3B diesel - California Emissions (1 Viewer)

[Maxb]

Hello, has anyone been able to successfully register and title an imported diesel powered land cruiser from 1980-1989 year range in California without having to smog test it?

If you register the vehicle as "antique" does it still have to go through emissions?

 

[whitey45]

There is no smog required in ca 1998 and below. However, registrating a diesel cruiser is a challenge in california. Some have done it, but it depends on who is behind the counter at dmv!

 

[Maxb]

There is no smog required in ca 1998 and below. However, registrating a diesel cruiser is a challenge in california. Some have done it, but it depends on who is behind the counter at dmv!

That's what I am wondering if someone who has done it, how did they get it done. I hear they ask you to show a "US Emissions Label" .... if the vehicle is imported from outside of the US how can it have a "US" emissions label?

 

[bhsdriller]

^ Correct so then you can't get it registered

 

[1MOA]

Go title it in another state run it a few years then try to get it in CA. Any title issued and then sent to CA DMV with less than 18 months registration is a automatic flag for the CA DMV.

 

[chuckebeling]

Go title it in another state run it a few years then try to get it in CA. Any title issued and then sent to CA DMV with less than 18 months registration is a automatic flag for the CA DMV.

I imported a 1980 BJ40 and had it tested/ modified at a certified California Air Resource Board lab in order to get it registered . It worked but its very expensive. After that there is never a requirement for a smog check.