Just a quick question, if i were to have test pipes and switch to cats for the smog test and then after i pass put my test pipes back on, what are the chances of getting caught?

 

I've been using test pipes for about a year with no problems at all.

*Knock on wood!*

 

Chances are that it's a 50/50..a couple of guys I know have been caught withe the rolling smog check points.

 

I have been pulled over 3 times with my test pipes on and was never even asked about them. I remember once it was smelling like crap when i pulled over cause i turned the car off when i stopped instead of rolling with the car off before coming to stop, and still did not have an issue with the cop.

 

whats the repercussions for getting caught just a big fine?

 

$1000+ fine. And im being conservative with that number

California does not take emissions lightly. Hell, they are the other way around to the extreme!

 

i know they don't take them lightly now what are the extreme ways?

 

california will rape anyone who gets caught ditching emissions regulations

i mean cmon...we even get raped by little things such as tint and no front plate

 

whats the fine for no front plate? i don't have one, thinking of just keeping my car registed in hawaii for as long as i can, but also are there spot checks or like could i just install cats for the smog test then put test pipes back on or an i better off just getting high flow cats?

 

a cop can mark no front plate or tint (among other things) as correctable or not correctable:
correctable (fix-it ticket) = fix the problem, go to ref station and get it signed off by officer, pay $10
not correctable = you're looking at $200+

as for exhaust mods, if a cop can hear it, then expect to get hassled

 

cop can mark a front plate ticket as a felony, that doesn't mean violating the front plate rule is a feolony. Tints, plates and **** like that are all corectible violations with $10 fine court fine, no matter which box the cop checked off.

 

Cops dont give tickets for bad breath

 

damn.....

 

This all depends on the cop, worst case he could have your car impounded
and you'd still end up paying in excess of $1k just for the ticket plus the
impound fees and $45 per day the cars locked up....is it worth having test
pipes? Magnaflow should have their Ca. legal HFCs on the market, I'll ask
my son Chris what the status is.
Gary

 

this site should help
if its in here, then the cop can't say ****
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/aftermk...es/amquery.php