State Inspection Question
08-06-2015, 01:18 AM
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State Inspection Question So I guess I lucked out with the state inspections at least for this year. Not going to have to get reinspected until late next year. My question is has the state inspection procedure changed with the two step registration? As in are all cars now required to be sniff tested or have they always been sniff tested?
Reason I'm asking is, I'm pretty much 100% positive my car has no cats, in addition to having flowmaster 10 series mufflers, basically straight pipes. So if sniff testing was a thing before I have no idea how I passed inspection for 2 years straight.
Oh and this isn't one of those "friendly inspector" threads. Not looking for anyone to give out the shop they go to. I really just wanna make sure I'm good for 2016.
Reason I'm asking is, I'm pretty much 100% positive my car has no cats, in addition to having flowmaster 10 series mufflers, basically straight pipes. So if sniff testing was a thing before I have no idea how I passed inspection for 2 years straight.
Oh and this isn't one of those "friendly inspector" threads. Not looking for anyone to give out the shop they go to. I really just wanna make sure I'm good for 2016.
08-06-2015, 06:59 PM
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It all depends on where you are located. Some of the smaller counties don't have any emission reading and don't plug anything up which also makes for a cheaper inspection fee. For example I have no cats so I don't worry about emissions and the inspection process only cost $7.00
08-06-2015, 11:08 PM
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It all depends on where you are located. Some of the smaller counties don't have any emission reading and don't plug anything up which also makes for a cheaper inspection fee. For example I have no cats so I don't worry about emissions and the inspection process only cost $7.00
08-08-2015, 12:12 AM
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if you want to get around the window tint just roll the windows down and pull the relay/fuse, they can't fail you for window tint if they can't see it and your windows aren't required to be operative to pass so as long as you don't have tint on the windshield or a stripe under the as1 line you should be good
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08-08-2015, 07:01 PM
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if you want to get around the window tint just roll the windows down and pull the relay/fuse, they can't fail you for window tint if they can't see it and your windows aren't required to be operative to pass so as long as you don't have tint on the windshield or a stripe under the as1 line you should be good
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neither is ignoring the fact that you got away with no cats for over 10 years but you got your sticker right?... I'm not saying I would do it but I have seen people pass in instances like that many times... I don't miss doing states on older cars at all, too much liability and drama from people trying to get their cars passed... I'm lucky enough to only have to state brand new cars, easy peasy
08-10-2015, 12:17 PM
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neither is ignoring the fact that you got away with no cats for over 10 years but you got your sticker right?... I'm not saying I would do it but I have seen people pass in instances like that many times... I don't miss doing states on older cars at all, too much liability and drama from people trying to get their cars passed... I'm lucky enough to only have to state brand new cars, easy peasy
Yeah I've had more than a few people including myself try that over the years and they always say no. One time replacing the motor and regulator I left the windows put of the car (because technically it doesn't say you need side windows ) and they still refused because on the test box it specifically asks for tint level. Falsifying state records and such
I've never had anyone visually inspect anything other than to make sure my tail pipes went out far enough from the rear axle. I've had them ask and always say I'm running some high tech in line setup which is a prototype and therefor why there is no check engine light.
The only time I've really been upset after failing was when I specifically went up there and talk to the tech about everything, him saying yep everything looks good, only to come back and fail me saying the tread on the tires were under spec.
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Yeah I've had more than a few people including myself try that over the years and they always say no. One time replacing the motor and regulator I left the windows put of the car (because technically it doesn't say you need side windows ) and they still refused because on the test box it specifically asks for tint level. Falsifying state records and such
I've never had anyone visually inspect anything other than to make sure my tail pipes went out far enough from the rear axle. I've had them ask and always say I'm running some high tech in line setup which is a prototype and therefor why there is no check engine light.
The only time I've really been upset after failing was when I specifically went up there and talk to the tech about everything, him saying yep everything looks good, only to come back and fail me saying the tread on the tires were under spec.
I've never had anyone visually inspect anything other than to make sure my tail pipes went out far enough from the rear axle. I've had them ask and always say I'm running some high tech in line setup which is a prototype and therefor why there is no check engine light.
The only time I've really been upset after failing was when I specifically went up there and talk to the tech about everything, him saying yep everything looks good, only to come back and fail me saying the tread on the tires were under spec.
... technically once you start the test you are supposed to finish it regardless if it passes or fails so he was probably telling you it was ok so you would leave him alone so he could finish then there's nothing you can say, either pay of you don't get your keys... if I could see that something wasn't going to pass before I even pulled the car in I would do what I felt was right and let them know beforehand and give them an opportunity to either let me fix it or get it fixed elsewhere and bring it back... I really am glad I don't have to do asm/obd tests anymore so I don't have to deal with people wanting to argue about it 
