Tinted windows and hydraulic lowriders are so … 1990s.
One of the latest trends in custom car modifications goes way beyond style —and some say it could cause a dangerous panic among pedestrians.
The modification usually involves removing portions of a car’s exhaust system and “tuning” the computer that regulates a car’s fuel combustion to produce loud pops and flashes that fire like gunshots out of the vehicle’s tailpipe. On social media sites like Instagram, the I-Team found dozens of videos demonstrating straight pipe exhaust systems that have been altered using techniques called “straight piping” and “two-step” modifications.
Pedestrians said they could imagine a dangerous mass panic if one of the customized cars rolled past a crowded street.
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