Hello all. I'm a new G owner and new to this thread. I have an 05 A/T Coupe and I plan on getting FI. Basically, I want to know how many of you have TT and how were you able to keep it without any legal hassles? I was told by someone that you could register the car as a custom or hot rod type car with the DMV. Has anyone gone this route or at least familiar with this option?

 

Sorry But NO TT kit is CARB legal. SC you have choices, Stillen, Pro Charger, HKS, & Vortech.

 

Not only are tt kits not CARB legal, but none of them can be legally driven on the streets. You can keep it as a track car that you tow to and from, but once you're driving it on the streets, the cops can get ya.

 

True, if it is registered in CA. If it is registered in another state where it is legal, and if you are legally allowed to keep your car registered in that other state(military, for example), you are fine.

 

Isn't there are alot of carb approved TT ans SC?

 

No aftermarket turbo kit for the G35 or 350Zs are CARB legal, only SCs are. Feel free to search the database for yourself...
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermk...es/amquery.php

If I remember correctly, if you are here from another state, technically, you have something like 60 or 90 days to switch everything from your temporary papers... after that, you'll get treated like everyone else. Military might be different.

 

so much for TT plans in the future... it was a dream anyways... wouldn't mind SC'ing though... just gotta get past the wife....

 

buy a 6 spd first.

 

Military is different. In the military, you are allowed to keep your home of record (the place where you entered the military from) as your state of residence. You pay taxes based in that state, register to vote in that state, register your car in that state, etc... However, you are also allowed to change your residency to the state you are currently stationed in, provided you meet certain proof of residency requirements, such as registering to vote in that new state, owning property in that new state, etc...

The only legal tangle in all that is that different states have different requirements to establish residency, and sometimes merely being stationed in that state may not allow you to change your residency to that state. For example, USAF personnel who go to basic training in Texas can't change their residency to Texas if all they are there for is basic training (one reason they might want to is that TX has no state taxes). They would have to be stationed there for a longer period, and/or do other things to establish residency, such as voting, buying property, etc...

The above residency laws are meant to protect servicemembers from having to change their residency every time they change duty station, which happens along the lines of every two-three years (or less, in some cases, more in others). Part of the various federal laws known as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act, the tax code, and a number of other sources.

Probably more information than anyone wanted to know.

 

i know for my base they are making it so that you have to pass ca smog in order to get a decal.... but there is also a move in other branches to do away with the decal so that might not apply to very many people.

 

Yes, that is also correct. Some bases in CA are making certain years of cars get decals. For example, there is a base near where I am that requires smog checks for all cars manufactured prior to 2002. It is very base dependent, as well as service dependent.