Yes sir be very scared ha ha ha .

 

I got mine yesterday, pass the com check, but failed visual coz i had a custom dual secondary cat and muffler delete exhaust. TeCh ask a little tip to pass me.

 

I've passed twice with Joe Z intake and exhaust.

 

MY2009 Passed in SoCal with Borla cat-back. No tip necessary.

 

Any update on oem intake tube, Oem exhaust, and headers?

 

If I'm not mistaken, the car will pass inspection if you have the PPE / Sikky sensor module. The car is not hooked up to the tailpipe sniffer, they only plug into the OBII port and that module fools the car into thinking it's still reading stock levels. So, IF the tech doesn't do a thorough enough visual inspection to notice the aftermarket headers you will be fine.

Still illegal, but that part is on you.

 

Anyone passing the OB2 California smog check with headers yet?
(besides the visual of course)

 

Mines up next month so we will see. Hopefully it does

 

Great, standing by to hear the results.

Just curious, what is your set up? Exhaust? Cats? Tuned?

 

I'm so happy that they got rid of smog testing up here in Vancouver, BC

I always hated having to remove mods to get my car ready for testing. I dealt with that for many years with many different cars.

 

I had to smog my F a couple months ago. I only have Joe Z intake and Borla Catback..... passed no problem with the obd2 scan. Lets just say, these two mods don't pass the visual. No CARB sticker on the intake and secondary cats are gone....

 

Yeah, I don't see an issue with the OBDII side passing, as those with the tune and FBO have shown they've easily passed. But for those in stricter states, and California being one of the worst, there is still a visual inspection. Some techs might not care for a blue or carbon fiber intake, but at the same time, there are some who do. I've gotten feedback that some claimed they failed the smog test (not all on this particular forum BTW), not for the diagnostic side or previously in California being the "sniffer" test, but because of something as arbitrary as an aftermarket intake system. Hopefully none of us run into any issues like that, but knowing that there are tunes out there that can easily keep the parameters within what is minimally necessary to pass, in some cases that's not even enough.

 

Yes that's always been the case with my past cars too...obd2 scan only. There is no need for them to run the car on the rollers.

 

^^+1. California is probably the only state in the US with such strict rules. OBD scan will pass but the visual may not....It depends on the tech and most of them where I am pop the hood and check for EVERYTHING....

 

I had an HKS SSQV on my Supra in the OEM recirculating configuration and failed. Passed the sniffer with flying colors, but that one item made the visual a failure. I left the state not long after that. I was sick of the stupidity and the hidden taxes and while the weather is great, it's not enough to offset the pain.