cali legal exhaust

B

boltmann

New member
can anyone direct me to california legal exhaust?  particularly legal down pipes with cali legal cats.

Thx ahead of time for your help.
 
I believe both EcoboostPowerParts.com (EB-PP.com) and Livernois now have CA legal catted downpipes.  I know the PPE pipes offered by EBPP have worked for whomever has ordered and installed them.
 
I have 49 state legal cats on my dodge and here in cali it passes smog with flying colors but will not pass visual due to not having a carb number for the headers and cats, I pay a little extra to get it smogged so I dont have to put it back to stock, so long story short, if they have a carb number you will be 100% fine, if not you will have trouble passing the visual inspection.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

 
gsbryanxr said:
I have 49 state legal cats on my dodge and here in cali it passes smog with flying colors but will not pass visual due to not having a carb number for the headers and cats, I pay a little extra to get it smogged so I dont have to put it back to stock, so long story short, if they have a carb number you will be 100% fine, if not you will have trouble passing the visual inspection.
Click to expand...

I am not sure if the PPE downpipes have a carbon number on them.  CA emissions are a bitch ... Anyway if they do it's in a place that can't be seen after install, but if the O2 sensors are all on it will pass readiness and tailpipe tests in at least 49 states... but CA?...  Mike  or EBPP Tom might chime in on this issue.
 
I'm moving to Nevada soon and they only have 2 county's with smog and I will not be in either, so im going to run catless down pipes after I move just as a big middle finger to CA more than the 3-5hp I would get over  a catted down pipe

Sent from my Galaxy S3
 
Thanks guys, yeah I have not been able to find actual smog legal down pipess for Cali. However, my uncle is a smog tech here so maybe with a little persuasion I can get him to pass it. I believe I wont have to start smogging the vehicle until it is at least 5 years old anyway.
 
gsbryanxr said:
I'm moving to Nevada soon and they only have 2 county's with smog and I will not be in either, so im going to run catless down pipes after I move just as a big middle finger to CA more than the 3-5hp I would get over  a catted down pipe
Click to expand...
:biggrin:
 
gsbryanxr said:
I'm moving to Nevada soon and they only have 2 county's with smog and I will not be in either, so im going to run catless down pipes after I move just as a big middle finger to CA more than the 3-5hp I would get over  a catted down pipe

Sent from my Galaxy S3
Click to expand...



I know there are lots of good folk that live in Cali ....

BUT ... you couldn't pay me to live there .
 
I can't wait to get out. I believe it's the 6th year after its new you have to start smogging every other years registration. And ya it would be just visual you would need him to look the other way if go with a catted down pipe. On my dodge I just had to do this and the smog guy was cool about it just said he only does it for people his friends vouch for though so he doesn't get his license taken away.

Sent from my Galaxy S3

 
I don't know of any smog stations in Cali that are going to be looking for "CARB" ( California Air Research Board ) numbers on a Cat. Half of them don't even look for the Cats. If the tech look under the car, they are glancing to make sure that there are cats on the car. I heard that in the next couple of years they are going to check your smog via the OBDII port. Meaning they are going to be looking for codes. So the sniffer test.

So as far as getting the down pipes with the cats. I would just get them. The smog tech's aren't going to even notice.
 
noidster said:
I don't know of any smog stations in Cali that are going to be looking for "CARB" ( California Air Research Board ) numbers on a Cat. Half of them don't even look for the Cats. If the tech look under the car, they are glancing to make sure that there are cats on the car. I heard that in the next couple of years they are going to check your smog via the OBDII port. Meaning they are going to be looking for codes. So the sniffer test.

So as far as getting the down pipes with the cats. I would just get them. The smog tech's aren't going to even notice.
Click to expand...

Good point, it's not like they put the vehicle on a lift.
 
SwampRat said:
CALIFORNIA SMOG POLICE  :    http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/routine-smog-checkpoints-impede-california-roads/
Click to expand...

Likely CA residents know about it already... since the article is 6 months old.

My questions would be:  Are they still doing this?  and ....Have you ever seen one of these checkpoints?
Those in the know living in California please chime in.

With  California's budget showing $443 billion in state and local debts, are they continuing to do this?...  Wondering how much more money CA doesn't have that the legislature wants to spend.... on testing and paying people not to drive.

Apologies to boltman for this getting off his OP question.
 
SwampRat said:
Not off topic BigMac  , your comments on this tie together quite nicely .
Click to expand...

I agree, no thread hi-jack detected here.  Good info / food for thought.

Now talk about your favorite episode of "Dancing with the Stars", I just might have to take issue. lol
 
I have seen them. What allot of people do not know is that it is voluntary. Just as it's stated in the article. The other thing that people do not know is that you can not be cited for anything wrong with your vehicle ( at least for emission reasons ). I would deny any involvement if they stopped me. 
 
they used to have smog testing stations in st louis, what a drag, but quit about 3 years ago, now just have registered testers, which is just about every gas station. after mine gets tested in jun, thinking about a cut out. want to make sure my guy just does the obd test & not visual. love the way one of my neighbor a couple blocks away who has a vette with them let's me know he coming to pick me up.
mikev
 
I've seen these mobile smog check sites around me but they have all been looking for diesel trucks blowing smoke haha. I'm sure if it sounds custom they will look tho. A highway patrol did pull me over in my fiesta asking to see under the hood because I had exhaust and he wanted to check for anything illegal. I think I just got the cop that was in a bad mood tho.

Sent from my Galaxy S3

 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top