california emmission laws
12-10-2006, 10:13 PM
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california emmission laws
does anyone know the penalty for driving with an x-pipe without cats in california? im thinking about asking for one for christmas unless the penalty is too big...i dont want to get ****ed
12-10-2006, 10:31 PM
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RE: california emmission laws
dude, if your in cali, dont even bother with it. the cops there are soo **** about it and wont think twice to pull you over if your car sound too loud. they also have alot of nox sniffers on onramps and stuff. performance wise, its not worth it for the risk. here in texas, nobody really cares. but if you really want the o/r go with the SLP catted one and buy the race pipe with it so you can bolt and unbolt the cats with no problem
12-10-2006, 10:34 PM
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RE: california emmission laws
It would also be an automatic fail if you had to take your car to get smogged if you moved or if your in a place that does periodicals. Thank you very much lamer fear-tactic no science Liberals and your destruction of the Automobile in the great state of California.
12-11-2006, 12:00 AM
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RE: california emmission laws
I'm in cali and have run the no cats h-pipe for two years now. I only got caught once only because my buddy was driving 130+ on the highway and we got pulled over for that. The no cats issue was a "by the way" remark. He said I could get fined $1700, but I acted dumb and said I would put my cats back on right away. Now I'm running L/T's (well, very soon) with a prochamber. Let's see if I get caught.
12-11-2006, 12:50 AM
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RE: california emmission laws
ORIGINAL: bvballer12
does anyone know the penalty for driving with an x-pipe without cats in california? im thinking about asking for one for christmas unless the penalty is too big...i dont want to get ****ed
does anyone know the penalty for driving with an x-pipe without cats in california? im thinking about asking for one for christmas unless the penalty is too big...i dont want to get ****ed
12-11-2006, 01:02 AM
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RE: california emmission laws
Dood.. get the o/r if you like the sound of it. Either way, if you order one of these regular old catted midpipes off the internet, it WONT pass emissions in Cali. Unless you order one with cats on it that are CARB legal, you won't pass. My catted h pipe is illegal because the cats are DOT approved for every state but Cali. If I were running an o/r h it would be the same penalty as the one I have now, unless I played stupid. I bought mine catted due to sound preference, not emissions legality. My friend has a 98 Cobra that he had a muffler shop buy a magnaflow o/r x pipe for, then weld in CARB legal cats. Cost him a ton of money, the shop raped him on labor. Just do what everyone does.. buy whatever pipe you like online, then switch it out for smogging. Chances of you getting caught aren't very high.
12-11-2006, 01:08 AM
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RE: california emmission laws
ORIGINAL: dsg04gt
Dood.. get the o/r if you like the sound of it. Either way, if you order one of these regular old catted midpipes off the internet, it WONT pass emissions in Cali. Unless you order one with cats on it that are CARB legal, you won't pass. My catted h pipe is illegal because the cats are DOT approved for every state but Cali. If I were running an o/r h it would be the same penalty as the one I have now, unless I played stupid. I bought mine catted due to sound preference, not emissions legality. My friend has a 98 Cobra that he had a muffler shop buy a magnaflow o/r x pipe for, then weld in CARB legal cats. Cost him a ton of money, the shop raped him on labor. Just do what everyone does.. buy whatever pipe you like online, then switch it out for smogging. Chances of you getting caught aren't very high.
Dood.. get the o/r if you like the sound of it. Either way, if you order one of these regular old catted midpipes off the internet, it WONT pass emissions in Cali. Unless you order one with cats on it that are CARB legal, you won't pass. My catted h pipe is illegal because the cats are DOT approved for every state but Cali. If I were running an o/r h it would be the same penalty as the one I have now, unless I played stupid. I bought mine catted due to sound preference, not emissions legality. My friend has a 98 Cobra that he had a muffler shop buy a magnaflow o/r x pipe for, then weld in CARB legal cats. Cost him a ton of money, the shop raped him on labor. Just do what everyone does.. buy whatever pipe you like online, then switch it out for smogging. Chances of you getting caught aren't very high.
12-11-2006, 03:23 AM
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RE: california emmission laws
My friend has a 98 Cobra that he paid a muffler shop to install shorties, magnaflow "custom" x pipe that i described, and weld in flows. He paid them something rediculous like $2100 because hes an idiot. I belive he said his car had 6 stock cats on it, which is what I've heard the older stangs do in fact have. The shop guaranteed it's legal with a total of two CARB legal cats.
