Hey folks,

I have a question, my firend want to bring in a turbo'd BMW with all the trimmings from Florida but obviously it won't pass SMOG. Is there any ways other than returning it to stock to make it pass Cali SMOG CARB laws?

I am pretty sure there isn't but if anybody has any solutions can you let me know,

Cheers

 

Find someone up in cloverdale, california (north of healdsburg) to get your friend a PO box and register the car under his name under that po box in cloverdale.
This will make it so the car won't have to be smogged EVER, unless he gets pulled over for illegal modification to the vehicle and gets 'smog reffed'... or they apply smog laws to the area of cloverdale.
my buddy did this with a few RX-7's and he's never had a problem

Jon

 

Nice one

 

Swap the stock exhaust back on.

 

Whats different about cloverdale that they dont have to be a part of CARB? Regardless of where he registers it, CA DMV will require a smog cert.

 

My friend had the same problem trying to bring a C6 Corvette with a Lingenfelter Supercharger in to CA from Texas. He ended up finding a SMOG place in San Rafael that is known for passing cars with mods. PM me and I'll get the info from my friend this weekend.

 

Northern Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino Counties don't have a smog requirement. But I think you're right, he will still need a smog cert to register it with CA DMV.

 

look for a owner who have the same car.then use your info than smog his car..but you need to know the smog station will do it or not..

 

Hmm, I guess it makes sence for an initial smog pass to register a vehicle, but from then on out, you can skip the step of 'rewnewing' your smog by the cloverdale thing

http://www.dmv.org/ca-california/smog-check.php

bleh

 

Is he keeping a FL address? Easy, keep it plated in Florida.

My Jeep kept Michigan tags for 6 months till I sold it, and I live basically across the street from the Rocklin PD

 

Except that that is illegal .

 

you're going to have to do something illegal to make it pass without turning it back to stock.

Finding a shop that'll just make it pass is the easiest. Then again you could always take a same model same color car and have it pass with that car...

I would suggest going with the stock route, cuz then he'll have all the **** for 2 years from now when he has to smog it again...(=

 

The SMOG shops dont check your VIN?

 

some do, but you've gotta hand them the cert and a 50 behind it to make sure they don't (=

 

Yeah but you have to be sure they will accept first though.. otherwise you could get in serious trouble if you mess with the wrong smog guy LOL