Driving around town today and i got a ticket for my exhaust being too loud. All i have is a magnaflow catback and k&n intake. Its not even loud at all, it really pisses me off. Any body know the decibal readings of the magnaflow catback?? I asked the cop what the decibal max was for new york state and he said under 35 mph at any throttle position it has to be under 76 decibals. Any help would be great, thanks guys...
-Justin

 

umm yeah your fine.. tell him to go do something productive

 

how does that help the post at all?

the decibel reading can be different on car to car from things suck as how long its been on there, each intake, headers etc many different things. although you did say you only have k&n intake and exhaust it would be different on a 2.4 or a 2.0 balt with the same mods. best bet is to take it to a garage with a reader.

 

what do u mean im fine man, im not...i already got the ticket and have to go to court on the 21st of this month (may). I could put the stock one back on but id have to weld it back sence you have to cut the stocker at the axel.

Does anybody on here know the exact reading of a magnaflow catback?????

 

there should be a place to get it tested for that, thats how you prove in court that its not that loud or they have to prove in court it IS that loud

 

you have to go to court?

btw im pretty sure in NY, any exhaust modification is illegal. you pay to play

 

The thing about NY is that it is illegal to modify your exhaust in pretty much any fashion. Yet, most sport compact cars will get pulled over BEFORE a truck with duals or something similar.

 

wow that really sucks.

so living in new york you cant have anything done to your exhaust?

wow. good thing i live in jersey where one cop that pulled me over actually said that mine sounded good.

 

The only thing left on my exhaust that is stock is the resonator. But, I don't have NY plates.

 

the magna flow is no louder, it just drops the tone a couple of octaves.... did the cop use a meter? and did he stick it up your pipe, because you are to read it about 2 feet away from the source of sound

 

you do not have to weld the stock catback together, i put mine on for about 6 months again between exhausts and you have to get a connector pipe from autozone or napa or whatever that is just slightly bigger than the exhaust pipe Outer Diameter, then two exhaust clamps. put the pipe connector over the two pieces of stock exhaust that you cut and a clamp on each end and bam good to go with stock catback.

 

No!! He didnt even use a decibal meter. He said that you cant modify the stock exhaust in any way. He said the only way I can get out of this is if i put the stock one back on or prove that the magnaflow is quiter than 76 decibals under any throttle position...The magnaflow honestly isnt loud, its deep and i wasent being an idiot, just crusing... Anyone in upstate New York know of a place where i can get the decibals tested???

 

Did he give you a fix-it ticket? You should have gotten another piece of paper along with the ticket so you can have it signed by a shop saying you had work done or whatever. I always take those to my buddy and have him sign off on it, just an FYI.

It also might help if you say where in upstate NY.

 

contact magnaflow... oh and say you bought the car and it was a dealer installled option

 

until they say ok where was that and call the place and then they deny it and hes in even more ****. comeon now lol

 

I live in Lake George New York, whose this buddy of yours. I'll pay him to sighn it if he lives close...

 

I got out of my ticket because i had a GMPP then went to a megan which is one of the loudest but i just show them my chevy dealers install on the gmpp exhaust and im always let go.

 

Im searosley thinking of getting GMPP then and having the dealer install it...Anyone want a one week old magnaflow catback, lol.

 

I'm in Watertown, a few hours away. You could always try a local shop to see if they'll sign off on it.