Wondering what Cold Air Intakes are CARB legal in CA, besides K&N?

Putting it on a 2014 GS350 F Sport RWD

Thanks!

 

F Sport
AEM

 

I checked AEM out previously and double checked again. They are "Not legal for use on this vehicle in CA."

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Thanks though!

 

Yeah, none of those are legal but nobody cares here in Cali. I've even traded in cars with aftermarket intakes and dealers didn't even blink once.

 

They may fail you for visual inspection when you do the smog in CA. This has happened to me with my previous car when I had intake on the car for smog and did not pass the visual and automatically fail. lucky they told me to put back stock airbox and they will perform the test again without extra charge

 

If you don't have a good relationship with the smog mechanic, and if they go "by the book", they will fail you for visual inspection for tampering emission related parts if it doesn't have a CARB EO # on the intake.

The AEM Cold Air Intake 22-688C is CARB legal with a CARB EO # D-670-24, but the tricky thing is that it got the CARB EO # fitted on a 2015 Lexus IS 250/350 w/ retaining OEM airbox, since the intake does fit the GS 350 and it legally has a CARB EO #, should be okay. I've asked my friend who a master tech and smog mechanic, he generally will look for the CARB EO # and if it has it, then he will go on with inspection other things.

However the K&N 69 Series Typhoon 69-8704TP has a CARB EO # D-269-52 that passed on a 2013-2014 Lexus GS 350 with the OEM airbox.

 

Yeah, gotta know somebody around here man!

 

I have also found that places wont even ship Cold Air Intakes to an address in CA anymore...which is annoying...I am thinking I am going to have to ship it to someone out of state first then have them ship it to me in CA.

 

Maybe you can get it directly from K&N or AEM as K&N is in Riverside and AEM is in Hawthorne granted both are in Southern California.

 

Yeah, a lot of companies will not ship to CA and will even charge a fee for them cancelling your order if you try to order and have it shipped to CA. I went with the K&N since I don't have any connections with Smog Techs. No big deal, but was hoping to have the stock air box removed, so I can have the cone air filter. All good, thanks for the suggestions everyone!

 

Wow I guess a lot has changed since 2011, that's the last time I played with intakes for my Camry. No problems with shipping and stuff back then.

 

You only need the stock air box when you smog the car, which is every 2 years unless it's less than 4 years old. Easy swap but nonetheless, can't go wrong with either one.

I'm only debating doing this to get rid of the noise generator and don't want to go with the home depot plug route or the RX resonator route. We can also go with the f sport performance air intake route which is had the aluminum tube and it's oem.

 

Or buy a used 450h intake.

 

THROW IN A FSPORT DROP-IN FILTER.

No need for those conical filters as they induce hot air.

 

I went ahead with the K&N Performance Air Intake, although I am not a big fan of the Aluminum, I may take it off later and spray paint it a different color.

Love the benefits of swapping out the OEM Intake with the K&N.