Borla failed NC inspection
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Borla failed NC inspection Anyone in NC (Charlotte area specifically) been failed on the state inspection due to having Borla exhaust? my 99 TA just failed due to there being a y-pipe connection between the mufler and the right side tip (part of the Borla design) - I currently have no plate in there. This exhaust has passed on the car for 7 years so I was shocked to see it fail. The shop manager said that there should be no provision (ie y-pipe) for bypassing the muffler. The shop is going to call the a Union county inspector tomorrow morning to see if the car can pass with this exhaust. Ridiculous!
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Thanks for the responses guys. I live right over the Union county line south of Ballantyne. I had been getting the car inspected in Charlotte until this year I decided to take it to a closer location in Wahaw - by mistake obviously! The problem is that somewhere in the NC inspection testing manual under exhaust it mentions that a y-pipe that could bypass the muffler will require the exhaust portion to be failed. Now, this is read to me by the shop manager out of the book so I do not have the context. It may only be talking to a y-pipe that could bypass the cat. I am trying to find a copy of the manual to verify myself. I explained to the shop manager that the exhaust is adjustable and I can block off the right side entirely - routing all exhaust through the muffler. The inspector said he still could not pass it due to there being the y and being able to easily take the plate back out. I already called the shop that did my inspection last year and several years before (with the Borla on the car) and they said they would pass it. My main thing is I paid $33 bucks for inspection already and if I can confirm that they should pass the car I want to make them reinspect rather than shelling out another $33. It's not the money, its the principle.
Anytime you get involved with the government city, county, state or federal you are going to get phuched...spend another $33 and go back where you passes for the last 6 years and do it there and be done with it..you are always better off with as little interaction with the government as possible no matter what the situation is... 
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From: Hubert, NC
WTF??? Mine passes over here on the eastern seaboard in NC easy, w/ my cam,headers, exhaust.... you just need a good tune. My tune I think fooled the inspection computer, you could smell my car running, almost to the point of burning your eyes and the guy just looked at my car and then back at the computer and did that back and forth a few times......but it said I was running efficiant. ha ha gotta love a good tune.
Man, I'd pay $10 grand if it bought me immunity from misdemeanors, city ordinances, and traffic laws for just one month.
Life would rock.
What's $33 dollars? I would leave twin skid marks outta' that place.
Life would rock.
What's $33 dollars? I would leave twin skid marks outta' that place.
Originally Posted by !2Slo
The problem is that somewhere in the NC inspection testing manual under exhaust it mentions that a y-pipe that could bypass the muffler will require the exhaust portion to be failed. Now, this is read to me by the shop manager out of the book so I do not have the context. It may only be talking to a y-pipe that could bypass the cat. I am trying to find a copy of the manual to verify myself.
i know it sucks that you waisted that $33 on an inspection, but i feel pretty confident that you can take it to the next shop up the street and they wouldn't fail you. sometimes the inspectors just want to make sure that their back is covered and that the car passes the plug-in portion of the inspection.
although i'm not inspecting now, if you have any inspection questions let me know.
I feel sorry for you OBD2 guys trying to modify your cars and still pass the computer test. I went with a 95 OBD1 model car just so I wouldn't have a headache at inspection time. They just check the safety stuff and let me go.
One thing that does tick my off is we have to obey these inspection laws (wife's car is OBD2) when SC residents don't. Now that may not bother most people it does me because me next door neighbor lives in SC. I can throw a rock from my house and hit his yet he doesn't have to get an inpection and I do.
One thing that does tick my off is we have to obey these inspection laws (wife's car is OBD2) when SC residents don't. Now that may not bother most people it does me because me next door neighbor lives in SC. I can throw a rock from my house and hit his yet he doesn't have to get an inpection and I do.
Mississippi rules i have a SES light a SV light, brake, abs and air bag on, not to mention a wide open borla with a huge cam, i pull up hand dude 5bucks, he puts my sticker on and i go on about my buisness 
i have a SES light a SV light, brake, abs and air bag on, not to mention a wide open borla with a huge cam, i pull up hand dude 5bucks, he puts my sticker on and i go on about my buisness Thread Starter
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Took it back to the shop that had passed the car years prior. Passed no problem. The inspector and shop manager took a look at the exhaust and could see no reason to fail it (course, I put the block off plate in for good measure). Now, to get the 3.73s that have been sitting for a year and half since I bought them installed!
