guy wouldnt smog my car becuase of intake
 

so ive had my 370z nismo for about a good month now and loving it. In my registration process with the car i went to a local smog shop next to my house. The guy opens the hood and goes "i cant smog it" . I asked why and he said that i have an aftermarket intake. which is the K&n typhoon intake(the car already had the intake installed when i bought it). He was claiming its illegal etc and that he would have to find the confirmation code with the DMV. WTF!!!???

Im so confused has anyone had a problem with there intakes? especially k&n? i though all k&n were legal.

dont know what to do?? Or please someone tell me this guy is a dumba!@!#!#

No señor. I'm sorry to break it to you. But you're the dumb áss this time.
The only intakes I know of that are CARB approved are from Stillen. You get a nice sticker with them saying they are CARB approved and the smog guy sees it and says, OK CARB approved

Sorry, AEM's are as well. Which is funny, because they are owned by K&N

69-7078TS - K&N Intake Kits, Performance Intake Kit direct from K&N

What year is your 370Z?

Find another smog shop or go back to stock intakes for the smog

Some shops have told people that they won't smog them here in Cali but the 3 that I have been to have smogged me with my aftermarket intake

Makes no sense they use a k&n filter.

Smog shops are not dumb. There's a reason why they are in business and make money. They hear a car with a loud exhaust driving in they know what's up. I don't have to do it for a while but will need to start looking at a place that will pass me. I'm going to where DE.50 and Waizz recommends. The problem CA has is enforcement. Too many cars, too many smog shops, some in bad neighborhoods for them to effectively oversee. They can do randoms but that is not effective to check on compliance. You should find another one. Being conservative here I think one in 5 shops will take you. Passing you is another story.

What? What does that have anything to do with anything?
So does the AEM...

Doesn't matter, Stillen took the time to get CARB approval for their product configuration and K&N didn't

Just because it is using one of the parts it doesn't automatically mean it's also under the same umbrella

Changing fuel trims can be affected by the filter element. If they all use K&N they should all be legal or illegal. If they didn't pay for the testing then fine, but why k&n wouldn't makes no sense.

... You don't know how it works in CA. Every design needs to get CARB approved. Doesn't have a god damn thing to do with the type or brand or design of filter. It's intake system as a whole. K&N is just popular because it's popular.

Its a 2010 ... Dam so if they tested it ..it would fail? Or do they just dont want to test it so they don't get in trouble ?

If your in cali can you pm the places to go to ? I need to register my car asap

Can you pm the places ...im located near garden grove /huntington beach

It's cheaper to have a pro take your intakes off and reinstall them. Unless you wanna go to THE ghetto.

where are you? I'll do/help you swap it

Im curious, Does you registration say that it needs to be smog? or did you just go to see if it would just pass?

Normally NEW cars in Cali don't need a smog for the first 5 years.

If you bought the car the seller is responsible to have it smoged unless he sells it before its due, But that shouldn't be the case for you since its should be till 2015

DMV regulations

Smog Requirements

When buying a used car you have to get it smogged regardless of the 5 year rule. And yeah, the seller SHOULD have done it, but most people don't care on such a new car

I kinda figured something like that.

Thank You. :tiphat:

it needs to be smogged on change of ownership after that you won't need to smog for the rest of the 5 years unless you sell it. dealers are not required to smog a vehicle pre sale but the must cover the needed repairs if it doesn't pass so if you bought it from a dealer(with the intake on it) tell them what happened and most likely they will smog it for you or fix it because it is still illegal for them to sell a vehicle that doesn't meet emissions. if you bought it private party your best route is to find a more lenient shop or sue/talk to the seller.

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"or sue/talk to the seller."

Stock intake, $50 and a few minutes of your time. Seems pretty simple to me.

im located in garden grove ..where would i find a 370z oem intake ?

who has a stock intake i can buy or maybe borrow for just a day ?

Damn sorry to hear this bro. Hit me up Rocky, ill swap my stockers with you for the test. Can anyone chime in how long he needs to drive the car for the ecu to readjust before going in for testing? Or can we just simply pull he neg. on battery to reset the ecu and go.

to the rescue ..always looking out for me ..thank you man.

i dont even like this intake...if anyone wants to trade for oem and buy me lunch id be down hahaha

No worry bro. Meet me around noon tomorrow near my office in fullerton and we can swap it out and you can go test.

Lol
I was gonna say just use mine, swap it then swap back.

And 50 miles or so for the ECU to not come up as "just reset" which will make you fail.



If you need to swap because ZBrah is a bastard :p
Shoot me a text, I can drive down tonight (31O ) eight nine three -42O7

i wouldnt even disconect the battery until after the smog testing. and i think you need more than 50 miles to reset it.

I used Joe's Smog Check (north hollywood) about 3 years ago on my 350z that had a Fujita Intake. He didn't say anything at all. Passed and only $40 bux.

it looks like you even got ripped off on this intake, the heat shields are missing

good luck though OP

Thank his noodlyness that I don't have inspections or emissions. This sounds like a nightmare.

i just went to another smog shop in garden grove ..he didn't say anything ..and the car passed . I knew the other guy I went to for the first time was over exaggerating...but thanks for the offer ..it would've saved my *** if it didnt pass

haha I didn't buy it..it came with the car like that.

Move to Ohio! No smog check here....