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Old 11-17-2006, 11:45 PM
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Default Ca Legal Catted X pipe?

Well I finally got my SLP Loudmouth 1's installed, and they sound FANTASTIC through the stock pipes. But I would really like to get a new xpipe, with cats for California. But it seems that even with cats, most if not all xpipes I have seen online are not legal. Does anybody here who lives in Ca. know of a smog legal catted xpipe? I assume I could always buy an O/R pipe, then have cats welded on, is this my only route?
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Old 11-19-2006, 01:01 AM
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There's a few out there but I've heard the gains are pretty minimal for the $. Like around 2-4 hp or so.

I hate living in this state.[:@]
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Old 11-19-2006, 01:14 AM
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just go o/r , tell the cops the sound is all motor
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Old 11-19-2006, 07:36 AM
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There is no such thing as a full midpipe thats legal in CA. Only thing legal is the Xpipe crossover made by magnaflow...but it welds to stock piping after the cats. I'm running a catted X-pipe atm and haven't been hassled at all yet. I'm personally going to say **** it soon and go with LTs and an O/R X. lol
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Old 11-19-2006, 01:17 PM
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CA changes smog laws all the time, so I don't know if this is still true.....If your car is over 7 years or has over 70,000 miles you can replace the factory catted mid pipe with an aftermarket replacement.
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