just got pulled over
 

for my hks exhaust in SF. lucky he didn't gave me a ticket but warned me if he sees me again he'll send my car to the state ref which could cost hundreds. for the peeps that lives in the city avoid downtown 7th street during rush hour.
he even asked me to open my hood and check the engine bay. i'm all stock other than my exhaust. i'm taking a different route home now.

Damn that sucks man. Luckily no ticket.

damn man they are strict over there

this is my first time i ever got pulled over in my G. i had other things he didn't mentioned like tinted windows and no front plates. he did looked at my smoked taillights for a few minutes too. luckily it wasn't too dark. lights still go through perfectly. what do i do now since he recognizes me. taking alternate route don't always solve the problems. i thought if your exhaust is under a certain DB you're okay to have???

Super strict man. HKS isn't even that loud without HFC's or TP's.

i know man! i think he's just going by the book. even CHP don't get us for that. i guess i'll just have to take a more congested street home from now on just to avoid seeing him again.

it is way to strict there. Baton rouge you don't get pulled over for anything except traffic violations. I can have 0 percent tint and still be fine. Also as long you're not acting like a ricer driving fast and reving then you are pretty much free in baton rouge

i know it's just the cop being strict. it's always the cop on motorcycle looking for some stuff like this. squad cars don't give a damn about it. he even said that my fog lights should be in the bumper and i was like these are stock lights. the fog's are integrated on our housing. he doesn't believe it lol.

i just called hks and asked them is our exhaust street legal. they even said yes and by CA law, if it's under 95db it's legal. man, i was hoping they have a carb legal sticker for us but nope, they don't.

So you got pulled over because it's too loud or because you have an aftermarket exhaust? Where you driving aggressive or just cruising?

damn too strict...

lolz i would love to see him give you a ticket for your foglights

i think he's just really going by the book

yeah, because of my exhaust. i was just cruising home, going the same route i've been going for years.

no man, he say's my lights are aftermarket. i tried to explain to him that it's like that but you know, they're always right so i just said yeah, it's aftermarket. didn't want to argue with him.

Over here, any major mod to your car is illegal (unfortunately, "major" was not defined) so legaly speaking, an aftermarket exhaust (even if it makes the note quiter) is considered illegal :7:

Cat-backs are legal in CA last time I checked. If HKS says they are legal, just get documentation from them saying the cat-back is under 95 db, and show to the cop next time if he pulls you over. The cop can still be an *** and have you do the test at state referee though . . . .

yeah, i know they're legal, i know it's was just the cop being strict. i tried to ask hks to get the documentation and they said they don't offer those carb stickers no more. the only way to get it certified is to go to the state ref and do the DB test and if i pass they'll give me some kind of paperwork regarding the exhaust. then if i ever get pulled over again i could just show them that. don't think anyone is gonna do that lol

just bad luck running into that cop. I've been pulled over by CHP once because I was falling asleep and he didn't mention anything. Been tailed by CHP/local PD many times and have no problems with my tint/hks/bluebat gtr tails... He's just being a jerk imo. HKS isn't even loud lmao..

Wei, most SFPD are assigned to a district or "Hood" . Most SF motor cops come out of Bryant st. He sounds as if he was on the rag that day. Just keep an eye open and feather the go pedal when crusing the area he yanked ya over in.;)

Yo Wei, I got my exhaust certified by a state referee on my last car and got paperwork for it.

I don't think they charged me but it was almost 5 years ago lol... maybe try calling and ask?

yeah i know, that was a bad spot to actually go to cuz it's so close to the hall of justice and that's where all the motorcycle cops comes out to get people. i was really just driving normally. i'm still consider lucky though. no tickets yet. i'm taking fremont exit from now on when coming back from oakland. less motorcycle cops there. hehe:)

sup ting! that is something i want to do if i don't have all these other mods on my car. i'll just do that if i really have to.

Yea the cops in bay area are strict. I got 2 speeding tickets for doing 75 on freeway, 1 ticket for not stopping completely for at least 3 sec when turning right on a red light ( i was the only car on the road too ) 1 ticket for stopping only 1 sec at a stop sign in my school parking ( it was 6 30 in the morning and i was also the only car there too ) ...

tell me about it... i got this one before lol.. total BS! and i did a complete stop, he said 3 secs wtf :52:

Exhaust under 95db are legal yes... but having an aftermarket parts on the car IS ILLEGAL. Even though your car is quiet and you were sent to the ref ... you can still fail upon inspection. I've been pulled over before for having an exhaust (aftermarket) on my subaru which happens to be HKS. It was a pain to get it written off each station I went told me to go to ref and puts ref sticker on my ticket. Luckily while it was still fresh I slowly peeled the sticker off and go to another station to have it written off. Mind you I switched my exhaust back to stock.

Another I got pulled over for my exhaust thread =/ I've seen it all lol... good thing you weren't ticketed. If you were in socal that's guaranteed ticket lol. Gotta pay to play =]