The Smog Spot Star Certified

First time customer. Service was fast, friendly and professional. Will definitely come back when needed. Thanks Patrick!

These guys are great. Courteous, professional, and helpful. Wasn’t too busy when I stopped in so I didn’t have to wait. Will bring all my cars here now.

Incredible fast and professional service. First time customer and
I was out in less than 15 minutes. Impressive!

Registration was due and need a smog check ASAP. Did a quick Unilocal search and found the smog spot. Went in around 11am on a Thursday and was out in less than 30 minutes. Great service and pricing. Will definitely come back for my other cars and surely recommending to my fitness. Thanks!

Shout out to Eric for his outstanding customer service! Highly recommend this place. Fast and speedy service. No BS. Was in and out within 15 minutes! Will refer friends here from now on!

First time customer. Great friendly service from the staff. Hardly had to wait and it was fast. Thanks Patrick.

First time I’ve had to get a smog check for my car. Didn’t know what to expect. Found this spot on Unilocal.Great reviews so I brought my car here. Quick and easy smog check. Great service and super friendly staff. I highly ecommend this place!

Been a customer of Pat’s for 4 years now. Always the same kind, fast, and helpful service. He’s taken care of both of my cars for all this time and I won’t go else where. Thanks again guys.
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Wow! Seriously best place! I was literally here less than ten min! These guys are great and great customer service and super friendly! I would recommend this place to everyone! Plus the price was so good! Such a great deal! :)

Quick and easy location for a smog check.
The staff is really professional and friendly.

Blew my damn mind. The place is «fast and efficient» I took my car 5 mins prior to closing and they finished my smog beforehand. As long as they’re around – I’d always be back when needed.

Really fast quick service .I will come here again .good customer service. thank you again

Eric is awesome! Came here twice this week to get my car and my brother’s car smog checked. Both visit were quick and fast. We were able to have a tour the shop, have a quick chat and get the smog check done within 15 min!
Eric gets it done quicker than it takes me to drive to their location (20 min)! I kid you not, on my drive here I literally pass by 8 other smog check stations so theres definitely lots more smog check stations closer to my house. However, I chose this station because they’re nice and give a cheaper price than where I used to go. I definitely recommend this place even if it is out of your way. Note, I would call in advance as courtesy so they would expect your arrival just so things go smoother and quicker. GET YO SMOG CHECKED HERE!

kinda hard to find but once you do it’s worth it. I went to a smog shop 2 times and they gave me the run around and took forever. This place is clean, and efficient!
I live in LA, but if i need a smog I will make my way out here, its worth it! Highly recommended! I’ve been to many smog shops and this one is by far the most efficient. normal price, but with the Unilocal discount its a bit cheaper than average.

Came here based on location, cleanliness, and reviews. Let me juts say that this will be the new «to go» spot. Eric was extremely friendly and I can already see him as a valuable asset to this establishment. Kind, courteous, and respectful. He greeted me when I arrived and took my car in after another car was done being smogged. Total time was roughly 25 min or so. In and out in a flash. He also gave me a promotional price, which came out to $ 40. The establishment is really clean if you’re nitpicky about those things.
On a personal note, they had some pretty cool things inside the waiting area, which brought back memories of my younger days. That made me feel a lot more comfortable but that’s just my preference.

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I went back to this smog station for a second time and Eric never fails. He was friendly and gave advice for my vehicle. To be honest, at first I was sketch about this place due to all the good reviews but definitely now this place is a recommended place. Thanks again.
August 2015:
These guys are quick with their job and they are very honest with every detail about their customers vehicles. I wouldn’t take my car to smog anywhere else.
I found this place one Unilocal.
I came to this place in a rush one Friday morning and requested for a smog check to transfer a title over to my name and they told me it’ll take about 15 minutes and they finished it earlier than that ! And I was able to transfer my vehicle accordingly at the DMV.

I found this smog station on Unilocal searches and this place happened to have the highest amount of reviews in El Monte. I want to start by saying the numerous reviews and high ratings don’t lie. This shop deserves more than a five star and definitely deserves more reviews. My smog check and certification was done in ONLY 10 minutes!
Eric, one of the technicians, provided nothing short of professional and friendly service. Once I arrived in the parking lot he came out right away, greeted me and conversed a little before showing me to the waiting room (It’s worth noting that this is by far one of the cleanest shops I’ve ever been to. And trust me when I say I know dirty shops.) I then filled out an invoice in the waiting room while Eric and a more elderly technician began the smogging process. My car was out in no time.
I also have to mention that a discount was applied even when I didn’t ask about it. Thanks again, Eric !
If you need a quick, easy, and professional service for smog, hit up The Smog Spot !

So I got the dreaded STAR smog paperwork. No idea what the difference between regular smog/​starsmog. I did quick Unilocal and this place showed up and from the picture it was an in-​ground smog which is nice for people who have lowered cars. 5 stars great reviews and has a Unilocal discount so why not! Wasn’t too hard to find due to the pictures that people posted up.
I went around 1230pm on a weds and he was just finishing up working on a car and the older gentleman did the paperwork and offer me to sit down on the sofa.
Poor Eric he had to get into my tiny Miata it looked super uncomfortable to him but he manage to get in and get my car on the machine. After the smog was done he asked me that it’ll be $ 55 but I told him about the Unilocal deal and he asked me if I bought it yet, I said not yet and he said he’ll just knock off $ 15 anyways! Sweet, I did pay with cash as I believe they charge $ 1 for credit. To smog the car it was real quick about 10 – 15 minutes. Definitely faster than other locations.
After the smog was done and he let me know that I passed we stay and talk about cars for a bit and gave me some advice about getting my AC colder in my car. Great guy I’ll definitely be taking my future cars here to be smogged.
FYI for people that have lowered cars the driveway is pretty steep I scrape my bumper in and out of the driveway My car isn’t that low to begin with anyways. I had to reverse out of the driveway or else my bumper would of been toast!

Got the Unilocal deal. Sweet! $ 40 to have the new rig checked out. This place is clean and the young employee fellow is polite and works quickly. While waiting, I saw House of Cards for the first time. Cool show.
BTW the Google directions are wrong. Stay on Garvey, it’s easy to find.

Just left this place no too long ago. Had to do my smog ASAP so I Unilocaled several places and saw that this place had 5 Stars and the service is quick. So I gave this place a call and I think the person who helped me is named «Eric.» Asked for the wait time and he said he’s free right now (12:30pm). I arrived around 12:35pm and he serviced my car right away. I sat down on the couch, filled out simple paper work, watched a little tv and within 15 minutes, he was done. I was in and out in under 20 minutes!
Getting to the location:
I did have a little trouble locating the place since it is in the back of a beauty store. However, there is a van outside with a «The Smog Spot Star» flag on it. Once you see that, drive into the driveway of that beauty store/​school.
Service: There was only one guy working here when I arrived. He was really helpful and friendly.
Venue: Very clean!!! I can’t believe how clean this place is. Once you enter the shop, theres a couch and a tv for you so you’ll have something to do while waiting those short 15 minutes.
Tip: When he wrote up the quote for me, he quotes me $ 45 which included the $ 10 off discount. After I told him I bought the Unilocal deal of $ 10 for $ 25, my total ended up to be only $ 40 total.