I got pulled over the other night (in San Diego) for my exhaust. The cop said it was excessive noise (just an AC Revolution muffler, not even cat-back!), he's telling me that any muffler modification is illegal...which is bullshit. and excessive noise is deemed 95dB and above, which I'm sure my exhaust is far from. Anyways, he asks me to open my hood and sees the Injen Race Division intake and Greddy headers. Says those are illegal too. I say they are Carb legal but I don't have the stickers. He writes me a ticket to see the CA smog Ref for "illegal smog devices". Meanwhile, his buddy is taking pictures of my engine and exhaust. So my question is, when I go to see the ref, can I just take off my i/h/e and put my stock stuff back on, or will I have a problem since the rectum in a police uniform took pictures? Also, does anyone know how much this is gonna cost me as far as the ticket itself and the smog ref? I know I can get a carb sticker for the Injen intake, but what about the Greddy 4-2-1 headers for a 00 civic ex? Does anyone know about that? I just want to get as much information on this as I can so I don't go into it blindsighted...thanks everyone
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I think it's no more than 80 bucks for fix it tickets. I have a DC 4-1 and it has a CARB plate weldedon it and My Tenabe Hyper has a Carb Plate on the bottom. My intake in just a Drop in DYI. Cops has only messed w/ me once. And I show it to him my CARB labels. I think you need to get a different muffler that is not loud and attention grabber. I don't know about Greddy ExMan if it's CARB legal. I know AEM have a CARB sticker right on top, but I never got a ticket before.