New LAME law went into effect in Maine today....

[Thirty-Nine]

I believe Wisconsin and Minnesota also had these laws. Which means, technically, a cop could sit outside of Midas, Meineke, or any other exhaust shop and write tickets to nearly anyone. I mean it's NOT the original manufacturer's exhaust system.

I ran aftermarket exhaust systems on seven vehicles and never got a ticket because of it.

[markitect]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

I believe Wisconsin and Minnesota also had these laws. Which means, technically, a cop could sit outside of Midas, Meineke, or any other exhaust shop and write tickets to nearly anyone. I mean it's NOT the original manufacturer's exhaust system.

I ran aftermarket exhaust systems on seven vehicles and never got a ticket because of it.

Seems like at that point the law is anti-competitive, and could get thrown out in court. My guess is that cops don't sit outside Midas and ticket people, because they know if they did the company would challenge the law.

[Wowzers78]

That's really a strange way to go about solving a problem.

You can modify a factory exhaust system to be just as loud and be in total compliance with this law. or use another system and slap a TRD / toyota logo on it, lol.

Most people that have custom exhaust are at a reasonable decible level. This law was obviously written by someone who had little to know knowledge of exhaust systems. Its a shame how something that poorly written / executed can affect a market.