VA inspection sucks

[83Rabbit]

but the exhaust guy refused to put my presilencer and downpipe on. He said it was 25k fine if he removed emissions stuff. That's BS,

No its not... Although I do believe the fine was raised a few years ago. And if you get caught without a cat in VA on an origionally catalyst car I believe last I checked the fines and charges amount to just over $50,000 for not having a cat/impropper equipment.

At the very least why dont you get an old cat, punch it out, put a straight exhaust tube through it to avoid turbulance problems with a large open chamber in the exhaust system and bolt it back up to your car. This way it looks like you have a cat, if you get busted ever you can just deny that you knew the cat wasnt gutted... but the most important thing is to have it look like theres a cat under there.