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Old Jul 15, 2008
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My pile passed SMOG... haha

Not that it will mean much to anybody outside of California, but my pile passed SMOG today, legally, with a fuel cell. I'm stoked.

 
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Old Jul 15, 2008
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Kickass! Awesome job, you managed to do it all right! :-D
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008
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congrats!
 
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i take it thats a good thing b d
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008
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Originally Posted by gatorblue92
i take it thats a good thing b d
It's a VERY good thing, fuel cell's aren't exactly legal in this great state...
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008
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Jason's truck = super pimp.
 
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sweet!, glad i never have to go through that.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008
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sweet!, glad i never have to go through that.
Don't you have inspection though? How the heck does your truck make it through that?
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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I was very happy my truck passed the sound test in the super liberal state of oregon. so happy when i did. Good job man.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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Originally Posted by rngprerunner
It's a VERY good thing, fuel cell's aren't exactly legal in this great state...
How did you pull that one off? haha
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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i thought fuel cells were 50 states legal, as long as there DOT approved for road use, and are installed properly with the proper amount of protection??
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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Originally Posted by mhughes165
i thought fuel cells were 50 states legal, as long as there DOT approved for road use, and are installed properly with the proper amount of protection??
That's the thing, fuel cells are not DOT approved, nor are they CARB.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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How did you pull that one off? haha
I had everything else emissions related hooked up and in good working order and was able to talk my way through it.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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So they saw it and still passed it?
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008
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thats awesome man ... the integra i had before this truck almost didnt pass when i went to selll it
 
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Originally Posted by rngprerunner
I had everything else emissions related hooked up and in good working order and was able to talk my way through it.
Good work!
:)
 
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