Grumpytechguru

Looking for a place that won't fail me in SF/Oakland area. :-)

MicVelo

That's a pretty open ended statement. If you're not in compliance, you're going to and should fail.

But that said, San Jose Star Smog has done every one of my last 6-7 cars in the past few years. All three late Zs (Z33 and Z34) were OBD plug in only + visual (for cats, mods, etc.)

Might be out of your way but they're at: 1585 W San Carlos St #3, San Jose, CA 95126

Grumpytechguru

I would disagree with this part, because CA rules are retarded. No rolling thirty exemption, crazy emissions laws, etc.

But thanks for the tip on the shop!

travlee

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i kinda hope you fail now

fatnhappy

Go to Mizuki Auto in Berkeley. Great smog place thats very friendly and will most likely pass you.

travlee

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over a year late to the party duder

FlashEvolution

I just moved to CA from WI and man, the smog rules here really do suck. Quite honestly, I am not sure which part of CA I am in because I am smack dab in the middle of NorCal and SoCal. I haven't registered one of my cars that won't pass smog, I keep it registered in WI and keep it tucked in the garage since its basically useless to me now but I have plans on keeping it and moving back to WI in a few years. BUT when I purchased my 350z, the previous owner did not supply a smog cert (which, I now found out was illegal) and I took the car to be smogged myself at a Lube-n-Go.

The car passed, it appears all they did was an OBD2 check and popped the hood, never looked under the car to see that it had test pipes in replacement of the cats (which, I didn't find out till recently when doing exhaust gaskets) The car is lowered to the ground and hard to see, but I assumed they would have used a mirror or something, but they didn't. They are also a "pass or don't pay" shop, maybe find an older man who is ready to retire at any moment at a quick lube place that will just pass you. haha!