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Thread: Smog and passed

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    Canyon Racer evo_jfa's Avatar
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    ^ +1 actually I became that broke Evo owner

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    We did a mobile dyno day for a BMW dealer back 5 or so years ago. I was talking to one of the salesmen about "So how are BMW owners?" He was all "fuck fuck fuckity fuck the fucken cheap fuckers! If they had any money they would have bought a Mercedes" Seems they reach a bit above their level and spend all their chump change on the car and dont have anything left to maintain it or upgrade it. Kind of like everyone I guess.

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    Just hang on to the evos for a few more years... Then smog should not be a problem

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvoIX007 View Post
    Don't forget most Evo owners nowadays are broke, and only own one due to their prices dropping...
    I would honestly say sell the car because owning an evo isn't really cheap in general. Especially since its pretty much a 10-12 year old car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike W View Post
    It all depends on what the smog tech that you get that day notices on that day and what he cares about that day. There is no guaranteed rule or law. James Singer in this thread above got hassled on a dead stock car that he polished one piece of his upper intercooler pipe when he was bored and tweaking one day. Took 45 min of googling and coercing and sweet talking the little old man to convince him that the piece actually was stock. In smog school they told him that the F&F illegal shit is always polished so he knew he had an illegal car on his hands.

    Other guys get passed on rowdy 550 whp setups. One guy that didnt notice something two years ago on your car may flag you for the same setup this time around. Crooked smog guys, the more they let pass the more they need to fail to keep their pass/fail ratio legit. A total tree hugging legit smog guy may not know anything about EVOs and pass you inadvertently with some minor mods. It is a total crap shoot out there.

    Mike W
    I'm dreading right now and needed help to pass, most of my parts are from rre, do you have any recommendations?
    '11 WW EVO X | ETS FMIC | ETS LICP | K&N TYPHOON INTAKE | 3 PORT BOOST SOLENOID | RRE STEALTH CATBACK & TEST PIPE | MXP DOWNPIPE | EIBACH PRO KIT| STOPTECH BRAKE PADS | MORIMOTO HID KIT | TWM SHIFT KNOB & SS| SEIBON CF HOOD | RRE TUNED

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    I'm a broke Evo owner. I had money when i bought it new, now I drive a 12 year old car because I can't afford to buy a new one. It use to be I'd go to RRE to buy modding parts, now I go there to buy replacement parts for stuff that broke... just like me.

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