Cali...modified exhaust fix it ticket help!

[FLG]

But it got dismissed so how is that your problem? Should have the officer who wrote it pay the fine...bet you less BS tickets would be written

In NY if you get a fix it ticket you have 24hrs to fix w.e is broken show up at the precinct and they drop it right there no fuss.

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[craiggroves91]

Wait..so you guys are saying that even if your fine and pass you still need to pay a processing fee? What kind of crooked crap is that

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Yes, that is what we are saying. Its a load of crap. Our state doesn't take enough money from us, they find every single little way to take more.

I mean come on....They have to pay someone to probably push one button to enter into the system that the ticket has been handled.

[FLG]

Wait..so you guys are saying that even if your fine and pass you still need to pay a processing fee? What kind of crooked crap is that

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[MR 325]

It's really old so the baffling is breaking down...still passed smog though.

A blown out muffler doesn't matter during smog.

[=======Live Fast!]

I find it quite odd you got a ticket with stock exhaust.

It's really old so the baffling is breaking down...still passed smog though.

[craiggroves91]

You do NOT have to take a car to a referee for a modified exhaust ticket.

You take it to a CHP station and they listen to it for 2 seconds to see if it's quiet enough and they sign it off. They don't inspect a damn thing. Why do I know this? My good friend just had to deal with this in his E30 a couple weeks ago. CHP wrote him off with no issue and he doesn't even have a cat on the car.

Ticket should cost you like $25 after it's signed off.

We could be talking about two different citations, but I got a ticket for my exhaust being too loud (I almost remember the ticket saying modified exhaust). This required a referee inspection and there was NO OTHER OPTION. CHP cannot sign these off.

It happened quite a while ago so I don't remember the code number or exactly what the law was called. It its a sound issue, it had to be taken to a ref no matter what.

[MR 325]

You do NOT have to take a car to a referee for a modified exhaust ticket.

You take it to a CHP station and they listen to it for 2 seconds to see if it's quiet enough and they sign it off. They don't inspect a damn thing. Why do I know this? My good friend just had to deal with this in his E30 a couple weeks ago. CHP wrote him off with no issue and he doesn't even have a cat on the car.

Ticket should cost you like $25 after it's signed off.

[craiggroves91]

and no. referee stations are different. basically what you got from the cop is whats called a ref ticket.

This guy is right. I had to deal with this once. It a BAR referee station
I'm in San Jose though. I just swapped on my stock exhaust and passed. I find it quite odd you got a ticket with stock exhaust.

You should pass with flying colors and then you'll just have to pay the $25 "processing fee" to our money hungry state when you prove its fine.

[=======Live Fast!]

and no. referee stations are different. basically what you got from the cop is whats called a ref ticket.

Ok. I appreciate the help.

[Dj Buttchug]

Is that the same spot I got my car smogged at?

and no. referee stations are different. basically what you got from the cop is whats called a ref ticket.

[Dj Buttchug]

google san fran smog referee station. youll find one nearby. They often have them at colleges where auto tech programs are offered.

[=======Live Fast!]

Is that the same spot I got my car smogged at?

[=======Live Fast!]

op what you have to do is go to a referee. There are smog refs all around. basically what they do is inspect the vehicle to make sure it has not been tampered with or modded in any way. Then they issue you a certificate that gives the results.

Take that certificate to the court and the ticket will be waved.

Referee?? Where the hell are they at? Man this sucks. You don't have to deal with this kind of dumb shit on the east coast...

[Dj Buttchug]

op what you have to do is go to a referee. There are smog refs all around. basically what they do is inspect the vehicle to make sure it has not been tampered with or modded in any way. Then they issue you a certificate that gives the results.

Take that certificate to the court and the ticket will be waved.

[=======Live Fast!]

If you have the stock muffler take it to a local chp office and let them check it for you for free and all you have to do is go back to court with the ticket that the officer would stamp to approve that its a stock exhaust/ that it passes inspection and pay 25 bucks at the window.

I know it sucks to pay for something that you shouldn't pay for from the beginning but that's how some of our lovely california police officer function

So I go to CHP and THEY do an inspection? And what if they say it isnt stock when it is?