I knew the shops couldn't do it, so I just assumed I wasn't allowed to,
either.
BTW, My brother's working on a 2nd-gen RX-7 Turbo II (was there ever a
I?) and has cat-back right now, but has a new down-pipe and cat-pipe
ready to go in.
A4autox@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/18/99 7:30:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, wfooshee@csi.com
> writes:
>
> <<
> It's not against the law to not have them, it's illegal (I believe) to
> remove them. There's a difference. Muffler shops won't install pipes in
> place of cats unless you sign something to the effect that it's off-road
> or competition use only, and some not even then. >>
> Nope, wrong, its against the law for a dealer or a shop to remove them in
> some area's, it is not against the law for you or I, the owner of the car, to
> remove them. In many counties, there is no vissual check, even though there is
> a smog check, I even rolled through the King County (Bellevue Wa.) smog
> station and passed with flying colors in my 944 turbo, with Hoosier tires, no
> CAT, no MUFFLER, mass air intake system, plastic windows, full role cage and
> no side windows, the guys laughed and couldn't belive it passed! then they
> signed me off, and I had tabs!
> Curt O.
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