How do you all Cali guys pass Fluffy Bunnies

[tte]

visual check with all the modifications?

Cheers,
Roy

[1988SupraDreams]

Keep all your stock parts in the garage just for that very reason?

That's what I do anyway :)

[tte]

I keep the stock parts too and i hate putting it all on just for smog...
I have 2 years till my next smog check but I was wondering if some guys are able to pass the visuak check with all the modifications on.
Maybe I should ask the smog station I go to...They are cool with me because I always go there.

Cheers,
Roy

[1988SupraDreams]

Or.. you could pay someone extra to pass you on the visual.

[tte]

you mean bribe someone....lol

Cheers,
Roy

[RazoE]

don't know how my mechanic did it, but he got my pig-rich, snipped vacuum hosed 7MGE to pass with flying colors...

my money's on paying the dude off..

[1988SupraDreams]

That makes it sound like it's more against their will. There are some who are 100% willing and have come to expect it with all the modified cars around here.

[bowsercake]

If you can pass the actual smog test you can pay someone in a shady city to skip the visual. If you want to pay enough you don't even have to get the smog test.

[tte]

Passing the acutal smog test could be done with a good tune.
But for the visual side I guess I have to put all my stuff on and wait till the time comes.

You guys ever been pulled over and the cops looked under the hood for modifications?

Cheers,
Roy

[1988SupraDreams]

Yes, And since You live near me, I'd be afraid of Rosetti. He has pulled me over TWICE specifically to ask me to pop the hood. And this was when I was NA/AT. (Go Figure)

[cactus_mole]

It all depends on what shop you go to. People look at different things. I went to one shop and he wouldn't pass me because I had a BOV and piping that wasn't stock.
Then another place I went to passed me when I had a huge vacuum leak right in front of the guys face.

But if I were you I would just keep all the stock stuff in a box, thats what im doing...it's not that hard to put all on just time consuming.:biglaugh:

[JustAnotherVictim]

I go to smog, pay the guy money and he tests my car.

[upgradedsupra]

Move to a different state :biglaugh: We don't have to worry about visual and referee crap where I live. I am surprised that they actually have that. What a joke.

I would like to know the answer to that as well. Many cars are modified in Cali and if they get pulled over what happens?

Duane

[OneJoeZee]

I would like to know the answer to that as well. Many cars are modified in Cali and if they get pulled over what happens?

Duane
I go about my business and keep driving. :)

[aznwaterboy]

It all depends on who you go to. Depending on who is working the smog station at the time, they will either care or not care about your modifications. The guy I went to didn't care because all the mods I had did not affect emissions. However, some places will see a red light if you have even just one modification.

Cops also depend on who they are and what they are thinking. Some cops will let you go as long as you're driving okay. Other cops will see that exhaust you have and go pull you over and have you pop your hood.

On topic, my 7mge barely passed smog, it passed but was very very close to not passing everything.

[upgradedsupra]

I go about my business and keep driving. :)

:rofl: I can see you now..cruisin the freeway like the guy in the Bronco

Duane

[BorHor]

Keep the car stock. :icon_razz

[jetjock]

The manual is very specific on what is allowed and what's not. If the tech isn't a prick he'll look the other way but he can fail the car for even simple things like non-stock hoses on the PCV and idle speed system. Very few will look the other way for a missing main cat, EGR, evap cannister, things like that. It takes a lot of money, time, and experience to obtain emissions certification (I know, I went through it) so most techs aren't going to risk it beyond a small point. Not to mention the fines they and their employer can suffer. They know the state is constantly running undercover stings to find them.

Beyond the visual and running the car on the machine the tech is out of the loop. It's all done automatically and the results transmitted to the DMV then and there. About the only way to fudge the emissions test itself is to get the tech to sniff a different car than the one due for the test and very few will. From where I sit those that do should be fined and have their licenses yanked. I also have little sympathy for people who screw with these engines without knowing what they're doing. So many failed emissions (and continue to fail) the car ended up on the Test Only list. Now everyone has to deal with that hassle. Just another example of how a small group of idiots screw things up for everybody.

[BosoMKII]

Many cars are modified in Cali and if they get pulled over what happens?

Kinda depends on where you live and what you look like. There are parts of CA where street racing has been a big thing and cops are really hard on any modified import. Also if you are some kid with spikey hair, baggy pants and a sideways baseball cap your gonna get messed with too.

I got rolled at 6:30am once in my old 240sx. Slammed, boosted, I am sitting in a race bucket surrounded by gauges a boost controller and turbo timer....I was positive that I was going to get in trouble. The guy looked around at all my stuff, looked at me in a shirt and tie, and asked:

"On your way to work?"
"Yes sir." I responded.
"You have a tail light out. Be sure to get that fixed and have a good day."
"Thank you, bye."

Whoa big sigh of relief! But where I live ricers are not a problem. Should I have been rolled in say San Jose, it wouldn't matter how polite I was or what I looked like. Would have had my hood popped.

[TheAmazingDave]

I've taken my Supra for a few rides late at night/early morning and I pass (not as in speeding by) tons of cops here in San Jose. I haven't had any problems. If you're not driving like a jackass, and if your car doesn't look like a park bench for a spoiler rice rocket, you won't get fucked with. The cops seem to like tasteful cars.

And make sure your BOV is recirculated, that's some dumb shit to get pulled over for. I've heard of it happening several times.

[thechori]

i don't think the cops in my area would know what to look for if the hood was popped lol

[slidebabyslide]

theres, places in cali, were you don't have to smog your car, if the population is less than 500 peps. so you don't have to smog it. There is advance areas , where they do the dyno test and areas where they do the 2 step, like idle test and then at 2500k rpm and then thats all. Just get another motor and keep it stock. When time comes just swap it out lol.

[Big Wang Bandit]

Im stock. I drive a camry

[Topher E]

pay. ugh.....

[rodel]

Some people pass smog by keeping things on the down low, unlike this thread.:nono: :nono:

[rodel]

theres, places in cali, were you don't have to smog your car, if the population is less than 500 peps. so you don't have to smog it. There is advance areas , where they do the dyno test and areas where they do the 2 step, like idle test and then at 2500k rpm and then thats all. Just get another motor and keep it stock. When time comes just swap it out lol.


Is Salinas one of them? :icon_razz :icon_razz . I'm flying to San Jose and have to be in Salinas for the entire week.

[IJ.]

Threads like this bother me..... :3d_frown:

There was a case here recently where a young guy got pulled over at an infamous nightspot and ticketed and issued a defect notice, the cop was nice enough to let him drive home as long as he was off the road by midnight.

Said young guy decides to be a hero and NOT go home get his other legal car and return instead going to the nightclub, all would have been well until he posted on a forum bragging about it!

Little did he know that the cop was a member and saw it ran a more comprehensive check found he was driving while suspended so nailed him!!

He got xx months jail time but that was suspended all for being a big mouth on the net and shitting on the Cop's good deed!

You never know who is reading guys!

[PROJECT N00b]

^^^yeah! and dont forget all those tuner magazines are out there for everyone to read, so dont be surprised if the cop that pulls you over next time can point out which parts of your car are illegal or dont have the CARB certificate.

[jetjock]

http://tinyurl.com/2k8bey

See there for areas subject to Enhanced or Basic.

New 2007 laws in general:

http://tinyurl.com/2kj9gm

Note riding in the trunk is now an infraction. Also note reckless driving or racing in which someone is hurt now entitles you to 6 months of hot pork injections from a guy named Bubba...

[debrucer]

http://tinyurl.com/2k8bey
That is a great URL. My tags and radio mysteriously disappeared between the time I bought the car and when I picked it up. I suspected it had failed before and was going to rebuild it anyway; but this site gave me the detailed information. I also had to pay DMV for two years of registration and penalties, so I now know, pretty much for sure, how long it had been sitting. I am surprised that this information is publically available based on just a tag number. (I used the VIN). Anyway, thanks for the links!

and, FYI, I won't ride in the trunk anymore :)

[IJ.]

Might be an idea for a friendly Mod to change the thread title to "How do you all Cali guys pass Fluffy Bunnies..." or something so this thread doesn't pop up with a simple search.......

[jetjock]

Anyway, thanks for the links!

Sure. Contrary to popular belief its BAR that admins emissions in Cali not the DMV. For others the link he was referring to for a vehicle's smog history is here: http://tinyurl.com/6ohou

[Brewster]

title change ftw :rofl:

[JustAnotherVictim]

Damn Bunnies.

[slidebabyslide]

Is Salinas one of them? :icon_razz :icon_razz . I'm flying to San Jose and have to be in Salinas for the entire week.
No salinas, is not a 500 population town , it's like a lil oakland.

[annoyingrob]

Maybe you should make up some fake CARB stickers, and stick them on all the mods :)


Haha, no, don't do it.

[SupraStardom]

No salinas, is not a 500 population town , it's like a lil oakland.

No Salinas is a good size town. I live in Monterey which is due west about 15miles.