alacard

haha..so i have a bone stock civic other than a jdm cluster i just put in...and i went to go get it smogged...the guy said he couldnt test it because it was a canadian car and that i had to go to a ref...sooo, im gonna put my stock cluster back in and go to a different smog station...i just thought i would share because i thought it was pretty funny. "my cars not canadian ey"

oh and so i dont get flamed for this being non-technical...does anyone know exactly what was changed in the 96-98 civics to the 99-00. i know the obvious (bumpers, head and tail lights, climate control)...but then the ecu's went from obd2a to obd2b...so what exactly was changed that they made the ecus different?

HonDelso

my car is canadian >.< seriously my honda civic VX was made in Canada got that made in canada stamp on it.

92'si

my car is canadian too eh, made in canadia

nu dooot abooot it

john666

go to a diff guy.. the one u saw is obviously a moron

92ehatch

i got a cadian one too.

funny my chassis code is "EH" eh?

lol

why does that mean you gotta get it reffed? i dont know anything about that ref stuff. but the us imported alot of canadian models

Eran

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My car was actually made in canada .... then again, I don't have to smog

alacard

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by john666 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">go to a diff guy.. the one u saw is obviously a moron</TD></TR></TABLE>
haha yeah, thats why i said "so now i have to put the cluster back to stock and go to a different place"

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92ehatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i got a cadian one too.

funny my chassis code is "EH" eh?

lol

why does that mean you gotta get it reffed? i dont know anything about that ref stuff. but the us imported alot of canadian models</TD></TR></TABLE>
because canada has different smog regulations...and so according to him the ref had to approve it.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My car was actually made in canada .... then again, I don't have to smog </TD></TR></TABLE>
well my car has a canada sticker on the door jam...but my dad's 88 chevy does too...doesnt mean they arent u.s. cars...they were just assembled there, or whatev.

Eran

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alacard &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well my car has a canada sticker on the door jam...but my dad's 88 chevy does too...doesnt mean they arent u.s. cars...they were just assembled there, or whatev.
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Duuhh

sasser43

I have a canadian as well

cambopheonix56

muwhwhhaha, wtf?

cambopheonix56

Oh heres my question. Why did you put a jdm cluster in your stock civic? Old one messed up?

alacard

i already had the jdm cluster..and my cars a dx...so i wanted the tach.

hatch96y7

i got some canadian in mine now i just need the beer

Frozen E

Mine's made in mexico

alacard

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IslandSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mine's made in mexico </TD></TR></TABLE>
poor guy.

deryck324

canadian cars ftw

spork motorsports

take it to a different smog station, theyll smog it, the one you went to must be retarded, or just take it to the ref, and he'll discredit the smog shop, and hey get the smog shop to have its licsense revocked or have an investigation :D

christin

I too had noticed my door jam stating my car a 1998 honda civic ex was maid in CANDIA what is with that ( it certainly wasn't any cheaper to buy!) luckly in florida i dont have to worry about yearly emissions test

thesmogman

That is not gonna happen. As the manual states:
The vehicle appears to NOT have been originally manufactured to California or USEPA requirements. These vehicles are considered grey market / direct import vehicles and may include many Canadian and Mexican market vehicles.
**Page 96 Smog Check Inspection Manual.** Under additional reasons for a referee inspection.

He did exactly what he is supposed to do.
Call the referee scheduling center at 1-800-622-7733. and you will need to get a bar label so you don't have to go thru this again, and again, etc...

Sorry for the bad news, but good info

fmrprojects

yeah you cant smog without your original cluster. and he said canadian cause he saw the cluster. he did the right thing, he coulda got fined if he was caught by B.A.R

thesmogman

Is it a Canadian car or just the cluster? I don't think he would fail it on the cluster alone. Unless the check engine light was not working, or missing. Got a pic of the cluster? and could you get a pic of the emissions label under the hood. These will get us to the bottom of this.

alacard

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spork motorsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">take it to a different smog station, theyll smog it, the one you went to must be retarded, or just take it to the ref, and he'll discredit the smog shop, and hey get the smog shop to have its licsense revocked or have an investigation :D </TD></TR></TABLE>
haha..i just took it to a different shop with my original cluster in it
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thesmogman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That is not gonna happen. As the manual states:
The vehicle appears to NOT have been originally manufactured to California or USEPA requirements. These vehicles are considered grey market / direct import vehicles and may include many Canadian and Mexican market vehicles.
**Page 96 Smog Check Inspection Manual.** Under additional reasons for a referee inspection.

He did exactly what he is supposed to do.
Call the referee scheduling center at 1-800-622-7733. and you will need to get a bar label so you don't have to go thru this again, and again, etc...

Sorry for the bad news, but good info </TD></TR></TABLE>
its not bad news man...the car isnt canadian...i understand he did what he was supposed to do if the car was actually canadian...it isnt...so i just did as stated above and all is good now. thanks for the info though.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thesmogman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is it a Canadian car or just the cluster? I don't think he would fail it on the cluster alone. Unless the check engine light was not working, or missing. Got a pic of the cluster? and could you get a pic of the emissions label under the hood. These will get us to the bottom of this.</TD></TR></TABLE>
its not a canadian car or cluster....as the original post said, its a jdm cluster. but thanks again for trying to help

rukawa1one

my 97 lx was made in japan! JDM yo

COME UP`S

the diff in the ecu is the plugs and some other little ****

hbcrazy

bump more info about the jdm