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pulled over for mods on car
i got pulled over saturday for no reason but having tinted windows 35% and a magnaflow exhaust which i think is legal also. it gets me so f***ing mad. then the cop wants to seach my car and stuff. i got off with a warning but thats not the point. happen to anyone else and my magnaflow exhaust is leagal right ? ok i just needed to get that off my chest
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if u have a cat and a resonator u shold be fine.. i heard that in lawrence the had Db meters to monitor the loudness comming out the exhaust..i dont kno if thats true... but u should be fine... i hear some cars out there that sound worse than harleys
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Originally Posted by Mystic3030
I'm pretty sure in mass any exhaust modification is against the law....
no its not..they were trying to pass a law but i dont now what happend with that.. it is illegal if u DO NOT HAVE A CATALITIC CONVERTER OR A RESONATOR.. u missing one of these or both u aignt getting an ispection sticker and mostlikely you will get pulled over for the sound being too loud
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Originally Posted by PICHY2G
if u have a cat and a resonator u shold be fine.. i heard that in lawrence the had Db meters to monitor the loudness comming out the exhaust..i dont kno if thats true... but u should be fine... i hear some cars out there that sound worse than harleys
i didnt get pulled over in lawrence i was goin to a friends house in north andover. but any ways the magnaflow exhaust so quite. the cop really just wanted to know where i was goin because in that area i was in like 2weeks ago 5cars where broken into, still no reason to just pull me over and waste my time like that. stuff like that just gets me a little mad
I got a $100 ticket for loud music last week in central falls R.I. by a goddamn bicycle cop.I could understand if it was nighttime but this was noon?? For anyone not from here,central falls is the nastiest,most drug infested city I can think of. I told the officer that I wouldn't want to disrupt the dope dealers and hookers with my boom.Next time I will pretend I didn't hear him yell PULL OVER..........FTP!!!!!
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I got a $100 ticket for loud music last week in central falls R.I. by a goddamn bicycle cop.I could understand if it was nighttime but this was noon?? For anyone not from here,central falls is the nastiest,most drug infested city I can think of. I told the officer that I wouldn't want to disrupt the dope dealers and hookers with my boom.Next time I will pretend I didn't hear him yell PULL OVER..........FTP!!!!!
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i got pulled over saturday for no reason but having tinted windows 35% and a magnaflow exhaust which i think is legal also. it gets me so f***ing mad. then the cop wants to seach my car and stuff. i got off with a warning but thats not the point. happen to anyone else and my magnaflow exhaust is leagal right ? ok i just needed to get that off my chest
when i use to go to school up there i was visiting someone and i got pulled over near andover mass and got a warnning for exhuast.
The ******* cop says well i dont know how you peopel do it in NJ but here in MASS this is not aloud. all this crap. i hate cops. I hate wothless cops that give tickets for no reason. Go fight crime instead of haressing poeple about there car.
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Rep Power: 348 this is nothing new....i was pulled over 2 yrs ago for my projector style headlights, exhaust (complete with cat/resonator) and the bulbs in my headlights (werent amber....which i can understand)
but it was still bullshit......the cop slowed down a 1/2 mile in front of me then got behind me and pulled my car over
but it was still bullshit......the cop slowed down a 1/2 mile in front of me then got behind me and pulled my car over
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Originally Posted by hookitup34
i didnt get pulled over in lawrence i was goin to a friends house in north andover. but any ways the magnaflow exhaust so quite. the cop really just wanted to know where i was goin because in that area i was in like 2weeks ago 5cars where broken into, still no reason to just pull me over and waste my time like that. stuff like that just gets me a little mad
dude nort andover sucks major ***... there all rich people that live there and if they see a car that is less than a mercedes...ull get pulled over
specially if u have mods......my boy also lives in lawrence and he says that he gets pulled over in NA for his mods all the time it has become a joke already 
The exhaust IS legal for Mass. To be on the safe side though, you should stick to things that are C.A.R.B. legal. Mass has pretty strict laws about emissions, CARB is a Cali certification. If it's legal in Cali, then it's legal here. As far as lights go.... The only colors you can have on the fron of your vehicl are white, or amber. White turnsignals ARE legal for the front, but not for the rear. In the rear, you can only have RED (for parking, brake, or turn), AMBER (for turn only), and WHITE (for reverse). Under no exception can you place bulbs, or filters, of other colors in the lamps. Unless you are "offroad". (I.E. a car show, or on personal property, but not on the street, or a public way)
Ok i know it's a pain in the ***. I've been to court TWICE. Once for my projectors, witch have an SAE/DOT stamp on the, with a license number... And another time for intake/exhaust (K&N FIPK, Invidia sus304), BOTH legal. The exhaust is CARB certified, and the intake is exempt. Both times the magistraight was very nice, came out to the vehicle. Also I still have the paprework from the intake, and exhaust. He even agreed with me that it was a waste of all of out time.
Ok i know it's a pain in the ***. I've been to court TWICE. Once for my projectors, witch have an SAE/DOT stamp on the, with a license number... And another time for intake/exhaust (K&N FIPK, Invidia sus304), BOTH legal. The exhaust is CARB certified, and the intake is exempt. Both times the magistraight was very nice, came out to the vehicle. Also I still have the paprework from the intake, and exhaust. He even agreed with me that it was a waste of all of out time.
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Originally Posted by civic2nr819
FTP!!!!!
Typical Yankee fan.
God forbid the day you actually need the police for anything.
Originally Posted by 02SILVEREX
The exhaust IS legal for Mass. To be on the safe side though, you should stick to things that are C.A.R.B. legal. Mass has pretty strict laws about emissions, CARB is a Cali certification. If it's legal in Cali, then it's legal here. As far as lights go.... The only colors you can have on the fron of your vehicl are white, or amber. White turnsignals ARE legal for the front, but not for the rear. In the rear, you can only have RED (for parking, brake, or turn), AMBER (for turn only), and WHITE (for reverse). Under no exception can you place bulbs, or filters, of other colors in the lamps. Unless you are "offroad". (I.E. a car show, or on personal property, but not on the street, or a public way)
Ok i know it's a pain in the ***. I've been to court TWICE. Once for my projectors, witch have an SAE/DOT stamp on the, with a license number... And another time for intake/exhaust (K&N FIPK, Invidia sus304), BOTH legal. The exhaust is CARB certified, and the intake is exempt. Both times the magistraight was very nice, came out to the vehicle. Also I still have the paprework from the intake, and exhaust. He even agreed with me that it was a waste of all of out time.
Ok i know it's a pain in the ***. I've been to court TWICE. Once for my projectors, witch have an SAE/DOT stamp on the, with a license number... And another time for intake/exhaust (K&N FIPK, Invidia sus304), BOTH legal. The exhaust is CARB certified, and the intake is exempt. Both times the magistraight was very nice, came out to the vehicle. Also I still have the paprework from the intake, and exhaust. He even agreed with me that it was a waste of all of out time.
^^^Best advice in this thread....
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Rep Power: 0 I live in ny and got pulled over for my skunk2 exhaust. Cop was a jerk. Only time I got hassled(knock on wood). I talked to ny state trooper and he said we got better things to worry about. Anyway I heard on the sema website that mass. is trying to make any exhaust modification illegal(that sucks)- I feel for u guys the cops and lawmakers in alot of states are being ***** about car modifications. Whos car is it anyway? Last time I checked it was my car-weird!
As far as eliminating ALL modifications... 
GFY. It just won't work. I feel as long as it can meet the CARB certification, then there shouldn't be a problem. If you look up the CARB certification program, it's not that bad. The sound requirement is 95db. Do you know how LOUD that is? 
Friggin loud!!! Why anyone would want an exhaust louder than that is beyond me. If you do however need a "freeflow" for racing purposes, than you won't be using it on the street... Right? There also have been modifications to racing exhausts. I know when I drag a motorcycle, I'm now required to use a baffell. All in all, it's just somthing EVERYONE is going to have to get over. I did, thats why I chose to go with an exhaust thats legal for use in CA...
GFY. It just won't work. I feel as long as it can meet the CARB certification, then there shouldn't be a problem. If you look up the CARB certification program, it's not that bad. The sound requirement is 95db. Do you know how LOUD that is? Friggin loud!!! Why anyone would want an exhaust louder than that is beyond me. If you do however need a "freeflow" for racing purposes, than you won't be using it on the street... Right? There also have been modifications to racing exhausts. I know when I drag a motorcycle, I'm now required to use a baffell. All in all, it's just somthing EVERYONE is going to have to get over. I did, thats why I chose to go with an exhaust thats legal for use in CA... 
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Rep Power: 0 If you got pulled over in the Worcester area I'm not surprised. We were down town one night and my boyfriend got pulled over in his WRX for an illegal muffler tip and the cop wrote him a ticket. To the cops defense The WRX has no cats and a full exhaust but the cop had no f'ing clue. Anyways my bf talked to one of the Worcester cops he knows and the cop said that it was a complete bullshit ticket and that in a challenge the cop who pulled him over will have no valid proofand basically they guy was just trying to be an *** and clear out down town.
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Rep Power: 0 ^^^ thats how most cops in my area are. as soon as they see a car that has any mods they will follow it around till they find something to pull you over for. then if you question the cop about the mods most have no clue what to say or what the law is about them.
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Same **** happens to me man. I live in the northwest corner on connecticut. Small *** towns. Not many hooked up cars like mine. I get pulled over and searched probably like 2 times a month. State troopers are our cops so they love to pull me over. **** em man
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Originally Posted by Zackjoe15
I was also pulled over on 91 by a mass state trooper who said that my exhuast was too loud... I do have a cat, but its a high flow he still said that it was illegal.
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Rep Power: 0 No he didnt give me a ticket only a verbal warning so it really didnt bother me all that much except for the fact that i had somewhere to be. I wasn't speeding either he actually got on the highway pulled up next to me looked at me and then pulled behind me to pull me over. (going about 70mph) I dont know the exact time but it was just after dusk. I do have a resonator and my car doesnt sound like a lawn mower. It has a deep nice tone to it.
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