When you bring a car into CA - any car - you take it to DMV. They do the physical inspection on the VIN. You can take it to AAA - they will do the same thing. You must take it to a smog test center to have it smogged. No smog, no registration. If the car is NOT a 50-state smog legal car - meaning it has a 50-state emission sticker on it - GAME OVER. You might as well not go any further unless you want to play the BAR sticker game explained by someone in this thread (e.g. get alot of money ready). If it is a 50-state car, they smog it. But your car will never pass smog as it has been completely modified and will never be compliant.
So your choice is to give up or find a scam artist that will forge your smog. Good luck with that.
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