I got Two tickets!

[Nismo240SX]

yeah, i got pulled over today going to school. Some trooper stoped and did the usual rutein. He said my cat-back is too loud, and that i need to get silencers, or take it off. Well, he goes off in his car and start writting the first ticket. Then a town cop pulls up... when i have both windows down from the previous cop. The town cop says that she heard me at a different street. Well since she can't write me up for the exhuast because the trooper already is... she asks me to roll my window up to check for tint. I got busted for being too loud, and having too dark of tint. Virginia cops flat out suck. The ticket will be dropped if i take off my tint and get silencers for my exhuast. :(

[old_s13]

Welcome to the club..

..the sportscar of America club. These tickets are usually given to younger folk who drive fixed up cars, but I've seen the same citation given to older folks as well.

Either the city really needs money or your car is truly too loud and over-tinted.

For the tint, you have no choice. For the exhaust, fight it in court. Read up, there is plenty of talk on the forums as to how to prepare yourself.

- Mike

[Nismo240SX]

on the exhuast, could you lead me in the right direction? and yeah my front windows are barely tinted. the town does need money.

[old_s13]

http://clearcorners.com/240sx/Exterior08.jpg

My entire car is tinted, from the windshield to the front windows to the rear windows and hatch -- all tinted the same light tint. Actually, the windshield is the one which is VERY lightly tinted, and thats because you obviously want to see out of it. However, I wanted to keep cabin temps cooler.. so I chose to tint it. Why do I mention this? Because I've been pulled over more times than anyone I know, they've NEVER said anything about my tints. Not trying to brag, just using this as statistical info. IMO, anytime you hit 35% or lower, you'll get cited.. period.

As for the exhaust, its all about interpreting the law:
http://www.greddy.com/CHPnoisepolicies.html

How did the officer know how to test your car? Did he have the necessary equipment and was he properly trained to use such equipment? Rhetorical question, the answer is no.. and thats because this ticket makes the city money, but they quickly ditch it to anyone who knows the code and goes to court over it. Understand the law, go to court, get it thrown out.

Good luck,
- Mike

[andrave]

better read your state law carefully, for instance, WV state law (where I live) doesn't allow for modifications to stock exhaust except for stock replacements.

but luckily the cops here are cool.

[old_s13]

Originally posted by andrave
better read your state law carefully, for instance, WV state law (where I live) doesn't allow for modifications to stock exhaust except for stock replacements.

but luckily the cops here are cool.

this is america, not some communist country where dictators tell you what you can have on your car. any exhaust is legal as long as it doesnt fuck emissions and increase noise ABOVE a certain DB. Have a DB meter? Test your exhaust and take that to court as evidence.. thats one way to get your ticket thrown out.

the ONLY state that has weird ass laws is Hawaii with the damn RECON shit.. thats fuckin confusing crap that I wont even bother thinking about.. makes my head hurt.

[Jeff240sx]

Lakeland, FL has the same rules, no muffler except for stock replacement. I get harassed all the time I go to my gf's parents house. I laugh when the pull me over and ask if I know the ordinance that makes my exhaust illegal. I just say no, I don't live here and the cop gets sad. Tampa cops don't bother me with my Apexi n1 dual, just that stupid city where all the cars are super quite, and my low rumble sets off car alarms :(
It seems that if people made an uproar about how its unethical to require stock-only exhausts when aftermarket are cheaper, provide more horsepower which can reduce emissions and give better gas mileage, and will put many companies and 10's of thousands of people out of work if all states had those rules.
My tint is 10%, which is very illegal. I drive with my windows down most of the time, and have never been bothered about my tint from cops, and I get tickets all the time. If another cop pulled up and asked me to roll up my windows, I'd tell him/her that there is no justification to making me do that, and refuse to. I've been told my car is loud in Lakeland and that I need to pop my hood. Hell no! I said I'll submit to a sniffer test or a db meter test, but there is no reason to pop my hood, and didn't. Don't let cops have their way, or we lose!
-Jeff

[s14xman]

If its just a fix it ticket why cant you just bolt up your stock exaust and get it signed off? I know they might be wrong and all that but it might just save you a lot of time to just bolt up that stock exaust and drive it around for a few hours.

[Andrew Bohan]

i drove my truck around with 5% on the sides and 2.5% on the rear for 3 years and never got picked on at all. this is in the seattle area AND in the sf bay area

[brianglawson]

that sucks anus man, virginia sucks for car modifications, they are trying to outlaw anytype of eurotailights, which i dont like but alot of other people do, they shouldnt have to take em off....

[old_s13]

I know they might be wrong and all that but it might just save you a lot of time to just bolt up that stock exaust and drive it around for a few hours.

Because thinking like THAT is exactly what the guv-ment WANTS you to do. Spend hours inconveniencing yourself by crawling under your car, going through a bunch of unecessary work, taking the car to the court or sherrif, paying the sherrif's "paper work fee," and then paying the city the fee for your citation. Congratulations, you've just been assimilated AND fucked with no vasaline! Enjoy, please come back again!


i drove my truck around with 5% on the sides and 2.5% on the rear for 3 years and never got picked on at all. this is in the seattle area AND in the sf bay area

Yeah well, I've been driving without a dash, let alone an interior.. for the past 6 months. ;)

[brianglawson]

were you late for school.............damn pigs and their little blue lights

[Nismo240SX]

yeah, i was late for school, but they let me slide because of the bullshit. i took the tint off already, but that ticket is getting knocked. as for the tropper's ticket, it will get thrown out after my super silencers come in at JGYcustoms. its bullshit in the first place. i have a couple of questions... okay, how do i get the sticky shit let on the windows from the tint? windex doesn't work. soaking windex and letting it sit for a while doesn't work.

[brianglawson]

maybe goo-be-gone type stuff would work.....

by the way....me and my dad almost have the ka completely out, all we have to do is lift it out, everything is out and unbolted....
getting closer and closer......

~Brian~

[240sxhed]

for the gunk left on the windows. spray it down with windex and grab a razor blade and begin to scrape. if you have a steam gun supposedly that works well. Razor blade was the way i went when i was getting ready for new tint. be prepared for some serious pain in your thumb;) . Anyway i have 14% all the way around and haven't been bothered by any pigs yet. Cops suck don't they have murderers and drug dealers, and people commiting actual traffic crimes instead of picking on us??

[stealthj]

Originally posted by Nismo240SX
yeah, i was late for school, but they let me slide because of the bullshit. i took the tint off already, but that ticket is getting knocked. as for the tropper's ticket, it will get thrown out after my super silencers come in at JGYcustoms. its bullshit in the first place. i have a couple of questions... okay, how do i get the sticky shit let on the windows from the tint? windex doesn't work. soaking windex and letting it sit for a while doesn't work.

goo gone is for light apps.

paint thinner....gasoline,,,alchohol... laqkuer thinner? (dunno how its spelled?)

all that and a razor blade

[RedlineRacer]

To remove the glue on tint, use De-Ice. I know it sounds wierd, but trust me. It works and no scraping. Just spray it on, let it sit for a minute or so, then wipe off.

[MadChild]

Man I feel sorry for you guys. The cops Minnesota are pretty tight. I have never got harrassed for any of my modications. Eventhough i did get pulled over twice, because of my stupidity, but they never question the loudness of my exhaust. I have a SR with a 3in DP and 3in exhaust, and it pretty F*cking loud:D