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Originally Posted by KillerBMotorsport
Here in VA it's part of state inspection to pass visual, and in the last couple of years it has become stricter. No one ever checked anything before. Now they do. It's been some time since I've read the laws, but I believe it requires "OEM or OEM replacement" parts in regard to anything emissions or sound related. Now cops won't pull you over for this stuff unless it's blatantly obvious, but if you're being an ass and getting pulled over, they will ticket you for it. Some counties are worse than others.
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This is why back in the day, the late 90s for instance when I was in high school, if you knew the right muffler shop you could get around this.
They chop the cat, completely hollow it out and weld in a pipe that matched the size of your current exhaust and weld it back on.
Bang, you passed visual.