Inspections.....:-x

[jamessr]

Ok 1st of all I'm military and like a fool I started doing things to my car and never realized anything was wrong with it. I mean tinted windows? Wtf thats the worst law I've ever heard of.

Anyway I do have tinted windows, which I'll remove.... no problem.
I also have LTheaders, and I'm going get the cats installed at the end of the month. Now my inspection isn't until Oct time frame. I'm starting now to not get hammered when I go. I've a few searches on these boards and see all the horror stories concerning inspections. Anything else you guys would suggest that I might be over looking?
What makes things worse is I planning on moving back to Florida next summer. So all this will be for nothing. I'm also looking for a shop that someone has dealt with and has good reviews for them. Please PM me any information or advice.

Thanks in advance

[Mike]

as long as you visually have cats, and have no codes, you should be fine

[Tru2Chevy]

Heh...I wouldn't have registered the car here in the first place if you are from Florida.

But what Mike said will pretty much hold true. As long as they see cats when they stick the mirror under the car and you aren't throwing any codes, all should be just fine (unless you exhaust is obnoxiously loud - then you may or may not have issues with sound).

- Justin

[jamessr]

Well, the car doesn't have cats atm. Thats why I'm putting new ones on. When I bought the car I also didn't know they were gutted cats too. And with the Borla is was very very loud. Anyway I'm more concerned with tinted winows and what not.

When I bought the car here I was given the option to keep Florida plates, the guy said it would be easier to get NJ plates. Not knowing the rules here I said ok. I just can't beleive this state is like this.

Anyway its my windows I'm concerned with

[Tru2Chevy]

If you have gutted cats on the car now, you will pass the visual inspection for cats. As long as your car isn't throwing any codes (been tuned to remove that code) you shouldn't have a problem as far as they are concerned.

- Justin

[Mike]

if your moving back to flordia at the end of the summer, you might as well just go fail....ride around all summer with a failed sticker on the car then when you go home get it tagged and inspected in flordia.

it will be MUCH cheaper than temporarily pulling parts and tint off your car

[69BirdX]

what about car sound cats........you think they will pass the visual if not i got to change mine by august
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[Mike]

they dont care about brands, they care about seeing cats

[bcgetfresh]

if your moving back to flordia at the end of the summer, you might as well just go fail....ride around all summer with a failed sticker on the car then when you go home get it tagged and inspected in flordia.

it will be MUCH cheaper than temporarily pulling parts and tint off your car

^^agreed

[69BirdX]

these dont really llok like cats more like mini resonators
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[sweetbmxrider]

if your moving back to flordia at the end of the summer, you might as well just go fail....ride around all summer with a failed sticker on the car then when you go home get it tagged and inspected in flordia.

it will be MUCH cheaper than temporarily pulling parts and tint off your car

i may be wrong, but florida does not have an inspection program. a friend of mine from florida has a neighbor with a suburban and it has no glass on the it...not even a windshield. crazy floridians.

oh and i would just ride a fail sticker.

[Mike]

i may be wrong, but florida does not have an inspection program.

even better then. i dont see the point of going out of your way to qualify for a 2 year sticker if you will only be here for a few more months

[jamessr]

Too clairfy my post
The car has long tube headers, no cats at all. Its not a thing of them being gutted anymore. That was cut out when I had my long tubes installed.
As far as moving, I'm not due to trasnfer out until next summer meaning 2009
Your not suggesting I ride around for 9 months (OCT2008-July2009) with a failed sticker are you?

[Knipps]

members on here have done worse for longer :shifty:

[usp55]

I failed last year and i only had 45days to get it reinspected...lady told me i had a headlight not working and when i turned it on for her she walked away and said when she checked it it didnt work. I hate Jersey

[bubba428]

I had tint on my side windows, I went in the summer windows down and they never even put them up. as far as having cats, any cat.

[Mike]

no, not saying drive around for a year, i thought you had said you were leaving at the end of this summer.

still might be cheaper to find a private shop that will pass it?

[MattysTA]

i might be able to get you hooked up pm me....

[JW]

I take mine to ... (edited and put into a PM for sake of the shop)

Hope it helps.

JW :D

[V]

Yea, being military, its so much easier to keep your car registered in your home state. That way you need not abide my the equipment regulation in the state where you are stationed. However in NJ i was legal(collector status) but that has gotten complicated now, but now that i'm out of state, i will be tiniting my windows 5% again. I figure when im actually back in NJ for a weekend here or there, IF i get pulled over, ill most likely not be ticketed.

And even with insurance, i have NY rates, at my NY address and got to stay with NJ registration. Heck also the expiration dates of my registration, license and inspection have all been extended indefinately until i ETS in 2011 or get a chance to visit a nj dmv someday.

[SteveR]

members on here have done worse for longer :shifty:

yea, ef inspection, Ive never inspected any of my cars lol

[SteveR]

Yea, being military, its so much easier to keep your car registered in your home state. That way you need not abide my the equipment regulation in the state where you are stationed. However in NJ i was legal(collector status) but that has gotten complicated now, but now that i'm out of state, i will be tiniting my windows 5% again. I figure when im actually back in NJ for a weekend here or there, IF i get pulled over, ill most likely not be ticketed.

And even with insurance, i have NY rates, at my NY address and got to stay with NJ registration. Heck also the expiration dates of my registration, license and inspection have all been extended indefinately until i ETS in 2011 or get a chance to visit a nj dmv someday.

Exactly. If you are in the military, you can register your car in the state you are from, not stationed at, and the car will only have to have the standards of your home state.

[jamessr]

Thanks for all the advice and PM's. Anyway I have a quick question... Like how do i know for sure when my inspection is due. I only say Oct because thats when I bought the car 2 yrs ago and never had it inspected. Do they send me something in the mail? Is my insureance flagged? Do they boot my car? Not to sound immature but what if I just blow it off for a few months then leave?

[Knipps]

Nothing. It's basically an honor system for fear of a ticket.

[jamessr]

Well ****....
I drive 3/4 of a mile to work M-F.....
I do have a pickup. Hmmm.

[Tru2Chevy]

Is there an inspection sticker in the windshield?

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

yeah there should be a sticker in the lower left hand corner of the windshield. there is a large number, say 3, denoting the month of expiration. the year is across the top in the corners. if you recently purchased the car, you would have received a pink card when you registered giving you approx two weeks to have an inspection.

if you don't have a sticker, go to a private inspection center and have them test it. as long as there is no check engine light, you should be good. no tailpipe test on 96+ cars so no "need" for cats. oh and its over $150 if a cop spots the exp. or lack there of sticker. not cool.

[V]

no inspection fine is 124, 180 is for failure to exhibit docs.(license, registration, or insurance)

whats crazy is the ticket for an unregistered vehicle is only 45...


Here is a pic of my pretty little inspection sticker.... yours would be a square though...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/March2008044.jpg

[BonzoHansen]

If you have no sticker, if you ever get pulled over, just play dumb. Oh, I'm in the military, they keep moving me, I didn't realize, yadda yadda yadda. I think if you are polite and mention military you'd likely get away with a warning.

[usp55]

If you have no sticker, if you ever get pulled over, just play dumb. Oh, I'm in the military, they keep moving me, I didn't realize, yadda yadda yadda. I think if you are polite and mention military you'd likely get away with a warning.


I have to agree with that - being polite and respectful has gotten me out of so many tickets - 3 off the top of my head in the past 3 months where two of the times i can specifically remember the officer saying, "well since you were polite..."

[mystictealLT1]

im not an expert on the inspection situations but i have fake cats on my car but I have a cam in the gas...wouldnt they fail me for noise or anything? i think they would just tell me to turn around and go home before i even get in there lol

[sweetbmxrider]

im not an expert on the inspection situations but i have fake cats on my car but I have a cam in the gas...wouldnt they fail me for noise or anything? i think they would just tell me to turn around and go home before i even get in there lol

what? yeah 95 is a tailpipe test so you would fail without functioning cats. your hydrocarbons and NOx would be mad high.

[mystictealLT1]

what? yeah 95 is a tailpipe test so you would fail without functioning cats. your hydrocarbons and NOx would be mad high.

oh i wasnt asking about the 95,i was asking about my 99 SS sorry forgot to put that in there

[Tru2Chevy]

what? yeah 95 is a tailpipe test so you would fail without functioning cats. your hydrocarbons and NOx would be mad high.

Usually, but not always. I've seen and heard of cars passing the sniffer with no cats.

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

Usually, but not always. I've seen and heard of cars passing the sniffer with no cats.

- Justin

like maybe a honda civic. or a toyota something. its not really a sniffer, its an exhaust probe. not to be a d!ck.

[Tru2Chevy]

like maybe a honda civic. or a toyota something. its not really a sniffer, its an exhaust probe. not to be a d!ck.

I've seen a mid-80s Monte with the 4.3 pass with !cat (no other mods).

"Sniffer" is a common nickname for the emissions test involving a tailpipe probe - not to be a d!ck. :-P

- Justin

[69BirdX]

Yea it depends on how the engine runs. A alittle 4 cyl car would be worse to try and get inspected without cats. Alot of times if you trick your car into safe mode instead of running with the o2 sensors you can get passed
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[String]

My car passed the pipe test back in the day when the cat was gutted....

[sweetbmxrider]

alls i'm saying is an 8 cylinder produces more by-product than a 4 in most cases. i watch emission tests all day long and if an 8 cyl needs a tune up or has a lot of carbon in an egr or something, it fails more often than a 4 banger. anything is possible though. they refurbish equipment that is over 10 years old, half the time it doesn't work correctly, so there is a large gray area to pass in.

and on the actual inspection machine's monitor, it specifically states in all cases, "exhaust probe/sample probe," but i guess it is as much a sniffer as it is a probe. i guess you got me - Justin! haha

[69BirdX]

Thats partly casue of the extra cylinders but a v8 is nore efficently internally balanced that a 4 banger. it def depends on how the car was treated and maintained.
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[98tadriver]

find a pair of stray cats, alive or dead doesnt matter, and tie wire them to your exhaust. dont worry about ground clearance, as they will wear down a little and eventually clear the baddest of bumps and dips. youll pass visual

[jamessr]

Problem fixed....

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/jamessr/plateII.jpg

[NastyEllEssWon]

nice....good thinking....also v8s without cats can pass the sniffer test just as easily as a 4 banger can because v8s are allowed a higher level of emissions than 4 bangers, so technically if you think about it, it would be harder for a 4 banger to pass than an 8 because the standards on 4 bangers are usually higher.

[Slow 88]

Nice! Gotta love the no inspection state!