bulldogman70

ok guys im thinking of moving out there bc of a great job but my truck has no cats what can i do so i can still have that nice throaty sound currently i have no cats both go into a single flowmaster then y pipe out

techrep

iTrader: (1)

Have some high flow cats installed.

CRF450

There is no way around it here, ca is very strict on smog laws (all vehicle codes actually). All you can do is install some ca approved cats, get it to pass smog, and register it. You can remove them after you get it all registered and stuff, however it might be illegal still if its too loud.
Or you can just keep it registered in another state
Thats about all of your options i can think of.
.....oh and i hope you dont have any guns you wanna try to bring here. (stupid gun laws as well)

Mod (Ret.)

And for the record, it's a FEDERAL LAW that forbids removal of the cats; not just California, or any particular state.

Huge fine if a police officer were to pull you over and check. Also, no dealer or private individual can legally sell a vehicle with the cats removed. In other words, you cannot sell it legally with them off the truck.

Commander316

or you can not move to CA... you should run the numbers to see if it's really beneficial for you to sacrifice your personal liberty for some political agenda...

kalealmighty

hey pm me with what part of cali you are moving to we will chat

bulldogman70

im moving to some stupid town where my parents are in danville man bc im gonna go work on the natural gas pipeline for likr 62 and hr so its really beneficial and yes i have 3 guns but there all california legal and i bought my truck with no cats on them from gibson truck world

kalealmighty

dont worry buddy there are always shady smog shops

my budddies 99dodge 2500 "passed"

he has high flow cats, and doug throleys and the thing reeks of fuel at idle

DangFoo

^^^ this is correct and I had a Chevy Colorado shipped to CA from FL and had nearly the same issue. Lesson learned in that I had to spend over $700 in smog-related exhaust and manifold work to get the truck to pass CA emissions; no way around it. I was dead-set on a lifted Chevy Colorado and they are not commonplace like the Toyotas, but I refuse to buy Asian.

Sorry to add insult to injury, but CA also passed legislation that now requires trucks to be weighed at a metered/approved location (e.g. garbage dumps), so you also have to get a stupid certificate showing the curb weight of your truck before you can register. I went through that hassle and expense too; even though the weight rating is plastered on the sticker found on the door column (although I realize definition of curb weight varies and modifications alter the calc).

DangFoo

Ha ha ha - I live in Danville and I'm not trying to bag on other places, but it is one of the few remaining "normal" Towns in the Bay Area. I won't get into specifics, but it's like a small Town that could easily be someplace in the Midwest or South; complete opposite of San Francisco and Berkeley that are 30 miles West.

Chevron is in neighboring San Ramon. Get the best salary structure you can squeeze; the "average" 30-year old Rancher runs about $900K .