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Oct 24, 2006 | 02:24 PM

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True Duals...will they smog?

Will true duals pass california smog if i run dual cats? I looked through the true dual sticky and didn't see it addressed. Thanks
-Jason

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Oct 24, 2006 | 02:26 PM

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no, its illegal as far as I know

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Oct 24, 2006 | 03:13 PM

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Unless you're camming, you will pass the sniffer. You will fail the visual though. This is why I'm on the fence with headers in the first place but I think I'll go through with it.

I find it to be ironic that while it is a federal law that you cannot remove or alter the stock location of catalytic converters, only CA and a couple other states in certain counties give a damn.

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Oct 24, 2006 | 04:35 PM

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if you keep stock manifolds with stock cats, you have a chance. If you put on lts with aftermarket cats..no.

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Oct 24, 2006 | 05:48 PM

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CA blows.

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Oct 24, 2006 | 06:47 PM

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Nope. TSP duals/No cats/no egr/no air/LT's= 110% fail!

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Oct 24, 2006 | 08:04 PM

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ya you will need a hookup or an extremely leanient smog ref to pass

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Oct 25, 2006 | 08:47 AM

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I hate how if you pass the sniffer, which is what's most important, the damn visual can fail you. If your car is efficient, who cares about what it looks like?
-Jason

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Oct 25, 2006 | 06:03 PM

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I think all CA guys have the same puzzeling thoughts! Me included!!:scratch:

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Oct 25, 2006 | 06:55 PM

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Thast why guys you get to know the right people... and get around that smog BS.

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