I have an offroad H pipe but I am worried I will not pass inspection if I put it on.
Anyone in Texas know if it would pass?
Anyone in Texas know if it would pass?
Offroad H pipe Texas inspection pass?
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So get it inspected and then put the H on. Lol. Got it!
^ Yup, Austin does a visual inspection(im sure you guys have the same thing) no cats, no pass.
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its hit or miss here, have had guys look and others that could care less...The lube type places are your best bet, the lube jockey|inspector in most cases is a kid that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. On the other hand a inspector at a real shop is also likely to be a mechanic.
Car washes are another place to get inspections. They can care less about a visual inspection.
Any county that touches Dallas County or Harris County (Houston) will have an emissions test that must be passed for inspection. All other counties are a visual inspection. Visuals are usually easy to get by with an offroad mid-pipe, but those counties touching Dallas or Harris will typically not pass the emissions test.
Im in Tarrant so maybe Ill get by...
If you're in an emissions controlled county they will plug the car into their machine and you are not allowed to have any more than two sensors unavailable (depending on the year) If your tune shuts off the back two sensors, you may not pass.
I'm also in Ft. Worth, they will plug into the obdII and check for the sensors. It will depend on the shop you go to if they do a visual. I also agree that the lube places don't usually visually check.
https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/vi/images/emis_counties.jpg
Those are all the counties and the system they use for testing. You can definitely get lucky at some shops.
Those are all the counties and the system they use for testing. You can definitely get lucky at some shops.
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