Do you need cat converters in the US? 300 Tdi models are fitted with them when new here, but you don't need to keep them on a diesel. We sell exhaust pipes that let you remove the cat giving a free-er flowing system and wondered if it was worth trying to sell them over there.
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Originally posted by spacemuttDo you need cat converters in the US? 300 Tdi models are fitted with them when new here, but you don't need to keep them on a diesel. We sell exhaust pipes that let you remove the cat giving a free-er flowing system and wondered if it was worth trying to sell them over there.
But you probably would have a market for importing cheap LR diesel conversions if you really wanted to expand into the US market.Comment
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illegal to remove cats and depending on your state a BIG fine if a shop is caught doing it; also states that require inspections for licensing make the inspectors check and reject if they're missing (used to do inspections). lot of people will pull them and weld the cover back around the pipe to give the illusion; still illegal but works.
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really hard to make LR diesels 50 state legal; less emissions technically but the particulates are too large to pass emissions standards for a passenger vehicle in cali and a couple others. idiotically strict laws in a couple states keep it from being practical to import them basicaly. so why import somethin that you can't sell in a couple of key markets; plus diesels have an unfair bad-wrap in the states.
personally i'd kill to make mine a diesel!Comment
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