CA reg plans - TOP now, waiting for 2007 SB100

[2l8iwin]

Originally Posted by stevem

You will not need to weight the car, California doesn't require weights. If you go to the Bureau of Automotive Repair ( BAR) you can get a link to all the shops in your area that do brake and light tests. Everything else you need is already posted in this thread. Good luck, it's not as hard as everyone says but it does take time and patience.

Hi thanks for the feedback. I was just going by the DMV's site
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/spcnsreg.htm where it says:
A weight certificate for commercial vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less.

[stevem]

You have got it straight. The key to getting more than 1 TOP is to make the CHP appointment as close to the end of the 1st TOP. Then return to the DMV and tell them CHP hung you up and you still need the brake and light and the smog. Be nice and they will give you another TOP.You can go to BAR ( I did) just to see how they operate, you will waste $75.00 as you will be a gross polluter and will be missing all smog equipment. If you go and fail you might get a third TOP if you tell them you are trying to make the car pass smog.

As for the registration it will be a 2006 SPCNS, good luck .

[dlang14]

Thanks SteveM,

That's basically my plan. I got my VIN last week and my first TOP expires at the end of this month. Add on top of that I'm traveling and it's pretty easy to say I didnt get it all done during the first TOP.


Jeff/2L8IWIN -

Unless you plan on doing some taxi work or furnature deliveries in your Cobra you wont be registering it as a commercial vehicle and won't need the weight certificate.

On a somewhat related note - Gilroy CHP was the nicest bunch of folks I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. They were exceptionally careful of my paint and very respectful of my car while installing my VIN plate......


Daryl

[Full Throttle Al]

Just to clarify, again, when coming from out of state, once I go to the DMV to surrender out of state plates and registration, do I go to the CHP to confirm VIN before the Jan 2nd SB100 ordeal?

Alan Sorkey
CSX4083
Shreveport, LA, soon to be Chico, CA.