I am signed in under my boyfriend but, my brother has gotten three tickets for his exhaust and he has an exhaust system that is just like the factory system. The car isn't even loud at all. Where do I go to find out if what he actually has is illegal or not. It is not a factory or stock system but it is like the factory system. Please help me.

 

well according to the va law i have asked a trooper and he told me that any exhaust that wasnt on the car when it was produced is technically illegal. theres no place that i kno of that tests for loudness since va state inspection doesnt require it just a cat converter. theres not much u can do in court except get a stock one and take a picture of the car w/ and w/ stock exhaust showing that u changed it

 

If its not stock its illegal period.

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp...+cod+46.2-1049

§ 46.2-1049. Exhaust system in good working order.

No person shall drive and no owner of a motor vehicle shall permit or allow the operation of any vehicle on a highway unless it is equipped with an exhaust system of a type installed as standard factory equipment, or comparable to that designed for use on the particular vehicle as standard factory equipment, in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise. An exhaust system shall not be deemed to prevent excessive or unusual noise if it permits the escape of noise in excess of that permitted by the standard factory equipment exhaust system of private passenger motor vehicles or trucks of standard make.

The term "exhaust system," as used in this section, means all the parts of a motor vehicle through which the exhaust passes after leaving the engine block.

Chambered pipes are not an effective muffling device to prevent excessive or unusual noise.

(Code 1950, § 46-305; 1952, c. 455; 1956, c. 651; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-301; 1960, c. 120; 1970, c. 266; 1972, c. 66; 1989, c. 727.)

 

Here is the web site so for future refference you can look up any law in va


http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC

 

Then, TECHNICALLY, it is illegal, even if it is quieter than the stock system.