I just passed my first inspection with rt cats.

 

How strict are emissions tests in VA? You're referring to the sniffer, correct?

 

how did u get by that?

 

Go Hokies

 

sniffer and visual.

states emission laws are different and there has been alot of concern in many other posts i have read about actually passing an inspection.

I believe in va it is illegal to swap out oem emission parts in a car that is less than 5 years old.

noone noticed that my cats were not oem.

i was never worried about the sniffer, just the visual.

 

We don't have smog tests here in Charlottesville...

 

Did you have to put your car on rollers for the wideband O2 reading?

Edit: wait a second, you shouldn't have to have emissions done on your car since VA only requires emissions to be done every other year. Did you buy the car used?

 

no, I bought it new.

to be honest, i did not watch the inspection.

they may have looked at the tires and signals and slapped a sticker on it.

so my post ends up being less useful than i thought.

judging by posts in other threads it seemed that people were concerned about cat mods passing visual inspections.

I passed - maybe that is useful info to some people who have or were thinking about getting cats.

I am not a vendor, nor do i have anything to gain by saying i passed with my cats.

jon

 

Do you have less the 12k miles on the car? If you do all they did was put a new sticker on.. They don't check cars with less than 12k.

Regards!

 

Hmmm... my father's BMW has 9K on the odometer, and it just had to have the emissions done last week. (Yes, it's amazing how few miles he has on it)

Jonathon, why did you have the emissions checked? It's only mandated for every other year.

 

i have 18k on the car in one year - what can i say, its fun to drive

i looked at the pink inspection sheet that they give you and i had checks by emmisions equipment and exhaust, as well as every other category.