bilalayyazbaluch
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Hey everyone; so please do not hate me for this, I already have looked up all the threads on defender source regarding registering your defender in California seems like impossible. So, this is where I have a question, as much as I want to register a car in a different state with my job I am just worried a police officer might pull me over and I might get in trouble. NAS defender are too expensive unless someone wants to do a trade �� and the only option I can think of is the following which after speaking to California DMV is most reasonable one (I think).
Go to DMV and register the truck, most likely it will be flagged as a non-USA/Grey Market vehicle which will require me to get a Certificate of Conformance issued by the Air Resources Board (ARB). To get that certificate, I must get my vehicle tested at a Laboratory and the only one certified by the ARB is California Environmental Engineering (CCE) in Santa Ana, CA. I spoke to a gentleman yesterday by the name of George great guy and he stated he can get the car compliant and up to California Standard for 9k. The interesting items is after speaking to ARB I asked if they have any other labs they can recommend and they stated that CCE is the only one, lastly the person who runs the lab also fixes your truck at his own shop which is G N K Auto.
Now my question is:
1. Does anyone know of this process?
2. If so has anyone has any work done by CEE/GNK, per my conversation with George he stated he does this all the time and has I think 10 to 15 defenders currently being modified from UK and Spain.
I will say this though, I have spoken to 5 DMV reps and each time I get somewhat of a different answer, I even had one DMV rep state that go to DMV and the rep might just tell you to go to a smog station, most likely you will fail and in that case just go to a genuine land rover mechanic and get the items fixed that made your truck fail. I have reached out to a few local mechanics and they stated they can get that done and price could be anywhere from 7k to 20k
Info on my truck: 1987 D110 v8 3.5 Rover Engine, currently register in VA for a year, image below of engine details. (I really do not want to sell it)
ARB article: https://www.arb.ca.gov/html/master_f...t_cars_faq.htm
California Environmental Engineering: California Environmental Engineering
GNK Auto: G & K Automotive Services | Foreign Automobile Conversion
Go to DMV and register the truck, most likely it will be flagged as a non-USA/Grey Market vehicle which will require me to get a Certificate of Conformance issued by the Air Resources Board (ARB). To get that certificate, I must get my vehicle tested at a Laboratory and the only one certified by the ARB is California Environmental Engineering (CCE) in Santa Ana, CA. I spoke to a gentleman yesterday by the name of George great guy and he stated he can get the car compliant and up to California Standard for 9k. The interesting items is after speaking to ARB I asked if they have any other labs they can recommend and they stated that CCE is the only one, lastly the person who runs the lab also fixes your truck at his own shop which is G N K Auto.
Now my question is:
1. Does anyone know of this process?
2. If so has anyone has any work done by CEE/GNK, per my conversation with George he stated he does this all the time and has I think 10 to 15 defenders currently being modified from UK and Spain.
I will say this though, I have spoken to 5 DMV reps and each time I get somewhat of a different answer, I even had one DMV rep state that go to DMV and the rep might just tell you to go to a smog station, most likely you will fail and in that case just go to a genuine land rover mechanic and get the items fixed that made your truck fail. I have reached out to a few local mechanics and they stated they can get that done and price could be anywhere from 7k to 20k
Info on my truck: 1987 D110 v8 3.5 Rover Engine, currently register in VA for a year, image below of engine details. (I really do not want to sell it)
ARB article: https://www.arb.ca.gov/html/master_f...t_cars_faq.htm
California Environmental Engineering: California Environmental Engineering
GNK Auto: G & K Automotive Services | Foreign Automobile Conversion
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