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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze
Whose laws are we talking about? That is not correct here. If a part meets or exceeds the Australian Design Rules for that part then that part is deemed to be legal. Providing the exhaust is under the dB limit and passes the I/M240 test then it's ok.
In Aus if a car has been certified as being modified there is a sticker placed on the car listing the mods.
(I will need an A4 sized sticker soon lol)
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I thought I was pretty clear in my post who's laws I was talking about. I even went so far as to say that it is probably different in Australia. While my post may not have been beneficial to the OP, surely the hundreds of others who read this forum may get valuable information out of it as there is this idea that replacing a cat with a high flow cat maintains legal status in the US, which is simply not true.
You see vendors promoting their products as legal simply because it maintains a cat, which not only is misleading but can have the effect of causing consumers to purchase something that is inferior in terms of power potential but also just as risky when it comes to emissions/inspections. Sure there are other reasons for buying catted exhaust products (you don't want to smell an uncatted exhaust, you like hugging trees, you might fool an inspector for your annual inspections, etc...) but I hate seeing misleading information (at least here in the US) being spread. Please keep in mind this post isn't directed at you specifically, just a general statement.