Concerns about overmodding for california emissions...

[YarisSedan]

So i have a AFE intake which currently isnt carb approve. meaning when smog comes around i have to remove it and install my factory one. No biggie. I dont think the NST pulleys would make you fail for smog. But i want to install a header eventually. The one i am looking at is DC and from my experience most of thier headers are carb approve. So what i am thinking since they are new they probally are already submitted thier header for carb approval. But if i instally one now i dont know if it will be before my smog comes up. Then i have to remove it and put the old one back on. ALong with my intake. Not too bad i guess but a pain in the u know what.

[cali yaris]

This is a conversation about something that's going to happen in 3-4 years, so I hope you're not stressing about it.

I wouldn't bother with changing the header out. You can't see it for visual inspection and you'll pass anyway. Same for pulleys. The intake is pretty obvious, though.

I know a guy who doesn't care what the car looks like (you always pass visual) as long as the sniffer passes it. Find a guy like that and you won't have to change anything.

[KCALB SIRAY]

$40 bucks doesn't hurt either

[Brian]

The directions that came with my DC header say its CARB approved/exempt. I have the same
concern with aftermarket parts. They should get rid of the visual inspection. I also don't
understand why my TRD intake isn't CARB approved but some of the other TRD intakes are.

[AlexNet0]

How strict are they/will they be about the emissions regulations? Up here they dont care

[firebob]

We don’t have the sniff test yet in VA. They are going for safety stuff. My mother in law will send me my inspection stickers what ever Mail Boxes ect I will be close to. I know she uses a copy of my registration so the information matches the car. I think it cost her an extra $20 or so.