it doesnt matter if its loud or not i believe in the state of va.....anything that is not oem is illegal......when i first moved up here i shipped my integra from hawaii.....they pulled me over for going 40 in the 35.....i know it was stupid then the cop did a full walk through of my integ.....he seen my exhaust.....and he said that he was gonna write me a ticket for it....i told him that i had papers for my exhaust....(recondition sticker).....because in the state of hawaii....we can modifiy our cars to a certain extent....just as long as we got recon stickers and proof of a "modified acceptance" we aint supposed to get tickets for it.....VA should really look into doing that....its a pain in the but because the lowest you could lower your car is like 1.3 to 1.5 inches with the minimum of "0" camber......your intake had to be connected to the inside fenderwell......anyway thats gettin off the subject....but as for the state of VA you aint gonna beat the "aftermarket exhaust" law