00Sfour

ive only lived in MD. i thought all states had a center for emissions

The Chad (VaultPSU)

Never had to do emissions, only a few cities in PA require emissions and Florida anything goes..

00Sfour

give it a shot. MD is pretty strict with emissions so if it works here who knows

Pscheoverdrive

How low is your car?

JmuRiz

Nope in VA they put a sniffer in the tailpipe and test with the car running.

dscottjr

not when they did mine. visual cat check, obdii check, gas cap check. No sniffer.

The Chad (VaultPSU)

Front lip and exhaust hanger are about 3 inches off the ground.

The Chad (VaultPSU)

Hmm maybe I should strap a fake cat on there.. lol

BlueDog

VA no longer does the dyno test or the sniffer test IF the car is OBDII. They plug into the system, just like VAG-COM, and pull the information from the ECU on how its managing fuel/emission. So it all depends on how the car THINKS its running.

BlueDog

VA has two inspections... emissions every 2 years, safety every year.

Depending on the inspector, the CAN (and I've seen it done) fail you for the car being too low. It was a mini truck and the kid/driver was being an ***. They brought the truck in for the safety inspection. Mechanic kicked over the arms for the lift and they hit the frame, so he couldn't raise the vehicle. Truck got a nice bright red REJECTED sticker.