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un-Touch'd krew
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From: My own level of hell
Originally posted by Go-N-Low
That only works if there is a DB limit...If it says lounder than stock then u are SOL....
That only works if there is a DB limit...If it says lounder than stock then u are SOL....
Most states (nearly all) have a db limit set...what officer is going to know what each and every vehicles factory exhaust sounds like and whether it is different than that factory volume?
In order to be a law there has to be a consistency and the db limit is what makes this one consistent. Check your local law books regarding this or DMV should be able to let you know the legal limits.
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From: Adirondacks of NY
...the cop was just bored... I looked back at his car when he was writting a ticket, and I saw him going through the law book... so he was looking for anything to give me a ticket for.
Needless to say, he didnt even listen to the exhaust... I could hear the flasher for his headlights clicking over the sound of my car, sitting in my car... thats how quiet it is. :bs: :bs: :bs: :bs: :bs:
Needless to say, he didnt even listen to the exhaust... I could hear the flasher for his headlights clicking over the sound of my car, sitting in my car... thats how quiet it is. :bs: :bs: :bs: :bs: :bs:
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From: Champaign IL
Originally posted by Nightshade
Either way all you have to say is that it is a "replacement exhaust" not an aftermarket or custom.
Most states (nearly all) have a db limit set...what officer is going to know what each and every vehicles factory exhaust sounds like and whether it is different than that factory volume?
In order to be a law there has to be a consistency and the db limit is what makes this one consistent. Check your local law books regarding this or DMV should be able to let you know the legal limits.
Either way all you have to say is that it is a "replacement exhaust" not an aftermarket or custom.
Most states (nearly all) have a db limit set...what officer is going to know what each and every vehicles factory exhaust sounds like and whether it is different than that factory volume?
In order to be a law there has to be a consistency and the db limit is what makes this one consistent. Check your local law books regarding this or DMV should be able to let you know the legal limits.
Just a couple of Samples....
Virginia
No person shall drive and no owner of a motor vehicle shall permit or allow the operation of any vehicle on a highway unless it is equipped with an exhaust system of a type installed as standard factory equipment, or comparable to that designed for use on the particular vehicle as standard factory equipment, in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise. An exhaust system shall not be deemed to prevent excessive or unusual noise if it permits the escape of noise in excess of that permitted by the standard factory equipment exhaust system of private passenger motor vehicles or trucks of standard make.
The term "exhaust system," as used in this section, means all the parts of a motor vehicle through which the exhaust passes after leaving the engine block.
Chambered pipes are not an effective muffling device to prevent excessive or unusual noise.
Cali
(b) For the purposes of exhaust systems installed on motor
vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less
than 6,000 pounds, other than motorcycles, a sound level of 95 dbA or
less, when tested in accordance with Society of Automotive Engineers
Standard J1169 May 1998, complies with this section. Motor vehicle
exhaust systems or parts thereof include, but are not limited to,
nonoriginal exhaust equipment.
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From: nshvlle, tn
thats so much bs. if the cops actually followed those laws, every dueled truck in my area(every other vehicle) would be gettin pulled over. he was obviously lookin for a way to give you a ticket.
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From: philly
yup.. im in philly and theres a db limit too. not sure what it is, but i also have the rs*r catback and its mre quiet than my stock muffler! but thats probably cause my stock one had alot of rust holes in it..
