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Originally Posted by Kostamojen
Hood pops here are less frequent than advertised. Yes, certain areas (Freemont for example) are known for police that like to pull over certain makes and pop the hood, but CARB legal intakes bypass that problem as do tunes which are invisible.
Exhausts on Subaru motors are hard for anyone to recognize if they are modded too, because they are hidden under the motor. Uppipes on turbo motors can even pass SMOG tests without being spotted.
Noise isn't so much of an issue in California either, but if you drive around with a huge coffee can exhaust you are more likely to get pulled over than if you have a nicely crafted can that matches the look of the car.
If you are running around catless with a straightpipe and no resonator, thats a different story, LOL!!!
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See that is still
far more strict than here. I'm not trying to exaggerate and say people are pulled over and ticketed excessively.
It's a farcry from here because they
can ask you to pop your hood and
can ticket you for emissions or
potentially take your car for an engine swap. That isn't happening here.