Advice: Has anyone had neighbors etc. complain about the loudness of their ex...
 

Hey guys ill be moving to a new area (renton, washington near seattle). Im coming from south carolina where no one minds anything about exhaust loudness and emissions, and was wondering what other people's experiences were with exhaust loudness especially cold start. Have any of you guys had neighbors complain, and if so can anything be done to you?



All help greatly appreciated!!

I start the car with the garage door down and cruise in and out of the neighborhood at low rpms. Just be respectful and considerate.

Yep, idle out the gate, get on the main road and gun it :rofl2:

Once when I had a straight piped subie... But like everyone said, don't be a bro, just idle out of the neighbourhood.

Awesome feedback guys, i guess i should have highlighted the fact that my cold start will be a lot louder in the northwest vs down here in the south


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I tell them if they think my car is loud you should hear my truck, then I go get my truck! LOL


But honestly, my one neighbor is fine, he drive a big truck, the other side has a Subbie with exhaust and a '69 GMC with a lumpy SBC in it.

Drive normal in and out of my neighborhood. 1. there's kids everywhere 2. being respectful. I won't even rev my car in my neighborhood. I go to work at 10am, so I haven't had any issues w/ waking neighbors up.

I leave between 5:00 and 6:30 am for work and have to warm it up and let it idle for a good 5 minutes so it gets pretty loud in the morning. No complaints so far. You have to be respectful and not rev like the neighborhood jerk. I did notice my neighbor buy a car louder than the oneI before it.

I have more conversations with the police in my area than neighbors. I back it up away from people and once it gets past cold start it's quiet on the idle out of the front gate. Once I get to the highway no one cares.

Police don't like it downtown if I forget to turn off SRM. On a positive note, I know a lot of the cops that patrol where I work and they like the car.

Ya thats one reason im concerned, ill also be leaving for work around 5 or 530am


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What kind of setup are you running?


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Just dont leave your car outside, if your car gets vandelized or so then you know your neighbors are pissed. Lol

exhaust too loud? solution: kill neighbors :tup:

serious note: I am running straight pipes and they are ungodly loud. I have not gotten complaints. only issue I had was based on the volume and look some dbag on my drive to work accused me of speeding and whatnot.

but I agree with the others of being gentle in your neighborhood. it's all about respect. you show your neighbors some by not going balls deep in the throttle then they are less likely to bitch.

I do feel bad when I start mine at 7am cold starts are on a different level. even more so since I start it up inside the garage.

Oh boy, you are in store for the renton area. Lol. I am from charlotte, close to the SC line and anything pretty much goes down there. I currently live in the seattle area. Some get hasseled a lot, with my current exhaust which goes over 130db, maxed of my db meter on the dyno at around 4k rpms, never had a problem with the police. But I get asked all the time if I have gotten a ticket yet. Z1 test pipes and a tomie exhaust. Soon getting the old momentum headers.

They are pretty bad in the renton area, police speaking regarding modified cars, but they usually don't bother the nice cars, only ticket the Hondas and **** boxes rolling around.