My wife and I are planning on relocating to Dallas before the new year. We've been there scouting areas to live but I wanted to get some feedback as to what to expect as far as emissions testing, noise ordinance laws & friendly / mod tolerant dealerships. My car is slightly modded, currently ASR intake and exhaust but will soon have Evosport headers and pulley.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
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2008 AP M6 SMG (19" HRE C20's, Yellow Brembo's w/ Slotted Rotors , ASR exhaust & Intake)
Evosport Pulley & Headers NEXT!
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Best dealer: Classic bmw in plano s/a pat arnold the dealer has a racing team & mod friendly have them inspect your car. They have a monthly event on the last saturday of the month called cars & coffee last saturday had over 400 cars. Local car club we meet ever saturday called (dfwautoclub).COM pm me if you need more details. Getting ready to head out to the meet info on the web site. We had a dyno event last week good group many highend cars GTR/1200 hp viper complete Dinan M5 & M6 with full Dinan crate motor Ford GT hit 726HP & 628TQ on the dyno. Club owner has a HPF E46M3. Look us up when you get to town
Last edited by fasttoys; 7th November 2009 at 14:55.
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Fasttoys pretty much nailed it, Classic BMW is the place in Dallas. If you are closer to Ft.Worth checkout AutoBahn Motors,
Kristy Turner is an excellent S.A. Good luck with your relocation plans
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yeah you should be fine...Dallas is much more tolerant than I would assume that Miami would be. Its more tolerant here than it was for me when I lived in LA.
yeah you should be fine...Dallas is much more tolerant than I would assume that Miami would be. Its more tolerant here than it was for me when I lived in LA.
where in Dallas are you looking to move to?
Miami has no smog testing, I have seen people get away with quite a bit. Good to know I will be cool in Dallas. We're looking into the Park cities, and around where the office would be which is close to 75 and N. Central Expressway.
Any recommendations? We really don't know Dallas as well as Miami or LA. We lived in LA for close to 15 years.
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Evosport Pulley & Headers NEXT!
2007 Black 750 Li
You'll be fine until state inspection time if you don't have cats. Not a huge problem since we(dfwac) know people that know people who pass people
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Yeah I would reccommend university park or highland park. I'm near this area as it is where I grew up. No smog here and it never is a problem with state inspection. You can always manage a way to pass. If you want to look in these areas look into the area west of central expressway and nw highway. Central and 75 is the same freeway
No smog here and it never is a problem with state inspection.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. If you're suggesting that residents of HP/UP don't have to pass an emissions test for their inspection, that's incorrect. Every vehicle registered in Dallas county (and most of the surrounding counties, incl. Collin where Classic BMW is located) must pass an emissions test that includes a visual inspection to make sure all of the required components are there, and OBDII read, and a tailpipe sniff*.
*(sniffed by a sensor, not a stoned gas station attendant)
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. If you're suggesting that residents of HP/UP don't have to pass an emissions test for their inspection, that's incorrect. Every vehicle registered in Dallas county (and most of the surrounding counties, incl. Collin where Classic BMW is located) must pass an emissions test that includes a visual inspection to make sure all of the required components are there, and OBDII read, and a tailpipe sniff*.
*(sniffed by a sensor, not a stoned gas station attendant)
Emissions testing is statewide. I think he may have meant smog laws as tough as California or just that there is not smog(like LA) here. Regardless of taking primary cats off with aftermarket cats, secondary cats will be able to pass emissions.
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