finally got nailed for invalid inspection - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 11:57 AM

It was bound to happen. I decided to take the iroc to class this morning and I was making a turn at a light, a cop was there and I saw him looking at my inspection sticker. So he turned around and pulled me over. Turns out the cop was a guy I knew from middle school and I think he remembered me. He didn't say anything, but he was laughing about the inspection and let me go with a warning, but I'm still in the system so the car is parked until I get that other insurance or a sticker.

~Ted

foff667 · 09-20-2006, 12:47 PM

lol...maybe its stupidity, but i brough my car through inspection with no cat & a cutout to boot...ended up failing for tires & windshield wiper blades, but damn just take the bitch through & get it over with

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 12:53 PM

I have no cat, H4 headlights are illegal, and I need a new steering wheel (for the horn) I'm just worried that if it fails and I'm in the system, then the only way I can pass is at a state facility and they will check to make sure I have a cat and a quieter exhaust, headlights etc. I'm looking into collectors insurance so all they need at inspection is odometer and safety requirments, no emissions.

~Ted

foff667 · 09-20-2006, 12:58 PM

well get to it then

now your IN the system one way or the other so now you need it inspected basically.

BonzoHansen · 09-20-2006, 01:00 PM

Ah, the trials & tribulations of being an outlaw....

BigAls87Z28 · 09-20-2006, 02:31 PM

STOP BREAKING THE LAW, *******!!!
ahahaha anyway, H4 headlights are illegal? How the **** is that?
You are going to tell me, that you live so close to Paterson, you cant find a "guy" with a "shop" to get you a sticker?

Ted, you want Collector Car Registration, that is gets rid of the emissions check, only odometer, horn, lights and belts.

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

STOP BREAKING THE LAW, *******!!!
ahahaha anyway, H4 headlights are illegal? How the **** is that?
You are going to tell me, that you live so close to Paterson, you cant find a "guy" with a "shop" to get you a sticker?

Ted, you want Collector Car Registration, that is gets rid of the emissions check, only odometer, horn, lights and belts.

bwahaha, yea dude, H4 are illegal because they have a "blue-ish" tint which is not factory, maybe the foreigner was just a ******* because the housings say DOT approved, I dunno, but they failed on the 92 when I had it. And you'd be surprised about the shops around here that won't touch giving out stickers anymore, I have one last source and hopefully they'll come through. In the meantime my dads going to call about collectors insurance and I'll get the registration too.

~Ted

ryanfx · 09-20-2006, 02:45 PM

yeah that's a nasty little loophole. They claim the lights are too close to true blue which is soley reserved for emergency vehicles.. ouch.

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 02:47 PM

sidenote...if they came factory like the lights on BMW's, Mercedes, Lexus etc..it would be legal

~Ted

TransAm619 · 09-20-2006, 03:10 PM

wats this "inspection" you speak of?

misterjuice · 09-20-2006, 03:21 PM

I don't see any color difference from the stock light housing....to the H4...unless people put the "blue" lights in there.

LS1Hawk · 09-20-2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

I have no cat, H4 headlights are illegal, and I need a new steering wheel (for the horn) I'm just worried that if it fails and I'm in the system, then the only way I can pass is at a state facility and they will check to make sure I have a cat and a quieter exhaust, headlights etc. I'm looking into collectors insurance so all they need at inspection is odometer and safety requirments, no emissions.

~Ted

I have both collector's insurance and registration. Collector's reg is what you need to get to not have to go through the whole inspection process. When I got mine inspected, all they did was have me drive around the block until the odometer turned over. They didn't look for or check anything else.

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 04:58 PM

John, which company do you have?

~Ted

BlueFBird · 09-20-2006, 04:59 PM

i got collecter on my z28 an they jus check the odometer and he went inside an just got the sticker an i was gone in like 2 min. it was great haha

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 05:02 PM

I heard from my friends mom who works at DMV that you need collectors insurance to have collectors registration, thats why I was waiting to get the insurance

~Ted

WildBillyT · 09-20-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

I heard from my friends mom who works at DMV that you need collectors insurance to have collectors registration, thats why I was waiting to get the insurance

~Ted

Question-

How old are you? If you are under 25 you probably won't be covered by most collector's insurance companies.

Teds89IROC · 09-20-2006, 05:32 PM

I'm 21, thats why my dad is setting up a policy with his vette on it as well and I will be the secondary driver. My friend had it on his 89 GTA and the rep. said they dont advertise that they cover people under 25 (their own policy) but if he was driving the car and had an accident, he'd be covered. So basically the car has to be my dads and I so happen to be using it.

~Ted

WildBillyT · 09-20-2006, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

I'm 21, thats why my dad is setting up a policy with his vette on it as well and I will be the secondary driver. My friend had it on his 89 GTA and the rep. said they dont advertise that they cover people under 25 (their own policy) but if he was driving the car and had an accident, he'd be covered. So basically the car has to be my dads and I so happen to be using it.

~Ted

That's cool then, I wasn't sure what the deal was.

It isn't state farm though, is it?

BigAls87Z28 · 09-20-2006, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

I heard from my friends mom who works at DMV that you need collectors insurance to have collectors registration, thats why I was waiting to get the insurance

~Ted

I did it for teh 87 for a year, just had regular insurance. I dunno if they changed the rules, but I know a LOT of guys that used that loophole.

ar0ck · 09-20-2006, 08:17 PM

Its because your black...

NJSPEEDER · 09-20-2006, 09:01 PM

they pull people over for that? wow, in the 13 months my cavy was expired i never got pulled over for the inspection

WildBillyT · 09-20-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

they pull people over for that? wow, in the 13 months my cavy was expired i never got pulled over for the inspection

Yes, they do. I got dinged last year.

BonzoHansen · 09-20-2006, 10:31 PM

I used to have sticker woes...that is why I know it is a PITA.

The state just wants to see insurance that meets state liability minimums. They don't know/care about property coverage (ie collector insurance).

Here, I called the state and asked for all the info they could send me on QQ plates and CC reg, and this is all I got:
Collector Car

QQ Plates

NP_00'T/A · 09-20-2006, 10:41 PM

you can always find some place to pay for one

qwikz28 · 09-21-2006, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

sidenote...if they came factory like the lights on BMW's, Mercedes, Lexus etc..it would be legal

~Ted

BMWs and other manufacturers have leveling systems that always keep the lights level with teh ground to avoid blinding the **** out of us lowered guys. thats why they get away with it and we dont