are exhaust cutouts legal in california?
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Existing law requires every motor vehicle subject to registration to be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise and prohibits a muffler or exhaust system from being equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device.
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Vendor. There is no aftermarket cat/downpipe that is street legal in California for the ST. New cars don't have to do a smog test for 6 years.
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How is Jay Leno's Tank Car (Youtube) street-legal in California? California has some of the most-strict laws regarding what kinds of car modifications you can make to a production car and still be street legal. Basically, if it's not on a list of approved mods, it's not legal.
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(1.3) No person shall install a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device on a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle. ... The sound levels specified in Schedule V.I to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada).
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“The sale and installation of an aftermarket exhaust system remains legal in California so long as it does not exceed a sound level of 95 decibels,” SEMA said in the release. Note: This story has been revised. The original version said the ticket can be corrected and the fine avoided, which is untrue.
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In California it's legal to do burnouts on your own property as long as you are not disturbing the peace and it's not with in city limits..
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An Exhaust Cutout is really a Y pipe that is welded into the stock exhaust pipe. ... Now with the leg vented to the atmosphere the user has control to cap it off leaving the exhaust to flow as the OEM manufacturer intended, or un-cap the exhaust to dump right to the atmosphere.
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California law allows additional aftermarket vehicle lighting which includes neon underglow. In California neon underglow is legal, as long as you follow these restrictions: Red color may not be visible from the front of the car. No flashing lights are permitted.
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Every motor vehicle, operated or driven upon the highways of the state, shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler and exhaust system in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise and no such muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cut-out, bypass, or ...
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I'm aware of several laws regulating exhaust, but not banning after-market mufflers. ... Wisconsin law states that “no person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle.”
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Georgia legal exhaust noise summary: Exhaust system modifications on vehicles registered in Georgia must not cause “excessive or unusual” noise. Essentially this means many exhaust system modifications frequently done on sports or racing vehicles can be considered illegal.
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California law requires that all vehicles must be equipped with an adequate muffler to prevent excessive noise from the exhaust system. ... If you have been issued a citation for operating a vehicle in violation of Vehicle Code Section 27150 or 27151, you must take your vehicle to a state Referee Center.
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HID headlights are not explicitly outlawed under California law. ... HID lights are also legal in California, and elsewhere in the country, if they meet the safety standards of either the U.S. Department of Transportation or Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, which is typically indicated on the equipment.
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Exhaust cutouts are the perfect exhaust product to use when you have to drive to the track quietly. Manual exhaust cutouts are simple to install and let you unbolt the covers underneath your car to open op your exhaust at the track. Electric cutouts are even cooler because you can flip a switch to open your exhaust.
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Engine swaps are perfectly legal in California if you do them by their guidelines. It's probably an Aristo engine, which is WAY easier to find than a USDM MkIV engine, and the stock MKIV USDM intake and emissions stuff is easy to find because all the USDM MKIV owners take that stuff off for better aftermarket pieces.
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Adding CAM Illegal in CA.?? yes, unless it comes with a CARB certification number. Any modification is illegal (even just changing the mufflers) unless it's certified by CARB.
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It's illegal to modify the exhaust system to make a vehicle noisier after it has been 'type approved' (checked it meets environmental and safety standards). The police can also take action if your vehicle's silencer doesn't work in the way it was designed or if you're driving in a way that creates too much noise.