Hey Fellas,
I'm going to be moving back home to Dallas toward the end of March for business reasons. Because I have been living in California, I haven't gone FI yet due to it's absurd smog laws and how strictly the police enforce them.

My question is, what legal issues are there with putting a TT kit in the Z when I get to Texas?

i.e. - are test pipes legal? obviously is the turbo kit itself legal? All that kind of stuff.

Thanks Guys

Also, from my research I've determined that SGP is well worth the drive to Houston to have my install done. Thoughts on that?

Sorry if all of this has been discussed, I searched but didn't find anything.

 

i know dallas and houston counties have emissions checks when you get your vehicle inspected, so going FI will obviously fail you... but anywhere else is pretty much fair game.. i would say get your vehicle registered in a county that doesn't do them

i bought my G in dallas county and when i was up for inspection they told me i had to have an emission check, since i wasn't living in that county anymore i got it waived.

 

That would mean I would need an address outside Dallas county though correct?

 

Guess I'll just have to get a house in Wylie or Plano hahaha

 

Nope, just get a postal box in the area where they're not performing mandatory emissions testing, yet. Much cheaper than buying a house.

 

So when I register it I put a p.o. box address on the registration and I'm in the clear?

Haha then could I just have all the mail from my p.o. box forwarded to my house? Is that even something that's possible? I've never had a p.o. box or anything...sorry for all the questions...

 

how about getting cats put on for emissions testing? i thought there were folks that have actually passed emissions with NA and test pipes

 

You can't register a car to a P.O. Box, it must be a physical address...aka, a building.

I have passed inspection with 2 cars that didn't have cats, as long as your car doesn't throw codes you will be fine. They have a visual inspection policy, but that is a joke...most of the people doing these inspections either don't care or don't know what they are looking at. You could probably tell him that there is a limited production version of the Nismo Z and it has turbos on it. Then just point to a resonator and tell them it is a cat.

Or get inspected first and then put the kit on and find a buddy within the next year to pass you when round 2 comes up.

 

I know a few who can pm djmatrix on here

 

Look at how much easier it is to read/understand when you add two punctuation marks.

 

So djmatrix is an inspector?

 

Not for long, he is about to lose his job thanks to Mackie, the state has a spy on this forum and now thy are going to be watching djmatrix like a hawk...next shady car he passes is going to end his career as an inspector. You better hurry up and get your car inspected before he changes involuntarily changes jobs. hahahahaha

 

lol i like how ppl throw out ppl names so loosely

 

Are you kidding me?!

 

^^^^^No dude, I'm as serious as that time peter had a panic room installed to keep the butterfly effect from being able to find him.

aka...but seriously, i'm just kidding...maybe.

 

No...hes not.

 

If you are going TT with FCON EMS give Jotech here in town a chance at your business. They do great work and it sure the hell beats driving down to Houston all the time.

 

I've heard they are good too...perhaps I'll start with them. thanks

 

test pipes are not legal anywhere...removing smog devices is a felony

 

^^^^^Are you the state spy?