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    Default Emissions Test Question.

    Hey guys, how are you. I'm doing fine.


    Well here is my situation.

    Other day I failed emission, everything passed but a fucking visual. He got under the car and saw NO CAT. So i have till this saturday to register my car and pass emissions. Well my question is, with this state emergency, I can't really go anywhere to get a cat, or redo my emissions by saturday. WTF am i supposed to do? What if i dont register by Saturday...? I know they have penalties, not sure what the penalties are... But is there any excuse why i didnt manage to fix it and register even if the state is in emergency status.

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    Go to a different booth.
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    hmmmm?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
    Go to a different booth.
    yep , thats what i'd do

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    Since when have they looked under the car in GA

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    What did he mean by another boot? Did he mean another testing place? If so, won't they see that I failed on the cat, and will look again and see i dont have the cat..... i already went to another place. he failed me too.

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    Yes, another testing place. There are plenty of them that aren't going to look. I've never had them actually look for mine on any car.
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    penalties are a few bucks. 20-30 bucks. my best bet would be to find a friend with an oe exhaust, put it on and get it tested. or find a junkyard exhaust. if your current exhaust is welded in though, youre in a bad spot.
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    once they look and realize u dont have a cat every other place u take ur car has to look.

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    C'mon guys, stop telling him to go to another "booth" aka testing center. It's not logical to keep paying $15-20 each time to gamble if the inspector will check for cats or not. Sheesh ..

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    Not every county in GA has emissions... Do you have family in one of those counties? Use their address & register the car there. I register my cars in FL... no emissions.

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    I have a dummy converter that I run on my car 10/12 months of the year. When I wanna actually pass emissions, I reinstall the actual converter. Next time you get the chance, run a dummy converter so you won't have an issue.

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    1. Find an old cat.
    2. Take off the heat shields around the cat.
    3. Mount heat shields somewhere on your exhaust.
    4. Profit????

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    What year is the car? And honestly if you have a girlfriend or wife or mom or dad write them a bill of sell and when they go to the tag office to get the title in there name make sure you tell them it has a diesle motor in it.. tell them you bought it like that someone swaped it out.. then you would never have to get a emmisions ever again. it would be titled as diesle and they would never ask.. Hope that helps

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    Quote Originally Posted by hondawhore View Post
    What year is the car? And honestly if you have a girlfriend or wife or mom or dad write them a bill of sell and when they go to the tag office to get the title in there name make sure you tell them it has a diesle motor in it.. tell them you bought it like that someone swaped it out.. then you would never have to get a emmisions ever again. it would be titled as diesle and they would never ask.. Hope that helps
    Thats sounds HIGHLY illegal and SUPER hit or miss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hondawhore View Post
    What year is the car? And honestly if you have a girlfriend or wife or mom or dad write them a bill of sell and when they go to the tag office to get the title in there name make sure you tell them it has a diesle motor in it.. tell them you bought it like that someone swaped it out.. then you would never have to get a emmisions ever again. it would be titled as diesle and they would never ask.. Hope that helps
    haha good luck wit that.
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