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Old 10-12-2003
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Is this legal?

I got a custom cat back exhaust on my car. I did not do anything to the catalytic converter. The other day when I was driving a cop pulled me over and told me to rev my engine. I reved it only to about 2,500 rpms and right away he just said it was illegal before checking anything...
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Modified exhausts of any kind are illegal in the state of CA. When us Arizonans go to CA. for a visit, we are usually stopped and ticketed for our modified exhausts even though they are legal in AZ and we are only visiting CA. We asked our stopping officer what the deal is with modified exhausts and the response we got from him was all exhausts in CA.were illegal due to srict emmission control laws.
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I agree with RBABE. mind you, it may not even be a pollution issue, it may also be a improper muffler in that its to loud (or does not 'muffle' enough).
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I agree with RBABE. mind you, it may not even be a pollution issue, it may also be a improper muffler in that its to loud (or does not 'muffle' enough).

Yeah. nothing like the sound of diving airplanes...lol.
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Here is CO, any modification to the stock exhaust with the intent to alter the sound is illegal.

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I guess there is one good thing about Iowa....nothing you do to your car is illegal. I have been pulled over many times for my underbody but I have never had to pay a ticket for it, and I have never been pulled over for anything else either, they are way lenient on Ricers here.....
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Check these threads out
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...63#post1349863

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...threadid=94450
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