or best thing would be to let the officer know of your intentions and that you also know a few reporters for the Lexington Herald Leader... They love to report about police abuse problems and ethic complaints
supervisor or write a letter to the Chief of police.. Lexington Metro Police are VERY professional and they must follow strict guidelines.. The last thing any LFUCG employees want is a complaint against them.. Thats one of the good things about having the city counsel and mayor in charge of police ethics.. Or best thing would be to let the officer know of your intentions and that you also know a few reporters for the Lexington Herald Leader... They love to report about police abuse problems and ethic complaints
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Long story, but a new cop that just moved in across street is raising hell over my car. It's been 5-15 degrees the past few mornings and I let the car warm up a few mins before driving. Mod list is usual bolt on's, x2 cam, etc. Exhaust setup is Pacesetter Long tubes, cattless y pipe and a magnaflow exhaust system.
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
I guess I am going to have to try and make the car quieter. I am going to try a weld in bullet muffler after the y-pipe first and see how that goes.
Anyone know which bullet style muffler will offer the most sound restriction to help make my neighbors happy??
on the other hand though, you put ilegal mods on your car, you're gonna catch some **** eventually.