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Old 12-11-2008, 07:57 PM
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does anyone know if it is legal to have stacks on diesels in cali? i would hate to spend the money just for the 5-0 to tell me i cant have them.

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Old 12-11-2008, 08:08 PM
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well all cali has is emissions laws, so im guessing as long as you dont straight pipe it, it should be ok? dunno if its illegal to just have the stacks tho...
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:01 PM
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please tell me you at least have a deisel. I cant answer the question on cali and i wont say dont do it because its your truck but stacks are kind of cheesy and redneckish. really not a good look but thats just my opinion
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:10 PM
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As long as you keep all of your emmissions equipment I think it will be fine. You would have to keep a muffler as well.
 
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i like the way stacks look, i dont like that their in the bed...i like how the dodge little red express trucks looked with stacks on the outside of the bed..
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:29 PM
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I cant say for a personal vehicle but for 18 wheelers, a few years back i remember they made semis dump the exhaust in front of the drive wheels. Dunno if any of that changed or not, its been a long time since ive been out there. I try not to keep up with crazy cali laws!
 
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so just cause he lives in cali he cant have some sweet chrome stacks? and whats wrong with rednecks!?
 
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yeah ive heard of some crazy stuff in cali, like getting tickets for every mod on the vehicle that wasent inspected by dot official...BAHHH around here we got trucks runnin around on 49" x14.50 swampers barely fitting on the road...ahh small towns are great
 
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well, i dunno if they are legal or not.... but i see A LOT of people with them here in CA. i really dont see it as any different that having a dual exhaust setup, just coming out a different spot. dont quote me but i think in CA as long as you leave the CATS alone and have some sort of muffler you should be ok.
 
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If you do I'm pretty sure they have to have cat converters in them. They are making all trucks (big trucks) have them in the next year or so. We are having to retro all of the 900 trucks in our fleet at work.
 


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