Emission/inspection Dallas

Seattlesquash · 05-23-2015, 10:05 AM

Just moved to Dallas and wonder if I can do the catless/high flow headers assuming tuning codes out the check engine. Sounds like they only check the OBD port for faults. Please let me know if anyone have any experience... I will post local too but you guys knows it all so gave it a shot here first.

Thanks,

Some Asian Guy · 05-23-2015, 10:26 AM

They are required to do a visual check, but not all places do. As long as you don't have a check engine light on and not more than one monitor set to "not ready" you'll pass the emissions test. I had no cats on my old Subaru, but passed because they rarely looked under the car for the cat. I also used to be a state inspector.

Johnny Boost · 05-23-2015, 10:46 AM

Edit: Unfortunately you won't pass without cats. Unless they make a fix for the 328 like they do for the N54 335s.

Seattlesquash · 05-23-2015, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Some Asian Guy

They are required to do a visual check, but not all places do. As long as you don't have a check engine light on and not more than one monitor set to "not ready" you'll pass the emissions test. I had no cats on my old Subaru, but passed because they rarely looked under the car for the cat.

Specifically active autowerks catless headers n52 and AA off-road tune? JHM catless exhaust and JHM tune for a Audi? Thanks a lot for your feedback.

Some Asian Guy · 05-23-2015, 02:13 PM

It doesn't matter what you have as long as you have a cat to pass the visual test, and everything checks out on the OBD scan. My subaru was catless and had a open-source tune (with the cat codes "deleted") and I never had a problem passing inspection in the 6 years I had the car. I did have a gutted cat in my garage in case any of them ever looked under the car, but they never did.

Seattlesquash · 05-23-2015, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Some Asian Guy

It doesn't matter what you have as long as you have a cat to pass the visual test, and everything checks out on the OBD scan. My subaru was catless and had a open-source tune (with the cat codes "deleted") and I never had a problem passing inspection in the 6 years I had the car. I did have a gutted cat in my garage in case any of them ever looked under the car, but they never did.

Thanks for you help buddy! Appreciate it!

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Some Asian Guy Second Lieutenant 69 Rep 244 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW X5 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: DFW, TX iTrader: (0)	They are required to do a visual check, but not all places do. As long as you don't have a check engine light on and not more than one monitor set to "not ready" you'll pass the emissions test. I had no cats on my old Subaru, but passed because they rarely looked under the car for the cat. I also used to be a state inspector.
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Some Asian Guy Second Lieutenant 69 Rep 244 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW X5 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: DFW, TX iTrader: (0)	It doesn't matter what you have as long as you have a cat to pass the visual test, and everything checks out on the OBD scan. My subaru was catless and had a open-source tune (with the cat codes "deleted") and I never had a problem passing inspection in the 6 years I had the car. I did have a gutted cat in my garage in case any of them ever looked under the car, but they never did.
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