advice: try another smog station to see if they say the same thing.

 

I plan on doing just that ^^^

I did contact Perrin. They stated that their products are not CARB certified (Cali Air Resources Board, which makes the rules here). But this could be because Perrin just doesn't want to go through the regulatory hoops to get their products reviewed/approved, so they just do the "For off-road and racing use only" thing, and leave it to their customers to deal with smog problems on a case-by-case basis?

 

Cali smogging :tdown:

 

Resurrecting just to finalize this thread. I did go to a different smog station. It passed no problemo with the Perrin tube. Moral: You gotta shop around...

 

Just another FYI my father in law has a Nissan Titan with a CARB approved K&N Brand Air Intake and because the sticker was washed off, 2 smog places denied him of a smog cert and almost made him go to the referee. The second shop he even had the number printed out from the computer. This is getting bad.