Sedan Chat Thread
01-08-2014, 10:48 AM
#826
Do they really look that closely at the cats during a visual inspection?
We do OBD inspections here in NC and I've seen some places do a thorough visual, some just use a mirror on a pole and others don't even put the car up on a lift.
I have long tube headers w/no cats on my other car and I'll never modify the exhaust like that again. It's a pain in the butt every year to get it inspected.
We do OBD inspections here in NC and I've seen some places do a thorough visual, some just use a mirror on a pole and others don't even put the car up on a lift.
I have long tube headers w/no cats on my other car and I'll never modify the exhaust like that again. It's a pain in the butt every year to get it inspected.
01-08-2014, 10:50 AM
#827
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01-08-2014, 10:52 AM
#828
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01-08-2014, 10:54 AM
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01-08-2014, 10:56 AM
#830
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01-08-2014, 11:02 AM
#834
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01-08-2014, 11:13 AM
#835
Yes, yearly. OBDC readings and visual inspection, but they don't sniff. IDK who does anymore, because lots of states phased that out. California, maybe?
FI cats would pass the visual inspection, because well, it looks like a cat and "there it is", but not if the visual inspection was looking for the appropriate stamp on the cats. That's the part that has me concerned.
ic:
There's no "stamp" on the side of these cats AFAIK, other than the rather obvious branding, which I think I'll sand off:
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FI cats would pass the visual inspection, because well, it looks like a cat and "there it is", but not if the visual inspection was looking for the appropriate stamp on the cats. That's the part that has me concerned.
ic:There's no "stamp" on the side of these cats AFAIK, other than the rather obvious branding, which I think I'll sand off:
ic:My last car was a 2012 Jetta TDI (a diesel) - I dropped the entire diesel particulate filter system as it is extremely restrictive and the power increase without it, and a tune is tremendous. I had to modify my title to say it was "garaged" at a friends property in the middle of nowhere just so I could get by without having the DPF installed.
VA allows you to run aftermarket catayst equipment, but it must keep the smog emissions within spec of the emissions tests.
01-08-2014, 11:34 AM
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01-08-2014, 02:08 PM
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All new members in the Sedan Chat Thread need to go to the original post and thank Elohel, even though he hasn't posted here in three weeks... just because it's fun to see how many *thanks* can be collected on a single post.