[josephx66]

Originally Posted by Hit_Apex

I could flip that and say it’s pretty stupid for CA to have virtuallly zero emission enforcement for the first 8 years. That’s pretty attractive to those who like to mod new cars.

Sure the 8 year exemption is a nice “perk” for new cars, but I always tend to keep my cars long term. So having to play the emissions game is always in the back of my head. I have a built 2000 Ford Lightning making nearly 700hp that I’ve had to register out of state for this reason.

[Info@mad-us.com]

Originally Posted by Hit_Apex

Yep, technically and legally. You must square your personal morals with bending/breaking emission laws and the risk of getting state reffed by a curious CHP officer or pop up smog checkpoints. Sounds like OP is not willing to do that, respect, but unfortunately no products in the past several years have pursued a CARB cert. I think it’s a dead option, at least for anything that would actually add power or sound.

Jumping through numerous hoops and spending tens of thousands of dollars to certify every version of a product, with no flexibility for future modifications without restarting the certification process. Hard pass

[G82RUM4]

when you flashed the stock tune, did the cars dme lock ?

[S58King]

Originally Posted by SwankPeRFection

Those of you who do this with BM3, just DO NOT pick the option to relock the DME. Just put a stock map on it, that’s it.

Do you mean to tell me that I didn’t have to relock my ecu to pass the state ref?

[SwankPeRFection]

Originally Posted by S58King

Do you mean to tell me that I didn’t have to relock my ecu to pass the state ref?

Some places can pass with a stock map. Not your state because they do a flash comparison from what people have said, so no, you had to return it to full stock. I think the issue is the layout differences in the newer custom rom setup because it’s just not the same. Even the stock maps have to be redone to work on the low level custom rom layout.

[Wanted_M]

In CA they have the ARB side shows, where you get signaled over by a CHP officer as your traveling down the road. ARB has set up a tent with analyzer to test your cars emissions. Once you pull over an ARB employee approaches your car to give you some garbage about clean air blah blah blah and asks if they can test your car and only take a few minutes blah blah, blah.

Just say no and they let you go, that's it. It's against your 4th amendment right, if your ever in this predicament, now you know. The sad part about it is, the ARB employee will never inform you that its voluntary.