I live in Arizona and I spent the extra money on the catted x pipe so I wouldn't have to crawl under the car every two years to swap the factory one back in. I'm not as young as I used to be.
i laugh when i hear this from people...if your state is truly strict on emissions, you may pass the smog test by having the cats, but if the inspector goes by the book you WILL FAIL A VISUAL INSPECTION even with a catted h/x pipe....the car came stock with 4 cats...and to be emmisions legal, it has to have 4 cats on it...not 2...4...your better off going O/R and switching to the stocker for inspection...or having a friend at an inspection stationHoofnIt said:I have to stay emissions legal so I am replacing the stocker with a Magnafllow catted X pipe.
When you installed the x-pipe, did you connect it to the cat-back first, then the headers? That's what worked best for me.
Scott
Sucks that you're having trouble with it -- it seems to be hit or miss with exhaust components, sometimes they fit great, sometimes it sucks. I got my Magnaflow catted H-pipe for $235 (someone tell me why the X is worth almost $200 more?) and it fit great. Good luck, though, hopefully you can get it all working right.HoofnIt said:I paid 425.60 shipped for the Magnaflow S/S catted X pipe. I thought that was a great price, hopefully it will be a great product.
(someone tell me why the X is worth almost $200 more?)