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Originally Posted by Lug
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as a california resident i can tell you when i hear about people in other states getting a smog check, its so easy compared to ours
in california CARB requires smog testers to not only do a sniffer and ecu read, but it requires a visual inspection as well, and if the tester sees something that might be modified(like new downpipes) he will fail you and you and your car will be on the dirty polluters list and you will have to either sell your car out of state or pay fines and fees to have your car inspected and removed from the dirty polluters list
all of the other states that have a clean air act of some kind, dont require smog testers to preform all of that, most of the time its an ecu scan, and maybe a sniffer test
now im pretty sure the gtm sc kit will pass the sniffer and ecu test but you will not pass the visual because the air boxes will have been moved and the air filters have been relocated, and while that might not be breaking carb rules, if he suspects anything he will fail you
tbh i am all for cleaner emissions but the smog checks here in california are brutal