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so i have my driver side header on thats it no exhaust on that side.. passenger side is manifold into flowmaster.. havent converted that side yet.. so i was revving it today to listen to it.. sounds decent with open headers.. my neighbor two houses down is like 60 or so.. shes walkin so fast that i can tell she was mad at me.. so im just lookin down into my engine from the cab since i got no windshield in.. and my mom is outside and they were talkin she was complaining to her how my truck is too loud.. how the neighbors have been talkin and they think it needs to stop and they are sick and tired of me workin on my truck and making noise.. that she threatened to call the cops on me.. blah blah blah... and so what would u all do in this situation?? i just cant wait to get passenger side header on haha!! it should be interesting

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Depends on the time of day. If it's normal daylight hours, then you have as much right to work on your engine as anyone with a mower, weed whacker, pressure washer, leaf blower etc.... I suppose it might depend on local ordinances or something, but as a general rule, you have the right to work on your vehicle on your property.

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Considering its your folks house I think I would try to keep the noise down as much as possible. They are the one catching the flak from the neighbors.

We all love the sound of uncorked headers. Just try to be conscientious of those who don't.

When my oldest son was younger...late teens...he had one of those crazy loud stereos in his car. He would crank that thing up and Id have to get on him to turn it down. His response was if the neighbors didnt like it too bad...they can close their doors. Course even if you did the bass would still be thumping through their walls.

He's 28 now, nice wife, four year old daughter and recently moved into their first new home. We were all sitting in the front yard and the neighbor kid had his stereo cranked up very loud. My son was saying...that damn kid drives me nuts cranking his stereo up like that. You can hear it all over the whole neighborhood. I just started cracking up...what goes around eventually comes around.

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it was around 630 pm broad day light and yes i do bump my music but not in neighborhood it drives me nuts when others do it in neighborhood but on streets i do it.. but back to headers.. its exhaust oh well haha right?

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just put some mufflers on. It may keep the old people away.If not tell the cops '' I thought they were all deaf''.

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haha mufflers are on the truck flowmaster 40s.. just gotta weld collector up but im doing local drag race this month if i can get truck i nprimer i wanna run open headers

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I was no angel while livin at the parents house with my V8 toys either, but it is very disrespectfull to the neighbors. I chilled out one day when one of them who was a big ol' retired US Marine, he barked at me in a way that puts chills down your back while I was breakin in a cam with no muffs. Ever since then I was more aware that I was working in the back yard of a house, not in some industrial park garage bay with rail road tracks next door.

I'm older now, and a home owner on a nice quiet block. When I fire up the Harley, I baby it out of the hood. I will even give a heads up to my closest neighbor, that I am takin off early in the morning for a road trip since his bedroom window is right next to my garage. It's all good, and him and his wife don't give the stink eye at me later on.

Right now you are getting a kick out of it, which is to be expected given your situation. But, karma has a way of slappin you in the head later in life. So if I were you I'd chill out while you are ahead ;)

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Tim, just so you know bud, open headers Will get you pulled over and ticketed in Kansas. That's why I ran cut outs when I was your age. The manual ones like I had weren't that hard to use, and you could shut them when you didn't want the extra attention.

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Tim, I was also going to ask if you were still going to attend McPherson college this coming year? I just took a class at the start of June for Metal Restoration. There are some really nice instructors there.

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I live in Arkansas and have been told (by the neighborhood noise police) that there are regulations on work hours like 6-6 or something (don't know it's a fact). Even though it's daylight at 5:30 am and I'm pretty well awake, I wouldn't want the neighbors to have a roofing crew out there at that time so I guess someone else might work 2nd or 3rd shift and need to sleep at other times.

I've had to constantly remind my oldest about his stereo just like I had to be told when I was a teenager. Of course it is fun when Dad gets out at dawn and racks off the pipes after a night of the campsite neighbors being drunk and loud. :)

Like has been said, what goes around, comes around around.

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If you still gotta hang the exhaust, just slap on a cheap set of manual cut outs, you can have your open headers at the track and the neighbors won't call the cops on you. Cutouts would probably be cheaper than the ticket, and everybody wins.

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It does not matter what time of day it is, disturbing the peace is illegal (open headers would qualify for that), even in your parent's drive...around here a cop will ticket you for that anywhere. I understand that some people feel entitled to do what they wan't in their house, but if it is illegal it is illegal...fire up some dope in the front yard, or smack your girlfriend, you still go to jail. I have found that an honest appology and a promise that you will get it fixed will go along way with keeping the peace in a neighborhood. We did some silly stuff when I was young, We just always made sure to at least try not to impead on others right's in the process...

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Sure am glad that I live on a farm out in the middle of nowhere...:devil:

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That is why live in the country!!!! I can be loud and pee on every tree if I want with no neighbor problems. I can have 10 cars and blast my AC/DC as loud as I want with my shirt off and a Coors in one hand and a BFH in the other beating the crap out of what ever is broke!!!!

I lived in town for 4 years before I moved here and it sucked, I was getting warned by the local police 3-4 times a month for my BBC monte carlo being too loud and bothering the neighbors. I never even left a black mark on the road, just driving.

You either have to be a lemmings and follow their rules/norms or move some place that it does not matter. You are young....you are suppose to be a pain in the a$$ to old people. They would complain if you were working on your bicycle and rode it in front of their house....they are old....and they are mad because they are dying soon. If you worry about making people mad you sould sell your Chevy and get a prius!!!!JK...that was funny though!!!!

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LMAO...funny ..... what has this country come to when you can't smack a &itch and smoke some weed and not get bothered! Next thing you know you willl tell me crack kills!

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I have open pipes on mine too, when people complain I just make more noise! Although the police have come around a time or two :) There are plenty of black marks in front of my house to prove it.

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In life, never crap where you sleep. Feuding with neighbors is a bad scene. Everybody loses.

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:agree: Wise words indeed.

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all depends on the city ordiance... in phoenix i/you can complain any time of day about a nuisence (dog,headers,stereo etc.)

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I would keep it down man....do like another poster here said, put some cutouts (or exhaust valves, whatever folks call them) on there, and do the loud stuff when you are away from folks.

Bear in mind that some folks sleep during the day and work at night. And, for some folks (such as your neighbor), it is just plain disturbing and can affect some folks health with the stress from it. I know, not likely, but it can, especially those who need a nice quiet area to live in for their own mental health.

That being said, I am glad it sounds good, just find another place to rev it up :metal:

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as said above, disturbing the peace is illegal no matter what time it is. period.
and, like also said above, don't poop where you eat.
in 20 years, you'll be sittin there trying to watch the boob tube and some snot nosed punk will be revin the crap out of his honda or something and you'll want to stab him right between the eyes.
trust me, it'll happen.

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Take it from a 28 year old with the hearing ability of a 50 year old, turn that **** down, and put some pipes on that truck :D

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You sound like my buddys neighbor....you would be surprised how quiet the truck was after he pinched all the gas lines with Vice grips in about ten places, he was one that really never believed in calling the Police for things he could handle himself. I miss that guy,..LOL

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It’s called noise pollution. It is illegal. Yes I have run open headers in my own driveway at my own house but I tried not to do it for to long cause just like everyone said.... you would hate it if someone were doing it and you were trying to relax /watch TV/read/ what ever. I used to be that kid with the loud stereo and looking back that was not cool to the peeps in the hood. My dad would say he could hear me coming from 3 blocks away.

When I was younger I put all my friends’ stereos in there cars. I did one for a friend in front of another friends house and had a bad ground and got allot of feedback noise from the subs. I was trying to figure it out and here comes Mr. Police Man. He gave the guy who lived at the house the ticket and not the guy with the car.

So, be considerate. I know its fun. But treat others as you would like to be treated.

When I start driving my truck I will be idling out of my neighborhood.

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OK, I will admit that open headers are probably a bit much when it comes to working on your truck around the house. I would also agree that the cutouts are a very good idea.