So today i go to take my car through inspection, and i honestly expected this to be easy. I was assuming they might try and fail me for tint, but since i listed my maxima as one of the vehicles occasionally used for the fugitive recoveries (its not), they cant. So i had them beat, i thought.

The ignorant lady running the place failed me for my Gen1 altezza's.....wtf? She told me they are not D.O.T approved, even though they clearly say they are right on the friggen lights. So after some back and forth she tells me that D.O.T approved tail lights come with a card to go in your wallet for inspection/police verification......i thought she was yanking my chain. So i call a friend who recently bought carbon fiber lights for his galant, and he said his did in fact come with a card....

So my question is, how can i get one? I cant really make out the manufactuer on my light, is there more than one or are they all CE? Heres an image of them if anyone can help.......friggen NJ.

http://www.titansgaming.com/images/maxima/IMG_0820.JPG

 

that sounds really STUPID... i mean if it says it on the light. D.O.T approved why the ^%&# do u have to keep a card in ur wallet.

DO u still have ur stocks? if so, just put them on and get ur inspection then go home and put the Gen1..

-moo

 

Yea i do but im trying to get rid of them and i dont feel like getting all gooped up and wet for some stupid [insert random insult] at the inspection station. You can see in the pic on the right corner DOT i mean wtf......i cant wait to move....just one more year

 

I know what u mean, I got my INspection license in NC. and if it says D.O.T approved that means DOT APPROVED, dont matter what the HELL they are.....

But when u asked ur friend about the card, Does it say its for a mitsubishi galant on the card? if not..hey i think u might need to barrow that card

 

Yea it lists the years it fits, what they are, they're serial number, some other numbers, and has a pic of them. It's laminated and all...shes just pissed because she spent 20 minutes trying to fight me on the tint and lost....dammit i HATE this stupid state

 

damn bro, GOOD LUCK thats all i say...

come down here to NC we need more MAXIMA guys ... *dont worry about inspections*lol

 

Once i finish the Department of Corrections crap (sometime early june) i am working every ounce of holiday and overtime that comes my way. Pay my **** off, move to florida, and apply my time/pension/etc to the sherrif's department.

 

I might be moving to NC next year, how are the inspections down there ?? NO cat, NO EGR, SuperCharger.

-matt

 

it's always something here in jersey. this place really has major issues

 

i told u b4, i mite have to take u up on that offer next august or so, lol.
and yeh we need more maxima guys, maybe some around greensboro darn it!!

 

where did you go? bridgeton if so she's pretty mean and I still got my failed sticker but maybe soon my connects will come thru with the goods

 

Went to the one out in millville/vineland. Bridgeton i cant deal with, ever since that fat *Beep* become manager of it you can roll a new car off the lot and she'll find something wrong with it.

 

WOW Your not the first person to say that...And I cant get thru and my friends mom works there

 

Man that blows, I thought inspections in Germany were hard. Makes me glad my mom moved out of Newark before I was old enough to drive. Hope everything works out for you.

 

u gotta get the hook up at places that pass u no matter what, 4 a little extra $$$$ like me

 

Eh i was basiaclly venting, i made a few phone calls and there wont be any B.S when i go today. She just likes to **** people off, which i can understand as its part of my professional skills as well, but damn. Us people pisseroffers gotta stick together.

JEX - did you ever go to vinces tire like i told you? It's like 70.00 guaranteed pass

 

i liked when i live in las vegas. the entire inspection for the state of nevada consists of a 5 minute emissions test. It costs like $20, another 20 to get a pass no matter what. They hook the thing into the exhaust, rev the engine a little and you're done.

You could have no headlights, every warning light lit, no brakes, etc and you would pass

I think I should move back to Las Vegas

 

So why are inspections so bad there in the first place? Tint and lights matter? All they do in AZ is start the car and check it for codes, then pressure test the gas cap..
Sorry about your bad experience, the only thing I can think of is to but the stock lights on like someone else said, then go home and change em...

 

My boy went there and he told me they wasn't doing it so I went to pensgrove and there machine was broke so they gave me another fail stick Im going back there this month but they're $100

 

hmm vinces not doing it, thats suprising.....

I passed today, i walked in with my certified letter from the cheif of police and there wasnt a damn thing she could say. She muttered something, but i just kept the big smile on my face as they slapped on ma new sticker lol.