f*%$ california.....

[LSM3]

Sorry. I should have been more clear. I get lazy when im on my phone. CA ARB is slowly recinding the number of aftermarket CATs which are available to CA residents in an attempt to only use OEM CATs. Here is list of the newest removed manufacturers. You might want to check the complete list. They are literally adding new manufacturer s and part numbers every day. I think the last date was a day or two ago.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermktcat/aftermktcatdbase.htm

[Vivek]

Its all a big scam just like if you pass the sniffer but fail visual. If your end goal is to reduce air pollution then why does visual matter.

This is by far the biggest thing I hate about smog laws. If they don't want you to pollute that's fine, but making certain (and almost any) engine modifications illegal just for the sake of doing so is a bunch of horseshit.

[einhander]

Stop whining.

[MoparJ]

I've had many cars smogged here, and I always watch them when they do it.....never once have I seen a tech get under the car to check for the correct cats. The most I've seen them do is quickly glance under just to make sure it has one to begin with. A lot of them don't even care about CAI's or whether they have CARB stickers, either....as long as they aren't flashy or ghetto-rigged.

they know that if they are too strict the shop next door will take all the customers.

This pretty much sums it up, although I think it's getting harder and harder for them to bend the rules with all of the new regulations.

[Pantless Spency]

welp had to take my business elsewhere.


ordered the same cat on amazon, as well as a similar muffler that i could care less who makes.



i really wanted an ansa muffler :/

[phreshkid]

1. Buy a 2002
2. Swap in small helicopter turbine engine
3. Drive or fly wherever you want, whichever you prefer
4.????
5. Profit

[mbonanni]

Smogging my e30's four times, I have never had anyone look at the cat on any occasion.

Spence, this sounds more like a poor man thread rather than a California sucks thread. You gotta pay to play, so why not just buy a new cat that will last you longer than the car will.

Like check clsit.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pts/4208802648.html Take cat/exhuast then pnp it
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/4219789813.html This is worth the seats alone

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/4200781459.html

I personally have my car registered in Lake County. Smog-Exempt, so you can suck it.

Also, why the hell did you drop money into the e21 and not your e30?! I bet the fix for your e30 is super simple.

[Thizzelle]

yeah cali is bullshit on smog. I just got a thing in mail saying to smog my M3 when I just did it last year. I thought it skips every other year. Fucking dick heads. It gets almost zero on all values WTF.

[Pantless Spency]

1. Buy a 2002
2. Swap in small helicopter turbine engine
3. Drive or fly wherever you want, whichever you prefer
4.????
5. Profit

Hahahahaha this is the best

[Pantless Spency]

Smogging my e30's four times, I have never had anyone look at the cat on any occasion.

Spence, this sounds more like a poor man thread rather than a California sucks thread. You gotta pay to play, so why not just buy a new cat that will last you longer than the car will.

Like check clsit.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pts/4208802648.html Take cat/exhuast then pnp it
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/4219789813.html This is worth the seats alone

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/4200781459.html

I personally have my car registered in Lake County. Smog-Exempt, so you can suck it.

Also, why the hell did you drop money into the e21 and not your e30?! I bet the fix for your e30 is super simple.

I'm probably going to have to pull the engine on the e30.


I almost picked up that car with the recaro interior, now I'm just trying to buy the interior.


I bought a muffler and a cat for 170$ on amazon.

Now in gonna take it to the exhaust guy on Davis st he said he will plumb it all for me for 170$

340$ for a decent exhaust system that will pass smog isn't bad at all.


Now I want longtube headers tho, but I don't wanna waste money on the m10 haha.

[mbonanni]

How much he want for the interior? Looks clean. I don't like the size of e21 recaros much, but they look good. Dannys are bomb af.

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[Pantless Spency]

He won't sell it without the shitty e21 attached

[mbonanni]

then offer $350, take seats, sell e21 come out even...

Shit, if he still has it when I get back I am going to talk to my parents. I could care less if an e21 goes tot he junkyard. I also have free tow with AAA

[Pantless Spency]

then offer $350, take seats, sell e21 come out even...

Shit, if he still has it when I get back I am going to talk to my parents. I could care less if an e21 goes tot he junkyard. I also have free tow with AAA

Only 100 miles

[mbonanni]

Ill be in norcal in less than 10 days.

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