On the decible level issue, you should check the ordinances of the specific city you are going to. For instance, there are some cities around L.A. where you can't have ANY modified exhaust components. I mean, none! Even if it is quiet, they can give you a fix-it ticket. Just go to the home page of the city you are going to and check out their oridinances. Yes, this state has really stupid laws. Most of the laws here are a joke because people like to be controlled and told what to do instead of thinking for themselves.

 

Certain cities have tougher laws. Cities can make whatever ordinances they want. Counties/cities can either use the state laws or make them tougher. It is up to them. For instance, Hermosa Beach cops can give you a ticket for having anything other then stock exhaust due to a city ordanance that was past because the people there don't like the kids driving around in certain cars. There are other cities like that. It kind of sucks because you could just be driving through and not live there and they will pull you over. It has happened. Anyway, the 95dB thing doesn't always matter.

 

I undertand your point. However, a friend of mine lives down there in a city adjacent to Hermosa Beach and he got a ticket there when he was driving through. Apparantly, the cops are real ****** there from what I hear. He lost the court part and had to put his stock exhaust back on and he has just left it on. Plus, he got fined. Some cities are just hard asses. Some feel as if they have a very good reason and some may have good arguments. The kids down in the L.A. area are crazy on the weekends with their ricer cars. They made that ordinance so that they wouldn't have to worry about having those cars in their city limits. I don't think any cities in the Bay Area have something like this, though. I know a few cities have those anti cruising laws, though. That is a wierd one, if you ask me. They have that where I live. I've gone with a friend to get something to eat and on the way back, a cop pulls us over for 'cruising'. He said this was the second time he saw us in fifteen minutes. We both just looked at each other speechless while holding our food (ie. evidence).