In a word, yes. You can run whatever doesn't get you pulled over for up to 6 years until your first official smog test. But as with all things related to modding, you should be realize you may have to pay to play at some point. CA police and CHP are cracking down more and more on illegal mods. If you are pulled over for anything, they can ask you to pop your hood and inspect for mods. If they see anything they don't like, they can hand you a smog ref ticket and back to stock you will have to go. And if you feel like asserting your civil rights by declining and underhood search, that's fine, but your car will leave on a tow truck.
I have been running a modded car with stealth tasteful mods for close to 5 years and have had very good luck so far. Rule of thumb should be, the more attention you attract, the more likely you are to be sent to a ref.
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