California Smog

[Nikzilla]

RANT

So my car has a pod filter.

I have a 2003 Ford Taurus, and I'm trying to get it regoed before I sell it. The car has a fking pod filter. Yeah I know it doesn't do anything. Sounds a bit nicer though. Just got bored one weekend in college so decided to custom fit a pod filter to a shitbox.

So anyway.

Apparently you can't pass smog with an aftermarket filter.

What, just what, the fuck???

Like what the fuck do I even do at this point?

Do I really have to dig through my garage in the hopes of finding the original airbox?

What the fuck california.

I feel the rage of a thousand suns.

Please calm my nerves zilvia.net

[KPNITRL]

Yup, this place blows when it comes to that, and other reasons.
Has for years, will continue on.
My out of state pals call it Commifornia.

[silverarrow27]

If you can't find it, you can throw a K&N cone filter on it. Most if not all K&N cone filters are carb legal. As for it passing the tail pipe or not, that would be up to the condition of the car and its other emissions components.

[zerodameaon]

What did you expect? Really this thread is pretty damn pointless, why make a thread about your own stupidity.

And the above is BS, the filter must be carb approved for your car, you can't just go pick up a random K&N with a carb sticker and expect to pass.

[Wake]

Why do you have a cone filter on a 2003 ford Taurus to begin with?
And why didnt you keep the OEM equipment?

Doesnt sound like very prudent planning on your part. Are you new to America?

[Nikzilla]

Doesnt sound like very prudent planning on your part. Are you new to America?

Yes, pretty much