Exhaustion Frustration
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Exhaustion Frustration
I just need to vent and share some information. I hope that some of you will/can learn from my mistakes. I have been a member of this site for quite some time and used to moderate, at one time. I have not logged in for a while. Nothing personal...just life. Things get crazy.
Recently, I took my '04 Ram in for it's second smog inspection. Now, I live in California (automobile HELL)...the land of "you can own a vehicle, but we won't let you modify it". As previously stated, this is the second smog check (it passed the first one...2 years ago). After the first smog inspection, I figured that all the mods I had done to my Ram were legit and okay (Headers, high-flow cats, custom X-piping, single exhaust to a dual, etc... I was in heaven!!). At this point, I tossed/sold my old exhaust manifolds and scrapped the rest. Long story, short it failed a visual inspection thus, failing smog inspection. After taking it to a "smog ref", I have learned that all mods made to my exhaust have to be removed and all put back to OEM for it to pass smog. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! $2500 in parts and labor, for the exhaust I want!!! Now, I have to scrap it and pay more money to return an exhaust that I DO NOT WANT!! I am so pissed!!!!!
Anyhow, I needed to vent. Feel better...slightly. Don't let this happen to you, my fellow Dodge Forum freaks. Peace.
Recently, I took my '04 Ram in for it's second smog inspection. Now, I live in California (automobile HELL)...the land of "you can own a vehicle, but we won't let you modify it". As previously stated, this is the second smog check (it passed the first one...2 years ago). After the first smog inspection, I figured that all the mods I had done to my Ram were legit and okay (Headers, high-flow cats, custom X-piping, single exhaust to a dual, etc... I was in heaven!!). At this point, I tossed/sold my old exhaust manifolds and scrapped the rest. Long story, short it failed a visual inspection thus, failing smog inspection. After taking it to a "smog ref", I have learned that all mods made to my exhaust have to be removed and all put back to OEM for it to pass smog. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! $2500 in parts and labor, for the exhaust I want!!! Now, I have to scrap it and pay more money to return an exhaust that I DO NOT WANT!! I am so pissed!!!!!
Anyhow, I needed to vent. Feel better...slightly. Don't let this happen to you, my fellow Dodge Forum freaks. Peace.
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That stinks - but if you have the CARB certification for all the parts, it should pass then. I know that several of my buds that mod their Corvettes, they take the CARB certifications for all the parts and they pass inspection.
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All parts are CARB certified. It doesn't make a damn difference. CA is pissing me off. There are some places where I could get it smogged, as is (legal smog $30, illegal...$200??). But is it worth the headache? I think I am going to bite the bullet and not have to deal with this b.s. every 2 years. Will put the headers up for sale. I love the truck too much to sell it.
