"Lenient" Smog checks in Bay Area

[sixfiveoh]

Anybody know of any? Two years came up on me pretty fast, I do NOT want to get under the car and swap out my test pipe back and forth again. Can anybody help me out?

[97B518TQM]

What city? The Bay area is kinda big, ya know.
And with a test pipe, you will NOT pass no matter what. There are less and less smog places that are not too picky on the visual inspection but no way to pass the sniffer test with a test pipe. Get under the car and put on the stock cat.

[sixfiveoh]

[dan4g63]

if youre quattro you can pass the sniffer otherwise im afraid you will have to take it off. for the $200+ you would have to pay a "lenient" smog place ill put in your cat back in the car and then swap it again for your test pipe.

[97B518TQM]

if youre quattro you can pass the sniffer otherwise im afraid you will have to take it off. for the $200+ you would have to pay a "lenient" smog place ill put in your cat back in the car and then swap it again for your test pipe.

Not true. Even at idle the car will not pass the sniffer. Ask me how I know!

[Oompous]

Not true. Even at idle the car will not pass the sniffer. Ask me how I know!

how do you know?

[97B518TQM]

how do you know?

Haha.Well, if you must know, I tried passing my A4 3 times before I finally put on the stock cat and then it passed with flying colors. I found a "lenient" smog station where they were willing to overlook all the visual stuff and didn't even look under the hood but the sniffer was too far off and it couldn't pass. I tried three times, played with the fuel pressure regulator to alter the mixture and still nothing. Went home, put on my stock cat and it passed from the first time with amazing numbers.

[apatchin]

dont mean to thread jack, but does anyone have any experience with a HFC being able to pass? specifically 034 HFC.

[BlkdoutS4]

dont mean to thread jack, but does anyone have any experience with a HFC being able to pass? specifically 034 HFC.

i passed with 034 Race Cats on my B5 S4

[awd2ks4]

i passed with 034 Race Cats on my B5 S4

Nice how much did those run you?

[Keaton@JHM]

dont mean to thread jack, but does anyone have any experience with a HFC being able to pass? specifically 034 HFC.

check this thread. looks like people have had a lot of success with this little guy.

[BARRY]

um...you mean hookup. those are becoming quite scarse these days. i don't know if you saw the news a few months back. my hookup was one of the spots that got busted out of 6 south bay shops.

[SummitS4]

passed my stg 3 s4 with awe hfc's.... its not worth the 200 for a smog when all you need is cats. maybe if you had a motor swap and big turbo.