NJ Inspection and Registration

[RAO-3]

Originally Posted by JWheaton

Good solution to the rollbar! Since when has that been mandatory?

I asked that specific question and requested he show it to me in the regs. Of course it wasn't there but he kept saying "2 seats, 2 rollbars" for it to pass.

As you likely know, NJ is now planning to only inspect cars for emissions starting in July as they said they had a low failure rate - my guess is that now the policy will be to fail people for job security.

BTW I was not able to get "collector car" status, so have a regular sticker.

-Ray

-Ray

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RAO-3

... but he kept saying "2 seats, 2 rollbars" for it to pass.

... or just unbolt the passenger seat and leave it home.

[Snakebit]

Since when do you need a roll bar at all??? What if it was a slab side, no scoop, side pipes or roll bar. A Miata doesn't have a roll bar! That is why they need to change the statis of reconstructed vehicles and allow "kit cars" to get QQ plates.

We need to send a message to the idiots in Trenton and Washington this November. Vote all of them out of office!

[Chaplin]

Yup, that is the problem with the current system, it is completely arbitrary. The "requirements" change from station to station and inspector to inspector. There should be no need for a 2nd rollbar or even 1 for that matter.

Ray, did you have them give you an engine letter certifying the year of the engine and stating that the emissions should be tested based on the year of your engine block? If you didn't get it while you were there, you should take the car back down there and get one.