Update to https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-general-discussion-207/registration-dmv-late-8-years-743842/page2/

$452, NOT BAD AT ALL!!!!!!!
I PLAYED IT COOL AND THE WOMAN GOT ME 300$ OFF!!!!

now i need smog check at test only center

chances of me passing?

rx7 1982 12a ALL STOCK

 

that's some serious bs u all have to go thru. glad i don't live there.

 

How old does it have to be before CA grandfathers in the cars? In TX it's 25 years so 2009 will be my last emissions inspection on my GSL-SE. It still has to be safety inspected, no emissions though. Good luck getting it through SMOG in CA, these cars don't burn so clean. Make sure you cats and air pump are in good working order and the car is thoroughly warmed up before attempting the tests.

 

For our cars its any car made at of before 1979 so i still got 5 more years of this bs

 

it'll pass if you have a good cat

AND THERES AIR PUMP AIR GOING INTO THE EXHAUST PORTS

 

Track down the previous owner and lay your boner on his shoulder.

 

What are CA's emissions rates anyway?

 

its california, they make up numbers... generally if you're under 100ppm hc and not sure about the c0, maybe .6? you pass

 

I think you could have gotten the fee reduced even more. Mine cost almost nothing.

 

You mean pre-'76 cars, and they are not continuing this (meaning any car made after '76 will always have to be smogged.) and are trying to get rid of it and make ALL cars pass emissions, including the pre-'76er's.

 

^ I thought i read on the DMV site it was 75?

Whatever, but hasnt california always had rediculously strict emissions laws. So are emissions different numbers for new cars vs the older cars or do all the cars have to meet one set of numbers for each toxin?

 

good new i found a smog check dude that will " ensure my investment "
for bout 250$

should i test it myself and check if it passes, if not take it to that guy?

 

My '85 costs me about $250 also....but $125 a year to drive a car you love is nothing.

 

definately

 

i dunno if it can be made to pass, a smog checks only like $35 bucks now...

 

I think he meant the kinda for 250 "your car WILL pass...." kinda deal.

 

ya i heard about making all cars have to pass smog and that is b/s i have san fran liberals

 

in ohio they are actually thinking about getting rid of e check... the studies that they have done show no significant decrease in air pollution... only certain counties have it (all the ones that could make money). Now its free to have your car smogged (the cigarette smokers tax pays for it now) and if you cant pass all you have to do is show a bill from a mechanic over $300 for repairs to help it try and pass and you get a free pass even if it fails again.. cars 25+ yrs old dont need an e-check either