cant pass safety check - car too loud?
06-30-2010, 03:32 PM
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cant pass safety check - car too loud?
just wanted to know if having a loud exhaust is a valid reason to not give me a safety check, because shouldnt they test the decibels? oh and im runnin' on a jic bullet catback...thanks 
06-30-2010, 06:05 PM
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i havent tried sears yet...i went to the pearlridge and alamoana ones yesterday, but the wait for a safety check was 3 1/2 - 4 hours and i didnt have the time haha.
howd you manage to pass luktang? did they say anything about your car being too loud? or a better question would be, where did you get your safety at?
howd you manage to pass luktang? did they say anything about your car being too loud? or a better question would be, where did you get your safety at?
06-30-2010, 06:59 PM
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exhaust
I have invidia N1 race exhaust..never checked for how loud..from what i was told it used to be a recon item but no longer is required to have recon..it has nothing to do with your safety as far as i can see...
good luck with getting it inspected
good luck with getting it inspected
06-30-2010, 07:47 PM
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im security forces on hickam and its to my understanding that hawaii no longer has a law on how loud an exaust can be. so pretty much they have no clue what the current laws are, or they just like being dicks. a cop cant pull you over and give you a ticket for an exaust being to loud 
a couple months ago i was pulled over for accelerating to fast from a traffic light and the cop gave me a ticket. I called bull**** because there was no way you can prove that on the street or in court. I looked up the HRS code for which i was being cited (exhibition of speed). I showed up for court the day i was appointed and turns out douche never turned in the ticket. Because it was a bull**** ticket.
a couple months ago i was pulled over for accelerating to fast from a traffic light and the cop gave me a ticket. I called bull**** because there was no way you can prove that on the street or in court. I looked up the HRS code for which i was being cited (exhibition of speed). I showed up for court the day i was appointed and turns out douche never turned in the ticket. Because it was a bull**** ticket.
06-30-2010, 09:58 PM
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I know a lot of places that fail for an exhaust being too loud. I think it's more preference really. As long as they don't give you the blue copy and you don't pay, who cares move on to the next.
07-01-2010, 12:07 AM
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i say "F" safety and "F" recon...lol jk
ill say GL on finding safety soon. also ive heard cops are cracking down on places that gives illegal safety checks and closing down shops, employees losing thier inspector license and or losing thier job.
ill say GL on finding safety soon. also ive heard cops are cracking down on places that gives illegal safety checks and closing down shops, employees losing thier inspector license and or losing thier job.
07-01-2010, 03:55 AM
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I passed twice where I went. And some of you know how loud my exhaust was. If I had some dark tint, that would've been the only thing that could've failed me. Recon? What's recon? It's just a kiss-a$$ sticker for the state. Luckily we don't have emissions otherwise we'd all fail.
07-01-2010, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by howzdawagon;
At my job, so long you have a cat on your exhaust we will pass you. Of course everything else has to be legit.
Yeah my cars legit...where is your shop at? I need to get passed asap...lmk
this whole safety thing is stressing me coz I keep telling my parents, who are up my *** about this, that my car being too loud isn't a legit reason to deny me a sc. Pfft, parents from an older generation never understand