OH NO...THEY GOT ME! THREAD

So last night im on my way to meet with a friend from AS and i was at the light look rear view mirror and see a car behind me right... so the light turn green and i go about 5 to 10 miles per hr cuz i dont drive that fast on the streets... as soon as i pass the street light i look back and is not a car anymore is a Cool PIG in a bike and with his light on me! Mad
so he pulls me over...walks towards the left side of the car with his hand on the gun... i pull down my windows cuz im almost limo tint... and he's like
"do you know why i pull u over"
and if you have seen my car i dont look nothing like a race car...
i was like "honestly no "
he said "because of your exhaust" "it's modified"
i was like "WTF...ur seriouse? is a T-R-D exhaust ....came with the car..."
the officer goes "son do you know what T-R-D stands for?"
im like looking at him and saying " R U SERIOUSE" "TOYOTA RACING DEVELOPMENT....T-O-Y-O-T-A is a stock part for scions"
so anyways... this guy makes me pop my hood!
then he's like " ok so your telling me that this TRD stRuck bar is stock too?"

im laughing at the cop ok.... he's keeps talking for like 15min. about the history of TRD...that it comes from HKS and re sticker to TRD that sell to scion so that makes it a aftermarket part.

then he's like your header are part of the exhaust system....DUHHHH!
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HE GOT SOMETHING RIGHT! LOL! so he cited me for
"MODIFIED EXHAUST "

SO MY QUESTION IS:
IF I TAKE IT TO INSPECTION WOULD THEY MAKE ME POP MY HOOD IF THE TICKET IS ABOUT MY EXHAUST?
AND IS TRD REALLY CONSIDERED AFTERMARKET OR I CAN FIGHT THAT IN COURT?

Wow! well here is where you need to p/m Squirrel on here. He will answer all your questions Jeff.

thats soooooooooooooo whack!!! the TRD exhaust is street legal to my understanding. if it came stock on your car, its not your fault, you didnt put it on there!!!! If you still have your sticker price thing, that would be a really good thing to bring with you to court because it should show that toyota put the exhaust on proving your innocence. as for making you pop the hood, i dont think they have the right to look under it because the ticket is about your exhaust.

so f ed up!

Did he trip because of the way it looked or the way it sounded.

he said it sounded! but i really think it was cuz of the way it looks

I remember when i had the TRD with the header. You could hear me coming so far down the road. He might have heard that no?

but i dont rev...so i dont know man...i will fight it anyways.

that sucks

The Joys of having an Auto-Magic!!!

U can control how loud the exhaust goes!...hehe

Then again if you have a Header...is gonna be LOUD regardless...

SO THIS COP CITED YOU FOR YOUR TRD EXHAUST AND NO THE HEADERS... WAS HE A ROOK. I BELEAVE THEY MIGHT HAVE YOU POP THE HOOD... SINCE IT IS TSTILL CONSIDERED PART OF YOUR EXHAUST. BUT THEN AGIAN THE RESERVE ACADEMY DIDNT TEACH US ANYTHING REAL HEAVY ON AUTOMOTIVE STUFF... BUT AS FAR AS THE TRD EXHAUST YOUR CLEAR.... HEADERS YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SWAP TILL YOU GET IT WRITTEN OFF.

sounds like a true @$$hole but im pretty sure all trd products are legal. sounds like you gotta case against a stupid cop hope you win and make him look stupid. also you might wanna get a hold of a rep of trd's to see what your options are.

X2 ON THIS ONE. I COULDNT STOP THINKIN ABOUT HIS AT WORK... WHAT A DUMB ASS.