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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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my friend wants to put cut outs on his car and we wanna know where this could be done at and how much PM me if necessary
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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Depends what kind of car a F body, will have one, a vette has two.

There are ones that are electric, and some that you screw off and take the cap off.

The electric ones are QTP, and Mccords, do search. I have heard good and bad about both, I really think it is a toss of the dice on if you get a bad one. Good luck

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do it... its awesome... i got one a while back.. very happy with it.. it was just a generic cutout.. got it installed at a local muffler shop.. it was just a simple cut, then weld...
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arent cutouts illegal? you could just take it to midas or something?
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would we need to go to a speed shop?
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Lane did mine. Very good custom work also.

I just found out that cutouts are illegal? Something about emissions bypass? Oh well..just one more thing I guess...
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would we need to go to a speed shop?
a speed shop would definatly do it, but you can at least ask a local exhaust shop to do it, the most they can do is say no.

i dont see how it would stand up in court if you had it closed when you got pulled over, tell them you take it off at the track
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Ya I think they are legal, just not legal to have open on a public road, anyone know the exact law on this ????

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shoot I just went to a local exhaust shop and they slapped it in. Took just a few min. and he even uncapped it for me when I left. He said he wanted to hear how it sounded open
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I was thinking about doing a set of the electric cutouts. But the way that I understand the writing of the law on this is that just by having the cutouts on the vehicle is illegal. The way that it is written up, leaves it open to whose ever judgement. Tou might get a leniant judge or cop that will throw it out because it was not open at the time, but from the writting it is illegal to have it installed. I don't know how it would work trying to get it inspected either.


I think that the law states that any part that allows the exhaust/emissions system to be bypassed is illegal.
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my friend wants to put cut outs on his car and we wanna know where this could be done at and how much PM me if necessary
Pick up a cutout and ill weld it in for $20 bucks in the normal location.

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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 2MuchRiceMakesMeSick
Lane did mine. Very good custom work also.

I just found out that cutouts are illegal? Something about emissions bypass? Oh well..just one more thing I guess...
they are sorta illegal....bypassing a cat is a huge no no, but im not sure on the muffler deal. I know it wont pass a safety check by DPS.

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Yeah, bypassing the cats is huge, the muffler might not be that bad but it definitely won't pass a safety check. Plus if a cop pulls you over for sound violation or street racing or anything of that nature, then chances are you will be getting a secondary ticket for this, whether they were actually open at the time or not.
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Pick up a cutout and ill weld it in for $20 bucks in the normal location.

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eh... around my area... cops dont pick on me?... only when i drove hondas and such.. everyone loves F-bodies ...
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anybody check out those stainless cutouts that they have in the GP???? Look really nice, cant wait till they start selling them.....
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in the normal location.

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Originally Posted by 2MuchRiceMakesMeSick
Lane did mine. Very good custom work also.

I just found out that cutouts are illegal? Something about emissions bypass? Oh well..just one more thing I guess...
hmm I didnt know Lane worked on Vettes.

I have a pair of 3" McCords sitting at home that I will get put on the car when I get it back from the shop.
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hmm I didnt know Lane worked on Vettes.

I have a pair of 3" McCords sitting at home that I will get put on the car when I get it back from the shop.
Just keep the car up at Fastech...Ill come buy and put them in if you want. They are headaches to put in but I had an idea of a place to put them at last time i was under a vette.

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