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Old 05-25-2009, 03:05 PM
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Best Ref Station

Which ref station is considered the easiest to work with? My car is 100% stock, save for the OEM boost gauge connection (I swapped the gauge for a Defi) and a EGT and oil pressure gauge.

I hear Livermore is good, but I'm looking for something a bit more local to SF.
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no exp with livermore or SF area ..... but been to Fremont ref station at Wyotech and Evergreen Valley College ref station ..... both have been kind to me
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I believe theres a state ref station in Skyline College in San Bruno. Its next to the auto shop buildings.

I haven't heard anything about them though.
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I went to alameda. Not too sure the name of the college. He was nice and easy going.
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Cool, thanks guys.
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If you are stock there is nothing to worry about
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Originally Posted by Lowend
If you are stock there is nothing to worry about
I know, but I just don't want them to break my ***** over gauges.
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Santa Rosa I worked with Richard, We never gave a **** about gauges
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This is actually one of the best & helpful threads, and should be considered a sticky.

So much bias and profiling against owning/operating import, it's nice to have a good source to go to when time comes to deal with certification/ref.

+1 to OP.
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i like alameda
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Well. I'm scheduled for 10am tomorrow at Skyline. I'll post up my experience.
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Thanks.

Oh, one more thing, I flashed back to Stage 1 since the factory map sucks, should I revert to factory settings, or will I be ok with the Stage 1 flash?
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You should be ok.
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Well, I'm back. I passed.

The guys are Skyline are real cool, not much else to say, standard SMOG and inspection from what I could tell. Talked with a bunch of kids who are in the automotive program about my car and stuff. Good times.
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