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Old 04-10-2004, 07:56 PM
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Are Subaru's Smog Exempt
I was wondering do wrx and other subaru smog exempt, do we need to get them smogged and how and were to do it. I have heard lately do to the new law that subaru dont have to get smoged TRUE? or FALSE?
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The new SMOG system uses a 2 wheel dyno system. For that we are at this point exempt. However, the sniffer is still used.
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Ya, just a sniffer, and a OBD-II plug in if you have OBD-II.
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Ya, just a sniffer, and a OBD-II plug in if you have OBD-II.
and the biggie - visual.
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Isn't California going to get the new 4-wheel dyno's for smog soon?
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Originally posted by Choku Dori
Isn't California going to get the new 4-wheel dyno's for smog soon?
Soon, but they aren't expecting every smog station to have one for two years or something like that. So, until every smog certifier has a AWD dyno, AWD cars follow existing laws.
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Old 04-10-2004, 11:29 PM
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i thought new cars have 4 years?

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5 years I believe...
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I thought it was 6 before the first, then every 4 thereafter?!
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it's 4 years for new cars and 2 years thereafter.
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Originally posted by Choku Dori
Isn't California going to get the new 4-wheel dyno's for smog soon?
So cal has had smog 2 for a while and they still only have AWD exempt. So I don't think all shops will be getting AWD dynos for a while
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treb you sure about that? i know for sure its 4 years then every 2, but 5 would be even better!
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This is confusing... ah, f**k CARB
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Originally posted by Choku Dori
I thought it was 6 before the first, then every 4 thereafter?!
This is what they were going to implement, when California went to Smog 2. They were going to use the 2WD Dyno smog test, and implement 6 years before the first smog check. I guess that never happened, huh?

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