another reason why i dont live in calif.. to many damn laws!!!

 

Don’t be so glad. No test pipes and having proof of insurance are the law in Nevada too.

 

Haha why do you keep trying to run everyone's lives? It's their money to buy test pipes. It's their choice to put them on. It's their choice to break the law. Nothing you really preach is going to stop people from modding. Don't get it.

 

Hex head screws. Bolts. Close enough...

Good luck getting a half inch drive 14mm socket on. 3/8" is correct at least for the drivers side top bolt.

OP. You are removing them because it is too loud? What did you expect compared to what you got?

 

Also. You didn't mention anything about the top bolts. Did you get them with a regular socket from the top or what?

 

I removed the air intake hoses and used a 4' extension and a 1/2" ratchet to remove it. I broke two of the bolts on top, I was expecting that to happen.

 

DUH im not talking about those..
im talkin about getting pulled over for a loud exhaust..

 

??? I said nothing about the exact socket sizes for specific bolts. I was pointing out that 1/2" drive would have made things easier compared to 3/8" drive. ??

 

This thread is so retarded. I just lost brain cells reading it.

Thanks for your DIY OP.

 

If you think posting my personal opinions is trying to run everyone’s lives, then I apparently have more power over others than I could ever imagine. Thanks for that. As for installing illegal mods, of course it’s their choice. You state the obvious, indicating I may have struck a nerve. Maybe it’s that power you think I have. Perhaps I should run for governor.

But on a more serious side, this forum already disallows threads on street racing and nav hacking because they are considered harmful to the public good. I’m just wondering that with all the foul air we older folks have to breath, often hastening our eventual demise, that a ban on test pipe threads like this one may be appropriate too.

Of course, there may be those who would consider that a good thing.

 

Test pipes for everyone!!!!

 

^^^ TP's are not illeagal everwhere so it should be allowed to be talked about. I think we all get tired of the global warming myth and the greens.

 

Yes. Sick as hell of global warming "news" test pipes are not illegal everywhere, correct. Some people take their Gs to the track, where they are legal. If you have a problem with catless cars, why don't you consider ban any form of motorsports, since they run with catless, and run much dirtier than street cars. Make no sense.

 

My original statement that test pipes are illegal in every (U.S.) state for street use is still true.

Now I understand that they’re legal for track use, but that’s really a red herring. I never heard of anyone taking their daily driver G37 to the track, removing their catalytic converter there, installing a test pipe in its place, and after the day’s events, putting the cat back for a legal drive home. Even the OP’s instructions in this thread makes such an endeavor impractical at best.

 

Of course they can't. If they haves tune the car is tuned for test pipes. My point was that if you want to complain about pollution, ban motorsports then. The ratio to street cars running catless to race cars running catless is so incredibly small.