got in trouble
 

ok so i got in town today, and the first thing my dad did when we were at my house he asked if my car was perfectly legal. and of course i couldn't lie.. I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY STOCK H back on what can i do to make my car look. or be legal. or how hard would it be to get fake cats or adding cats??

you could cut your stock cats off of your stock H pipe and then cut the cats in half and weld the outer cases of them in the right places to your O/R H or X (whichever you have) and it will look like you have cats. it'll never sound like you have them unless you really have them.

looks like you are stuck between a rock and a hard spot, eh?

If you live at home and your dad pays your bills, you are stuck.

You can either return the car to stock or get your own place. If you are already out of the house, then your Dad can shove it - lol

high flow cats.....

Not sure how many states require an emission test when you get inspected. But in NC you'd better have some cats on, unless you have some friends in low places.. Then they can hook you up with the sticker.. :salook:

Get your car registered in SC and you wont have a problem, we dont have car inspections at all!

I know what you mean dude... lol... I'm 30 years old and my dad griped at me for taking off my cats. "It'll NEVER pass inspection!!!" he said... lol..
Needless to say I'm not taking off my o/r either. lol.

My dad wanted me to register my car out west at our hunting land so I dont have to go through inspections.
lol

+1

Do the responsible thing, sell the off-road and take some coin that you'd spend on another car part and buy the high-flows. Negligable difference in performance over O/R, perfectly legal, dad off your back and more responsible for our environment. I am in no way a tree-hugger, and there was a time and a place where I was doing the O/R to stock swap to pass emissions and I can honestly say the extra couple hundred spent for high flow cats has been well worth it over the years. I don't have to crawl under there and swap out the pipe every year, cops can't make it a sticking point, I don't feel light headed sitting at a stop light, my wife doesn't mind riding in the car (at least from the fumes, the sound still irritates a bit) and I get a small sense of satisfaction doing a little for the environment.

+1

would i be able to save up some money and install some hi flow cats myself??

you can buy high flow cats seperately and have someone weld them onto your current midpipe....the cats can be found at most performance shops...

how expensive are they??

Ebay sells tons of them for various prices. Heres a link to a nice one for $45 each......http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-5-H...spagenameZWD1V
There are some for cheaper but these are stainless steel and look pretty decent.

yeah man go with high flow cats. You won't notice any difference in performance.

If you have a chop saw that cuts straight and some decent welding skills you could do it yourself. These types of projects (unless you have your own shop or a friend that owns a shop) end up costing as much as, if not more than buying new. For example cost of off road pipe $150, cost of 2 cats $100, now you're at $250 without even thinking of the install yet.

They range from $300 - $700 or so new, depending on company.