Sorry to burst your bubble but even coming from out of state you will have to at least meet the federal standards, and most laws even in CA follow these standards. Some states just don't enforce them. A prime example would be smog equipment, some day all you guys that rip that stuff off your vehicles will get popped since things like cats, pumps, etc, etc are not state mandated but federally mandated and are just not being enforced. One day when the smog gets so bad due to increased population the state will have to mandate it and you'll be sorry.