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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:48 AM
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Do they really look that closely at the cats during a visual inspection?

We do OBD inspections here in NC and I've seen some places do a thorough visual, some just use a mirror on a pole and others don't even put the car up on a lift.

I have long tube headers w/no cats on my other car and I'll never modify the exhaust like that again. It's a pain in the butt every year to get it inspected.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:50 AM
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We need more G37 Sedans to enter the car of the month! The winner will receive a prize

https://www.facebook.com/DiodeDynamics

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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:52 AM
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We need more G37 Sedans to enter the car of the month! The winner will receive a prize

https://www.facebook.com/DiodeDynamics

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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:54 AM
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You can still enter, by sending high resolution pictures to Ariel@diodedynamics.com

Make sure you send at least 5 IMO

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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Diode Dynamics
We need more G37 Sedans to enter the car of the month! The winner will receive a prize

https://www.facebook.com/DiodeDynamics

Nick C.
I deleted my Facebook account. I got sick of being updated about what people ate for breakfast or how cute the new kittens at the pet stores were. Good riddance.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:58 AM
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I deleted my Facebook account. I got sick of being updated about what people ate for breakfast or how cute the new kittens at the pet stores were. Good riddance.
I'm going to start PMing you those things.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:59 AM
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I'm going to start PMing you those things.
LOL
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:00 AM
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It's the nature of a chat thread, Robert.

Here, tell us more about the inner peace that comes with owning forged aluminum rims.
LOL I could explain but until one does themselves you'll never know the full feeling. 😄
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by warped ideas
I deleted my Facebook account. I got sick of being updated about what people ate for breakfast or how cute the new kittens at the pet stores were. Good riddance.
LOL, well said!

Facebook is like smoking tobacco, with just as many redeeming qualities... just don't start and you won't have to quit.

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LOL I could explain but until one does themselves you'll never know the full feeling.
Probably true
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:13 AM
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Yes, yearly. OBDC readings and visual inspection, but they don't sniff. IDK who does anymore, because lots of states phased that out. California, maybe?

FI cats would pass the visual inspection, because well, it looks like a cat and "there it is", but not if the visual inspection was looking for the appropriate stamp on the cats. That's the part that has me concerned.

ic:

There's no "stamp" on the side of these cats AFAIK, other than the rather obvious branding, which I think I'll sand off:

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In virginia, we are required to undergo a yearly state inspection, as well as emissions test - which can either be done once a year or once every two years. They do an OBDII reading, as well as a sniff - so we do have it difficult here.

My last car was a 2012 Jetta TDI (a diesel) - I dropped the entire diesel particulate filter system as it is extremely restrictive and the power increase without it, and a tune is tremendous. I had to modify my title to say it was "garaged" at a friends property in the middle of nowhere just so I could get by without having the DPF installed.

VA allows you to run aftermarket catayst equipment, but it must keep the smog emissions within spec of the emissions tests.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by warped ideas
I deleted my Facebook account. I got sick of being updated about what people ate for breakfast or how cute the new kittens at the pet stores were. Good riddance.
I don't know what kind of pages or people you associate with lol, but they do have this feature that allows you to "unfriend" people or "hide" them from your news feed.

I enjoy seeing the new Jalopnik posts and keeping up to date on the latest car stuff



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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:46 AM
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I don't know what kind of pages or people you associate with lol, but they do have this feature that allows you to "unfriend" people or "hide" them from your news feed.

I enjoy seeing the new Jalopnik posts and keeping up to date on the latest car stuff



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Don't tell my wife but that's how it is with 20 year old chicks. Everything is parties, rainbows, and periods.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:51 AM
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Don't tell my wife but that's how it is with 20 year old chicks. Everything is parties, rainbows, and periods.
Hahaha

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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 01:53 PM
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in on the chat thread lol

little by little the G37 forum has been growing on me been stuck to G35driver for good min. lol my past first gen sedan fault ha!
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 02:08 PM
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in on the chat thread lol

little by little the G37 forum has been growing on me been stuck to G35driver for good min. lol my past first gen sedan fault ha!
All new members in the Sedan Chat Thread need to go to the original post and thank Elohel, even though he hasn't posted here in three weeks... just because it's fun to see how many *thanks* can be collected on a single post.
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