Is FMIC illegal?
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My friend has a 03 gti 20th anniversary. He went from 1 front mount to to a dual front mount intercooler and it was ILLEGAL. Without carb stickers that say it is legal to make the engine mods you did, you are 100 percent going to get stopped and going to have questions asked... =(
it really depends cause cops don't know how to look for i/c, they're mostly trained to look for a CAI or bov or the other popular illegal mods. Out of all the modded cars here, very few have aftermarket fmics on their cars compared to popular mods like exhaust and CAI.
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it is illegal. they will put you in jail for life and steal your family after they move them to a remote country and change their identity. After the they will give you a reservation at the end of a rope
...all of that for having an FMIC and robbing a bank.
...all of that for having an FMIC and robbing a bank.
being in the chp for a short time and having a bro still in it... I can tell you that a fmic is not illegal only because it doesn't mess with emissions. it simpley cools the air...no carb sticker needed.

Plus most FMIC will require an aftermarket intake which will mess with emissions.
Its not banned in america you can buy it on amazon. USA has the directors cut.
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-.../dp/B000F4LPJ6
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-.../dp/B000F4LPJ6
i actaully called the b.a.r. and talked with one of the head smog ref for cali... he ask d if my ca r cam e with an intercooler, i said yes.... he asked if i removed any sensors, relocated sensors, or removed any smog equipment to install it, i said no... he then tol me " ther ei sno problem then, i dont car e if you put the darn thing on your roof, or in your trunk.. not illegal if it doesnt mess with sensor s or smog equipment" then he advise dme to make sur emy intake ha d carb sticke r just in case i ge tmessed with at the ref shop....


