yup, thats right.

im going to keep this sweet and simple:
friday night/ saturday morning around 2 am in downtown SJ cop pulls me over. he hears my exhaust and makes my open my hood, which i do. he notices my intake with no carb sticker and gives me a ticket for modified emissions and loud exhaust. he was mentioning that my exhaust was WAYYY to loud and sends me to ref.

i know i have to bring my car back to stock, but do i need it to be 100% stock or just engine mod wise???

please help me out BAIC, and if someone or maybe a few of you guys may be able to lend a helping hand to bring my car back to stock, id really appreciate too.

... my worst nightmare has finally occured

in case you guys are wondering, heres my mod list:
ENGINE:
IHI VF-34 Turbo
STI Pink Injectors
Walbro Fuel Pump
Blitz Front Mount InterCooler
EcuTek ECU (Gruppe- S)
Helix Up Pipe
Helix Down Pipe
Apexi GT- Spec Catback
Perrin Turbo Inlet Hose
HKS Shorty Intake
HKS BOV
Gruppe-S v2 Headers
Perrin Crank Pulley

HANDLING:
Helix Rear Sway bar
Helix Rear Endlinks
STI Replica Rear Strut Bar
Eibach Pro Kit Lowering Springs
Rota 17" SDRs (Gold)
Falken Ziex: 225/ 45/ 17
Subaru 4 Pot Brakes
Goodridge SS Lines
Slotted Rotors (Suby Dude)
WhiteLine Steering Rack Bushings

EXTERIOR:
Cleared Headlight Mod
Debadged Trunk
Painted OEM Side Skirts
"JDM" Rear Tail Light Mod
Midnight Blue Star Badge
WRB Solid Fog Light Covers

INTERIOR:
Defi BF Boost Gauge
Defi BF EGT Gauge
Defi BF Oil Pressure Gauge
Defi Control Unit
Defi 60mm Center Dash Gauge Pod
Alpine Head Unit w/ Ipod Interface
Blue Key Ring Light
Apexi Turbo Timer

 

werent you the one saying my car was louder than yours at the BBQ? i dont have any parts, but you can count on me to help out

 

damn that sucks, I just got pulled over for a modified exhaust too, but not having to go to state ref, I was *****ing about it too. Ive talked to someone at gruppe-s and they said that if I was sent to state ref, Id have switch back to stock up/dp and exhaust

 

just stock uppipe and turboback, stock intercooler/bov and intake, you can leave the turbo/injectors/etc. just ask mike if he'll tune it down for you, so you dont **** **** up while it's running all the stock ****... as long as all the stock EMISSIONS stuff is in there... then after you pass... all the **** you took off should be fairly easy to toss back on..

 

ill get in contact with mike

i still have my stock ecu so yeah

 

i spoke to mike regarding going to the state ref/smog checks before and he said i can surely pass with a stock exhaust system.
i'm sure you can leave the other stuff on the car such as gauges and what not. Gluck man.

 

<---smog tech
whatever under the hood doesn't have a carb label return to stock and return exhaust to stock as well and that should get you through the visual. smog stations including refs dont dyno awd cars(they dont have a awd dyno) so they do a two speed idle test but im not promising you will pass that with your list of mods but if you fail keep your print out and get it to me and we will figure out why you failed.
greg

 

Dang that stinks Ave! Friggin communist cops. Give me a call if you need help with converting your car back. I still have your number, but PM me if you don't have mine.

Smitty

 

damn that sucks

good luck mang

 

let me know when you plan to bust this out. we can do the TBE in a little over an hour and the uppipe in about 2.
you should be able to pass smog without the uppipe cat, but you might not pass the visual.

 

thanks for all the help with this guys, i have all my stock parts. *i kept them just in case ish like this happened*

i trying to get my engine back to stock as much as possible. ill let you guys know when and where. im just waiting for the paper work to come in the mail.

-Ave

 

Haven't there been plenty of people that pass visual with an aftermarket uppy, or no?

 

Me, passed at the Ref with Helix uppipe on my conversion.

 

I've been to the state ref once so I will tell you exactly what you need to do.

Remove ic pipes (you can leave the core on, i did and they didnt say one word)
put back on the following parts

intercooler
bov
inlet unless yours is black
stock air box
stock turboback
stock header

you can leave the turbo as it looks like stock, leave the injectors as it looks stock (they only look at the rails really), leave the pulley as it looks stock, and you dont really have to worry about the ecutek but just dont floor the car since its not tuned for the stock parts you just put back on really.

header you need to have stock as they will fail you for an aftermarket one. uppipe they wont be able to see really so thats fine. what they check for is stock intake system, stock cat under the car, stock o2 sensors.

 

Did they say anything about your FMIC??