How do you guys pass smog check? The only turbo kit that is CARB legal is the Greddy. Only con is that the Greddy kit doesn't make the power I'm looking for. Any feedback will be appreciated

 

Have friends that have friends that knows someone who knows someone that can pass your smog

 

we tip the smog man extra.

 

haha alright. Good thing I have a friend who has friends who knows someone who can pass smog

 

anyone and everyone that mods their car in california all do illegal smogs.

 

Put it back to stock, drive it that way for a few days then smog. It's a good time to detail the engine, look for leaks, rebuild turbo, do upgrades.

 

THIS.

or find that friends sisters ex boyfriends cousins uncle that will hook it up

 

With the new smog check Star program these "friends" are no longer able to circumvent the system.

 

This.

It's not as easy as "knowing people". "Knowing people" also doesn't do you any good when you get pulled over, popped, then sent to the smog referee.

You either have to go into it knowing that you WILL have to pull it out for smog, or go with one of the TWO carb legal FI kits out there (Greddy Turbo and CT-Engineering SC).

And of course the caveats are that the Greddy kit sucks and the CTSC is difficult to source at a good price for the DBW models (the OP has an MY07...as do I).

This is the reason I went Nitrous. Easy to conceal. Easy to Pull out. (and I get to purge )

Yes, California Sucks.


EDIT: I forgot to mention...there are a few counties in CA that do not require smog. If you live in or can manage to get your car registered in one of these counties, then you'll never have to smog. If you live in said counties, you're golden. If you don't...you basically have to find a way to establish a home address in that county with your name on it. If you can deal with the hassle and the potential consequences of getting busted, then that's an option.


EDIT #2: Here's a list of counties in California that do not require smog per DMV website:

Alpine
Amador
Calaveras
Del Norte
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Lake
Lassen
Mariposa
Mendocino
Modoc
Mono
Plumas
Sierra
Siskiyou
Trinity
Tuolumne


These counties require smog check only in certain zip codes.

El Dorado
Placer
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego (I believe Julian is one...not sure if there are more)
Sonoma

 

yeah I'm also wondering what i'm going to be doing this year as i have done illegal smog all my life for the past 15+ years but this year there is a new star smog program and my "hook ups" can no longer help me.