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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 11:47 PM
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What im planning on doing is getting an Tanabe Concept G exhaust with a megan midpipe.

My question is, does the megan midpipe connect to the cat on the exhaust or does the cat need to come off also?

Also i mights as well add... im in CALI
Old Feb 24, 2007 | 03:55 AM
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The megan midpipe is a complete replacement and does not have a cat. If you want one you'll need to have on welded in.
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by yamaha16bw
The megan midpipe is a complete replacement and does not have a cat. If you want one you'll need to have on welded in.
Correct, but it does leave the first cat if you dont change the exhaust manifold.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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will riding with a megen midpipe get me a ticket or cause me to fail emissions?
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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the megan midpipe really goes from the spipe to the muffler? that seems not right.... i thought it just replaced the factory intermediate pipe from the cat back to the muffler.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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the megan midpipe goes from ur spipe to your axle back, getting rid of the cat & resonator that is in the OEM midpipe.
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 12:16 AM
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no you cant pass smog and yes it does look like it has a cat on it but its really a resonator, look on thier site a the pic, it looks close to stock. i really like mine alot
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by george_da_2nd
will riding with a megen midpipe get me a ticket or cause me to fail emissions?
Ticket, depends on local laws. Emissions, you're goin from 2 cats to 1, but I don't know.
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 07:07 AM
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im in oregon so if anyone knows that would be great
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 03:53 PM
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be careful w/ megan midpipe might make your aftermarket exhaust rub against the heatshield......
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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huh itll make the TRD exhaust rub?
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by george_da_2nd
huh itll make the TRD exhaust rub?
i got the trd with megan mid, no rub fit like stock.
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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no i had the greddy sp2 and it rubbed
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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no i had the greddy sp2 and it rubbed
did you buy thier earlier product or thier latest one that is oe. i did hear they had issues in thier early stage of thier production design. the oe is supposed to be like stock wich didnt change the position of my trd. i see your in nor cal, i was gonna let you check it out to see if it looked like your mid.
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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^^ the one i got was about an inch longer than the oem midpipe, i bought it like 3 weeks ago and sold it last week so im assuming i got the OE??
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^^^that sucks, did u call megan they give replacements for those kinds of issus.
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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no, actually i didn't like the sound i had a lot of rasp so i put my OEM back on and it sounds sweet.....IMO i don't care about losing like what 2-3whp? i would gladly exchange that power for nicer sound. the other person on this forum bought it and he has no problems.....maybe it was just my exhaust also?
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