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fuct 07-08-2011 08:30 AM
^^^^hahah how long have you lived in Texas!!!???? thats right on the money. :D

Red__Zed 07-08-2011 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vividracing (Post 1207698)
Correct. There's always the option of saying "Well, Mr. EPA... Prove that my emissions equipment WASN'T defective. Oh, of course I don't still have it. I told the shop to recycle it."

The chances of an end user being hassled by the EPA over HFCs is so low it's pretty much never going to happen. The EPA hassling shops that are removing fully functioning emissions equipment is much more likely.

Back on topic... If the OP is in TX, just hit up a sketchy exhaust shop. You can usually find them in the same areas that have the used tire shops run by Mexicans.
Yeah, pretty much true. The EPA offers to drop your fine if you rat out the shop that did the install....again, the reason most shops won't bother.

vividracing 07-08-2011 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by fuct (Post 1208770)
^^^^hahah how long have you lived in Texas!!!???? thats right on the money. :D
We're in AZ, but I lived in Austin for a bit.

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1208775)
Yeah, pretty much true. The EPA offers to drop your fine if you rat out the shop that did the install....again, the reason most shops won't bother.
Typical US government. "Tell on someone doing worse stuff than you, and we'll forget this ever happened."

Nixlimited 07-08-2011 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by fuct (Post 1208770)
^^^^hahah how long have you lived in Texas!!!???? thats right on the money. :D
To give you an idea of how low the standards actually are in Texas, I took my STI to a shop with absolutely no emissions equipment left on my car and nearly passed. The guy was shocked when I told him. I did it just as an experiment. If I had my laptop I probably could have tuned it to pass without any cats or otherwise.

ChipsWithDips 07-08-2011 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Nixlimited (Post 1209486)
To give you an idea of how low the standards actually are in Texas, I took my STI to a shop with absolutely no emissions equipment left on my car and nearly passed. The guy was shocked when I told him. I did it just as an experiment. If I had my laptop I probably could have tuned it to pass without any cats or otherwise.
Nearly passed? So what you mean to say is that you failed inspection...

Pelican170 07-08-2011 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ChipsWithDips (Post 1209559)
Nearly passed? So what you mean to say is that you failed inspection...
:rofl2:

Pelican170 07-08-2011 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Astrosfan (Post 1206124)
So i attempted to install them but with the combination of it being 100+ degrees at night and my lack of patience, i really need to find a shop.

For anyone who had them installed, how much did it cost? im just trying to get a ballpark figure. Meineke charges $95hr with 1.5 hr min and they could not give me an estimate over the phone
I had my HFC's and exhaust installed at the same time. Was $300 and change...

Edit: Just realized this thread is a week or so old. Did you get them on??

Astrosfan 07-08-2011 06:58 PM
not yet but soon!!!

Nixlimited 07-09-2011 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ChipsWithDips (Post 1209559)
Nearly passed? So what you mean to say is that you failed inspection...
You clearly missed the point, which is, as I stated, that the actual emissions standards (e.g. sniffer standards) are incredibly low. The fact that I nearly passed with no emissions equipment supports that proposition.

Astrosfan 07-15-2011 11:00 AM
Op here.... Just wanted to give an update, I'm taking my car to the bodyshop on Monday to have a few corrections made after my accident. The tech said he would do it for $100 as a "cash sale". Not a bad deal and it's done by Nissan. Probably won't go on the books since the tech is just trying to male some extra $$

Red__Zed 07-15-2011 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Astrosfan (Post 1217520)
Op here.... Just wanted to give an update, I'm taking my car to the bodyshop on Monday to have a few corrections made after my accident. The tech said he would do it for $100 as a "cash sale". Not a bad deal and it's done by Nissan. Probably won't go on the books since the tech is just trying to male some extra $$
That's a "side job." Probably the best way to do it.

Astrosfan 07-28-2011 09:25 AM
just got my car back with the Berk HFC and y-pipe installed and all i can say is HOLY RASP BATMAN!

I was hoping for more of a deeper tone. Do these take some time to break in? Also it smells like burnt ceramic, will this dissapate over time?

it definately feels faster or (maybe i was just getting used to the altima)

Red__Zed 07-28-2011 09:26 AM
Smell will go away. Rasp is likely due to the y pipe.

Astrosfan 07-28-2011 09:50 AM
Damn. Why would the y pipe create soo much rasp?

Red__Zed 07-28-2011 09:54 AM
Which y pipe do you have?


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