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?

 

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.

 

wtf is a referee? is it a test only center?

 

either put it back to stock or pay the fine which ive seen be from 300-800

 

the ref is a place you go to that they pretty much do a smog test but more harder i belive a cop or something does it

 

holy crap thats one hell of a fine. how do i know how much the fine is?

 

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

 

ok yeah im screwed!!!!!! i have no cats, lt's, true duals, no maf, no o2. his sux, how much is the fine, that will be alot cheaper.

 

you sure code4 cause i know quite a few people around here thats just payed the fine and not go to the ref

 

it would cost me an arm and a leg to put the car back to stock

 

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.

 

damn that sucks but yea i also learned my lesson with modified exhaust as well. you dont have 02s or a MAF adam?

 

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?

 

no 408maro i dont hve them, im on a SD tune.

 

yea you canbut here theyll be asses and make you wait well they get a warrent

 

I don't know if you can refuse, but i broke my hood release so when a cop asks to pop the hood, I can honestly say "Hood latch is broken, I can't."

 

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?

 

Have the cable come out in a different location only I know about, just yank it and the hood pops open. (hidden)

 

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.

 

wat year chevelle u had?