Long Travel BS Thread

What!

 

All vehicles are on a rotating basis where your renewal form will say "test only station or the new star certified station only. The new star cert test is focusing on more time on visual inspection for out of place components.
I am about to go in for my smog and only have to swap in the oe airbox so far.
So now you may need a second friend...

 

The guy who bought my single cab off of me offered to let me register my new truck to his address, in a neighboring county where there is only smog once per decade. Other than being pulled over and having registration to one address and a license to a different address (which could be relatively easily "explained"), are there any risks to this? I'm seriously contemplating taking him up on the offer, even though I have all stock components that are ready to swap back in (as i previously did for this most recent smog)

 

swap it when you have to. i dont like the idea having someones name on my paperwork.

 

that's the thing visual is not the problem at all for us the s10 with the cell was smogged after the whole star cert thing no problem my 06 has headers without cats and I just smogged it no problem thanks to URD's o2 sim and like I said worst case just pay somebody that works at the DMV seems like a lot more people are doing that these days yea it's more expensive but less of a hassle

 

on another note my buddy got a 98 extra cab taco and needs some stock interior front seats headliner carpet speedo air bags gray in color pm me and let me know if you got anything thanks!

 

I'm pretty sure it would just be his address, with my name still on everything. Otherwise I would be opposed to the idea.

 

if it's not to much of a pain to swap the stock parts on to smog it I would rather do that

 

Anyone have a cnc plasma? I'm looking into getting one and could use some recommendations. I want to build a front kit and links so why not?

 

let me understand this, your Tacoma with LTH and no cats or o2's passes visual? and if it doesn't you bribe a DMV official?

 

abandon thread !!!!

 

Yeah...bribing a dmv official sounds super sketchy, I wouldn't even know how to begin that request...

 

Yeah the main reason I want to register it there is for the fuel cell, but also because I'd like to run headers and potentially a cam. however at that point (internal mods) i might as well swap to a 3.4...

He said that the only downside is I'd have to pick up or have him forward my registration stickers and renewal notice annually, but fuck honestly that beats 80 bucks for star smog and all the other b.s.

 

I have o2s on there with the URD o2 sim read it again I have never payed a DMV person to smog it just said a lot of people I've talked to seem to be going down that road when it comes to smog even someone I know did that for their car

 

a smog tech or DMV official? I think you're confused, hard sell to pass a visual without cats on an OBDII system vehicle.

 

sorry I forgot there are 4 cats on the 2nd gen the ones on the Y are still there but not the ones on the headers since they are long tube but I just went to smog it wasn't even at my buddy's place just said here to smog my truck waited for them to smog it they did I payed got my smog certificate and off I went they didn't even ask me anything unless I'm just imaging things and it never happened I even hooked it up to the scanner before I took it in and it was ready to go

 

Haha headers and a cam are way easier to do than an engine swap

 

best bang for the buck, 3.4 swap.

 

go fight for this one

http://www.race-dezert.com/classifieds/index.php?ct=orpart&md=details&id=66193

 

obviously... but the gains to effort ratio just doesn't seem to be very good. not to mention I'd have to rebuild other internals (200k) on the motor. Id rather get headers that I can resell and flog the piss outta this 22re 'till the time comes for a 3.4. As jeff said, seems to be the best bang for the buck. From what I've read wiring the damn thing seems to be the hardest part...