does anyone know if the hks carbon TI catback exahust is legal or not in california?

 

HKS Hiper is 50-state legal. You can get documentation from them for it. That's why I plan to get one myself when I save up enough scratch

 

get a quiet muffler like prodrive or stromung and you won't even get bothered to show proof that you are legal....

 

well they wont pull you over for sound then because then will pull you over for other vague laws

3 weeks with my stromung and $65 ticket for faster than rational and prodent and i wasnt even going over 25 MPH!

i say let 'em pull those loud harleys over

 

Origami posted by Choku Dori
HKS Hiper is 50-state legal.
I have some bad news - it may not be street legal in CA. Here's something that another member brought to light about 50-state legal exhaust systems. I checked out the CHP link in that post - it's disappointing. Being cited for noise is strictly up to the discretion of the officer. They are not required to use a sound level meter, just their subjective opinion.


I think we stand a better chance of running free-flowing exhaust if they are relatively quiet and don't have huge rice tips to attract attention. I run a 3" dual-tip Stromung catback and can pull up next to CHP or police and never get a glance. If you get pulled over for one offense, it's almost inevitable they will get you for others during the same traffic stop.

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ok, im really getting heated. As of yesterday, i am totally catless. :-) (smells like go-kart). Anywho, i pull up to a harely at the light. As we just chug along, his bike was so much louder than my car!!! What is that? Seriously, why dont they bother the bikers instead of us.

 

Ah crap, whatta disappointment... Well, thanks for the info. Guess I'll spend my money elsewhere and stop singing the praises of HKS Hiper Good thing you told me before and not after I bought it

 

well,well,well, lucky me i didn't have to pay anything because the cop wasn't there and i told the jude i have a stock exhaust and it supost to look like sport style ha ha ( My ticket said loud racing muffler) that's y i said it supost to look like sport style because my car it is sport saden. well, lucky me.

 

Wow you are a lucky one minisiu. Congrats

 

I live in Daytona Beach, and we have 'Bike Week'(lasts 3, minimum) and 'Biketoberfest'(~10 days) every year and the f'icking bikes are so loud you can get brain damage from them...but do they get pulled????
NO!!! the F'icking pigs are pulling locals, late to work because of the bikes, and writing them up!!! If my car was that loud, I'd go to jail and the car would end up at auction somewhere.
Bikers get preferential treatement, selective law enforced(NOT) on them and I have to pay in many ways for it.
As far as I'm concerned, the pigs and bikers can all go straight to hell.

My 2¢

 

If the cop didnt use a decibel (sp) meter when he wrote you the ticket.. go to court and make it known.. if you look in your local laws it will state what the legal limit is.. I got pulled over when i had my z24 and the cop let me off but not before he got his stern words in..


DAve

 

Bikers and domestics never NEVER get pulled over. Why? I dunno -- maybe it's b/c the system's fokked!!

 

50 state legal is in reference to emissions. a catback exhaust is pretty much legal for emisions everwhere. Its SOUND that gets you busted. In California its 95db. CALL your manufacturer and get them to fax documentation to you if they have any. I have it for my HKS Hipower. I keep it in my car with a copy of the reciept. If the officer sees it, he might let me go. If not, then I will bring it to court. You can also get your db level documented by many car audio shops. Its not legally binding or anything, but if you take the ticket all the way to court at least it looks like you've done your homework.

jason

 

Also, if you are in California this might interest you after you check which part of the CVC you were busted on:

http://jyg.us/wrx/law/index.html