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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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is it street legal?

im wondering if it will pass inspection.....
i know a lot of you have it, but if its "off road" then how is it legal?

i dont realy mind swapping exhausts once a year to make it pass inspection
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 02:47 PM
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totally not legal hence the off road. but sounds badass! better do a swap if you wanna pass an inspection.

p.s. prolly the best place to buy is brenspeed.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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Its illegal in most if not all states.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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The "off road" pipe eliminates the Cat's. The reason I went with the FRPP X-Pipe is that it keeps the Cat's in their original position, no emissions problem when inspection time comes around.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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Its illegal in most if not all states.
It is? I always thought no cats was a federal felony or w/e.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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It's "illegal" here in Florida. But we dont have inspection. I guess a cop would be able to bend down and take a peak, not see them, then ticket me.


Btw i would not buy pypes. In some cases the fitment quality is TERRIBLE. Before I got my headers i had an o/r x pipe from them and the bung was welded in the wrong place, I had to close that one and re-weld another. I know a few others that had issues as well.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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well i didnt realize it was ILLEGAL, just thought it was "bad for the environment" hence the inspection crap.

maybe ill go with frpp....im up for a couple swaps but not EVERY year...id rather toss/sell the stock midpipe
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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WHile they do sound bad ***, they are illegal because of no convertors--which is what makes em loud. If you have emissions testing, forget about passing. If its visual, you have a good chance, because most inspectors don't look/care that much(I dont for the most part).

Every aftermarket pipe for these cars with cats sounds no different than the stock unit IMO, and is a waste of money if you ask me, as really they gain no power.
Old Nov 1, 2007 | 04:32 AM
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WHile they do sound bad ***, they are illegal because of no convertors--which is what makes em loud. If you have emissions testing, forget about passing. If its visual, you have a good chance, because most inspectors don't look/care that much(I dont for the most part).

Every aftermarket pipe for these cars with cats sounds no different than the stock unit IMO, and is a waste of money if you ask me, as really they gain no power.
correct, no power gain, however you are plain ignorant tosay there is no difference in sound...TOTALLY different between o/r and cats. yah
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