sorry for your trouble tim, this is the reason why if i do go FI it will be vortech full kit.

 

any one has a link on what brand of paint is good for the inter cooler ?

I might have to paint my inter cooler black, because I live in Cali, I currently got gold GTS and already ordered different GTS becasue I do not want to attract cops.

 

eastwood sells "radiator" paint

 

cool, thanks.

 

I'd have my intercooler black, with a stealth BOV, internal wastegates, conceal my turbo tubes within the stock intakes as previously mentioned.

 

Uprev...yeah thats gotta be why I moved here..Keep assclown liberals in line and call them to the carpet on thier stupidity EVERY time I see it..

BTW thanks for the info on sema...I joined as well..
Tom

 

Also if you have a return system , the big red FPR on the firewall is also dead give away. In general these days , if you're asked to pop your hood you're 90% busted already.

 

Wow Tim!! Sorry to hear about your troubles.

As for other states beyond California, UPREV is absolutely right. No one is immune from this idiocy. It's just a matter of time until the Global Warming Religious Zealots in other states adopt California's Gestapo tactics.

BTW, whatever happened to the concept of "Probable Cause"? If I have a body kit does it automatically infer that I'm not C.A.R.B. compliant?

 

I wouldn't trade living in San Diego for anything. The homo comments are real mature - congrats..

Polution control is/was needed. LA in the late 70's and 80's had terrible air quality. Geography was a major reason, but knocking down mountains isn't cost effective..

Now cops doing this for revenue generation versus air quality make me sick. I had a couple small challenges getting my Z registered here including a cop being a jackass to my wife.

 

^^^ Yup, wouldn't trade living in San Diego (or SoCal for that matter) for anything else in the world.

I drive my car year around...no salt, barely any humidity, no real winter. No such thing as summer/winter tires...we just have tires.

Minutes from the pacific ocean, borders another country...a couple hours from the one of the biggest concrete jungles (LA). Snow is a drive up a mountain. Las Vegas is a few hours away. People on average are fit with a nice tan, yet the food here is rich and diverse. As much as we complain, I think it's worth the risk of being pulled over for a modified car. Move? Hell no.

Do we still envy other states? Sometimes...yes but we pay to live here so not really.



With that said, I have yet to have a cop ask me to pop the hood on my pathetic little stock motor. I would put my arms below my waist in an "X" formation and be like...

"Booyah! Stock!"

Soon to change though.

 

There should be a way to conceal it.

 

cops shouldn't be asking to look under the hood in the 1st place.

 

since when do cops take mechanic/smog inspection classes?

 

Some cops are die hard car enthusiasts and have faster/ more modded cars than most people they pull over (not speaking for all, just some)..!

 

Mass is supposed to elimanite all emisions tests on all OBD1 cars..... you know what that means.

 

Under what circumstances do you have to open your hood for a cop in Cali? Seems like they're profiling cars with a certain "look". Can you refuse to open the hood? Is it like the trunk, where they have to have your permission (or a warrant)?

 

warrants are for houses, not cars.

 

I bet these cops have modded cars, they get away with it because they're cops. This is why there's corruption

 

they need probable cause, i think you can refuse to open it.

i have a integra and i get pulled over all the time for nothing. its usually the same cops. i was hoping that getting a z would have got me out of that category with the cops.

i just need to move.