As you can immagine that whole smog thing put me in a frenzy trying to get my car passable. Though I was pretty sure the exhaust had nothing to do with it I took it off to rule out any gremlins, well when I did I was so pissed off at the whole thing I placed the piping against a wall and gave it a mad stomp. I bent it pretty bad. I'm a pretty big guy and my pissed off 250lb frame took out some mad aggression...then I proceeded to put my stock catback on.