Smog pass turbo frs
 

Alright guys, ill be moving back to southern california in june or july... i will have a Turbo kit installed on my car and a tune by then. Speed by Design with stock exhaust, stock fuel system with base map tune. I currently live in nashville and emissions arent strick at all compared to california... can anyone advise or help as to how i should go about getting my car to pass SMOG. Thanks again!

you can put it back to stock for the test. if you leave the turbo on, even if you pass the sniffer, the car will still fail the visual test.

ah dang, i was hoping that i could like pay a smog dude and have it pass.. i know i have buddies who have in the past but ive been gone for 2 years and dont know if they still do that or not.

from what i hear, there are still some shops that can do that and the going rate is around the $300+ range... but these places are becoming harder to find since the BAR has been cracking down hard on smog shops and a lot of shops are even too paranoid about even passing something simple as an aftermarket air filter.

yEA CALI IS GAYYy!

oh wow that is crazy... my only other solutuion would be install the kit after i get to cali and register it... but that would mean i have to have the kit sit at my house for 2 months and mock me..:bonk:

you gonna have family in nashville still?

Keep it registered there lol

There are complications of course with doing that, but its an option to check out.

i dont have to reregister my car in cali if i move? i have friends there i could use the address of if needed until my registration is due in Jan

by law, yes you are supposed to.

The issue comes up that if you change your address with the dmv here, but not the car, you can get in trouble when pulled over, issues with insurance etc.

Like I said, its a hassle haha.

Most likely (which sucks) it'll be easier to go back to stock for the test.

Or, has anyone with the SBD kit smogged before? If you could find out, it might pass the test, just not the visual test...otherwise the issue is that smog shops are super careful now if they do "shady" tests, so it'll be tough to find one to pass the car as is. And someone would have to pm you that shop/person, since posting it here would just be asking for trouble.

ahh okay makes sense... yeah i guess ill be waiting to install until i get to cali:thumbdown:

what part you coming to?

back to Coto de caza

Just so you all know, and I found this out the hard way- it doesn't matter where your car is registered. To use a vehicle on California highways, it must meet California laws. (EVEN IF YOU'RE MILITARY) You do not have to register a car here, for example military and out-of-state students are exempt from registration requirements; however, stipulations that require a registration in CA are moot when it comes to mods. I was visiting a friend here, and my car was totaly legal in WA where I was registered & lived, but I still got a smog ticket for a modified intake manifold here in Commiefornia. The law is clear that to operate a motorvehicle on California highways, you must comply with California laws. You might get away with a vehicle registered elsewhere, but if you get a cop & judge who cares, you'll be out $1000 or more. Ask me how I know.

I'm still not sure why I chose to move here. Oh yeah, beaches and babes.

haha yeah i was born and raised and miss cali so im coming back after being gone for 2 years, but i live next door to the head of the highway patrol and were good friends... hopfully he would be nice enough to right off tickets if i got any:thumbup: we used his name to get out of a few tickets... officers hate when we say his name hahaha. But im highly debating just selling the turbo kit and everything i bought for it and getting an E92 M3.