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Originally Posted by iJDM
I agree with you OP, however I think it's an uphill battle for the EPA. Are they going to stop any "off road use only" aftermarket support for every vehicle ever made? Would be tough to do and probably take a long time.... Just my guess
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It would be logistically impossible to remove any and all previously produced aftermarket parts in the country, but what they could do is make regulations that would make it virtually impossible for aftermarket companies to exist after the regulations are put in place. If say aftermarket parts needed certain amount of testing to comply with the new regulations it would make the parts more expensive, provide less of a performance increase and irrelevant. This would cost thousands upon thousands of jobs and close countless small and medium size businesses.
Now, you have to think of how much money the auto manufacturers have invested in performance models aimed at people who want to mod them. Everyone from Huyndai to Cadillac has performance models and divisions which spend billions of dollars in r&d, marketing, talent, etc etc. Besides SEMA I would think the auto industry would stand against this kind of overreach, especially with no actual evidence that this will even make the tiniest difference towards their "goal".
It's a stretch for this to happen. However, like any government regulation, they will probably pass a smaller regulation now, with hopes of many smaller regulations in the future to achieve this over the long term.