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Hey I bought this Civic and the owners screwed me on the smog (I live in CA) Im going to have it fixed and give them a bill! Not the point though... I had to take off the aftermarket intake because it had no sticker on it. I got one from a pulling yard and it fit pretty well. There is an extra "snorkel" coming up from the lower skid plate section of the car... you can see it in the picture. Will they look at this at the smog shop and say no way? Can I just cut it off? It serves no purpose....

 
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what year and model civic is that? if possible you should take a picture of the whole bay too because something looks weird.

 
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6thgen

 
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that's what I thought when I saw it. I didn't think the airbox looked like that on the 6thgen though. I changed my exgirlfriends filter one time in her 6thgen and it was nothing like that.

 
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yea my brother has a 6thgen and it doesnt look like that either...idk i think its a 6thgen

 
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just remove it. its supposed to draw in air thats colder from the bumper, but in your case theres no pipe connecting to it. just pull it out.

 
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Yeah it should come off fairly easy. It's a 93' Civic. I went to Pick N' Pull and found a 95 Civic so I yanked the intake and put it in...

 
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This was the Intake I had to replace... And an engine pic.

 
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looks like a cheap $20 ebay intake

 
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yea and thats an autozone filter too

 
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i dont see how the previous owner screwed you buddy, you obviously opened the hood and saw the sri and should of talked about it before you bought the car, if you gave me a bill i would tell you to go **** your self, dont be suprised if they tell you that when you try to give them a bill

 
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same here, you should have made him smog the car before you bought it if you had any questions on if it would pass. in cali the seller is responsible fot hte vehicle smog not the buyer

 
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ust curious what trim package do u have? the way that thing works is air enters the tube, goes down under the car in this big box lookin thing then back up into the airbox to the engine. if you cut it off it will make ur filter get dirty faster due to road grime and dirt being able to enter from below instead of from inside the engine bay

 
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Well ... buddy Ive always driven classics and muscle cars so this is the first time in 14 years that ive EVER had to smog a car. I wasnt familiar with all the smog laws and cheapie honda intakes. I tossed that thing though, back to stock. Yeah I was thinking it could gunk up my filter... but as far as smog, is it ok being open like that? Or should I take it off? (cut it off)

 
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i got mine the same way there is suposed to be a little plasitc "cover" that dresses up the engine bay. hre in TN they dont actually check our parts but it should be fine the way it is. do u know which trim package that is?

 
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Cool... well ill leave it on then... hope it will be ok Trim package... hmm, its a 5 speed gray cloth interior... and black trim down the sides. I might have a pic...

 
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trim package is -ex, dx, si etc

 
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Oh yeah... ex

 
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well you got yourself a vtec motor there. its the same as what i got