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Starting in a few days all of ma inspection stations are changing.everywhere I drive around I see gas stations changing out stuff and putting in new rooms etc.
Cameras everywhere and any monitors not on that are crossed in the database that need to be on automatically flags your car for review.
I'm probably going to take my headers off in 10 months.
12 C63BS Magno Alanite Grey, 25 X5 Msport, 08 BMW E93, Ducati Hyper 698
Originally Posted by NotABaller
Whats the penalty in your area?
The ticket is pretty cheap, like 50 or 100 bucks, but it is a surcharge-able offence, so your insurance company bones you like you got caught speeding and you end up paying many more hundreds in increased insurance premiums, that is where it hurts the most!
Those cameras are only in place to check on the inspector to see if the whole car is actually being checked , as in all corners all lights, jacking the car up checking all tires etc. They will not determine your cars inspection by those cameras . Other then that this state has turned into the most ***** liberal zoo .
Starting in a few days all of ma inspection stations are changing.everywhere I drive around I see gas stations changing out stuff and putting in new rooms etc.
Cameras everywhere and any monitors not on that are crossed in the database that need to be on automatically flags your car for review.
I'm probably going to take my headers off in 10 months.
Stop scaring yourself already. The pictures at best show that the the inspection agency is doing their job and documenting it, at worst it shows that your car doesn't have any obvious violations (ie. Tints). Your headers has a 300 cel cat setup, so it will pass smog once it is properly warmed up. As long as your readiness monitor only has 1 not ready, you will pass. Countless number of threads showing MA drivers have been posted before.
Enjoy your new headers and stop worrying about selling them.
Stop scaring yourself already. The pictures at best show that the the inspection agency is doing their job and documenting it, at worst it shows that your car doesn't have any obvious violations (ie. Tints). Your headers has a 300 cel cat setup, so it will pass smog once it is properly warmed up. As long as your readiness monitor only has 1 not ready, you will pass. Countless number of threads showing MA drivers have been posted before.
Enjoy your new headers and stop worrying about selling them.
This is new for ma and if any monitors are turned off in the tune the car gets flagged
In may I took my 2012 P31 to get inspected. The car was tuned by OE, had ROW airboxes, 440, and some other bits, but all emissions was intact and nothing had been messed with there. I wasn't too concerned as I went to my dealer and it had passed last year. I'd made no performance changes and it was running great. The only real thing that had me concerned was the tint, that was on the car since I got it from it's prior owner who lived in TX was very dark.
So the care wouldn't pass. It passed all visuals, all tests they do, and all monitors showed as ready. But it wouldn't pass. The AMG Tech spent like 45 mins trying to figure out what was up. Finally they came back with a big R and said I could come in for a diagnostic and they'd try to figure out what was up.
I wasn't in too much of a hurry (had 60 days), but then my wife got pulled over by a State Trooper and he said "get rid of that tint, I'm not even going to take out my Tint Meter, that's very illegal". He then kept her pulled over while he checked what was up with the sticker. During that time, she called me, not too psyched and I told her we had 60 days. She left the phone on speaker and I heard him come back and tell her to get it fixed and that he wasn't ticketing her. Which was nice, as having a perfect record makes these toys a lot cheaper.
Anyway, so I start digging around with the RMV to figure out what's up and get forwarded to a Motorist Assistance Center. I finally get a very helpful guy who tells me over the phone that they know I have a tune and it's messing with the EGR. I need to flash it back to stock. I don't have the original flasher as the guy I got the car from kept it (not awesome, as it's just a paperweight for him). Anyway, I talk to the guys at OE, who were very helpful and they're all "we don't touch any of that stuff. This file is just fuel trims and what not.
So I get another Dim Sport thing overnighted to me, we send files back and forth, and then I reflash it back to stock (so quiet!) and drive it around for a day tryng to get a good duty cycle on it based on all I'd read and the fact that the guy at the MAC told me to make SURE I had it ready when I came in.
I had to go into the Motorist Assistance Center and he pulled into the garage and while he read some data from the ECU. He then sent me on my way and told me he'd give me a ring once he'd been able to dig into it. He was kind enough to rush it for me as by that time I was running up against the end of that 60 day window. He called later that day and said I was good to go, he released the hold on my car in the RMV's sytem and I was able to go back to the dealer and get it inspected.
I'll be interested to see if any other folks have problems. This was a pretty giant pain the butt for me that I'm not looking forward to experiencing again. This made me very glad I haven't put headers on the car. Definitely wondering though what would be the story with a CARB approved blower, as that's next for this toy ...
In may I took my 2012 P31 to get inspected. The car was tuned by OE, had ROW airboxes, 440, and some other bits, but all emissions was intact and nothing had been messed with there. I wasn't too concerned as I went to my dealer and it had passed last year. I'd made no performance changes and it was running great. The only real thing that had me concerned was the tint, that was on the car since I got it from it's prior owner who lived in TX was very dark.
So the care wouldn't pass. It passed all visuals, all tests they do, and all monitors showed as ready. But it wouldn't pass. The AMG Tech spent like 45 mins trying to figure out what was up. Finally they came back with a big R and said I could come in for a diagnostic and they'd try to figure out what was up.
I wasn't in too much of a hurry (had 60 days), but then my wife got pulled over by a State Trooper and he said "get rid of that tint, I'm not even going to take out my Tint Meter, that's very illegal". He then kept her pulled over while he checked what was up with the sticker. During that time, she called me, not too psyched and I told her we had 60 days. She left the phone on speaker and I heard him come back and tell her to get it fixed and that he wasn't ticketing her. Which was nice, as having a perfect record makes these toys a lot cheaper.
Anyway, so I start digging around with the RMV to figure out what's up and get forwarded to a Motorist Assistance Center. I finally get a very helpful guy who tells me over the phone that they know I have a tune and it's messing with the EGR. I need to flash it back to stock. I don't have the original flasher as the guy I got the car from kept it (not awesome, as it's just a paperweight for him). Anyway, I talk to the guys at OE, who were very helpful and they're all "we don't touch any of that stuff. This file is just fuel trims and what not.
So I get another Dim Sport thing overnighted to me, we send files back and forth, and then I reflash it back to stock (so quiet!) and drive it around for a day tryng to get a good duty cycle on it based on all I'd read and the fact that the guy at the MAC told me to make SURE I had it ready when I came in.
I had to go into the Motorist Assistance Center and he pulled into the garage and while he read some data from the ECU. He then sent me on my way and told me he'd give me a ring once he'd been able to dig into it. He was kind enough to rush it for me as by that time I was running up against the end of that 60 day window. He called later that day and said I was good to go, he released the hold on my car in the RMV's sytem and I was able to go back to the dealer and get it inspected.
I'll be interested to see if any other folks have problems. This was a pretty giant pain the butt for me that I'm not looking forward to experiencing again. This made me very glad I haven't put headers on the car. Definitely wondering though what would be the story with a CARB approved blower, as that's next for this toy ...
Wow, a tune and tints set all this off? MA sounds draconian with their car laws.
12 C63BS Magno Alanite Grey, 25 X5 Msport, 08 BMW E93, Ducati Hyper 698
I just had my c63 inspected about a month ago, secondary cat delete and eurocharged tune no issues. My 335i has the cat monitors turned off so catalyst is always not ready, but everything else is ready and it goes through no issue (last went in June).
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