So I am going to smog my Mazda, it's a 2002 mazda protege5 the car is originally from Texas, can I install a 49 state cat on the car and re smog it in ca? It has the original and it's bad. I'm in Santa Clara ca.
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Smog question
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1970worthog
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I cant answer your question but what i usually do when i need a cali legal cat, and dont feel like paying an arm/leg is I go to the ca dmv site and they have a search engine of acceptable cats, then i take the part #'s and google em to find the cheapest one. Its saved me and some freinds $2-300 and no issues with it being legal to use.
Ill try to find a direct link to the search engine but im at work now so itll be a few
Edit: heres the link: https://ssl.arb.ca.gov/PartsSearchTool/CatalystSearchTool.aspx
Also asked our smog guy n he said its gotta be 50 state legal in cali. He said pre obd2 has a little more grey area as far as cats go.
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