ATTENTION California 1999 VX owners! If your Catalytic Converter goes and you FAIL the SMOG emissions… there are 1999 Vehicross ARB ( Calif Air Resources Board ) approved replacement parts listed in their database ( or at least they will be in the next few weeks from the date of 4-29-2014 ). I had this issue and had to go through the referee process, but we still were not listed in the database so they would never approve a replacement cat ( which actually were the same ones for the year 2000 ) and reputable shops refused to put the actual aftermarket replacements on for fear of getting fined $10k and license suspension! I finally got a hold of the Supervisor of the Parts Locator Service Referees and his name and contact info is listed below per his permission. There is also a forum listed that you can connect to if you have questions or issues regarding the referee program. Thank you John Baltazar!!! It took about 2 months to get through the whole process… but now we are legal.

Supervisor John Baltazar of the Calif Air Resources Board /Parts Locator Service Referees
Email: jbaltazar@foundationccc.org
John A. Baltazar
FCCC BAR Region 1 Manager/ Parts Locator Manager
1102 Q St. STE 3500
Sacramento, CA. 95811
(916)491-4461 Office

Regards,
Disasterlady