Dune Buggy's & Inspection

[njgt-1]

Do you think that thier is any way to get those build codes. Not on the DMV sight. Sure would make the build a lot easyer if one knew what was needed

like I said you might want to make an appointment and go down with your plans and questions. If they are the guys who are going to say "yes or no" I'd think thats the best way to find out what its going to take to get the thing on the  road.

Faking it and telling the DMV & your insurance company its just a beetle is a sure fired way to get in lots of trouble if you ever had an accident.

[Le vw181]

Hey regarding DMV inspection, don't know about buggies, but here is my 2 cents about my 181 that just went through...

Ok it is rusted, came out of 2 months in a container over the sea, so not tuned up or anything... just made just all the bulbs were in and the breaks were... working !

Got there mid morning : noone there but the inspectors, who spent 15mn looking at it wondering where to start... asked me to pop the hood to see the engine... ;D I just warned them about the breaks, that 4 drums well tuned breaks tend to eject the car from the rolls during the test... (an inspector in France almost broke his nose during the experience)... so the guy was a bit shaky, he puts the car on the rolls... and said "it's ok"... and moved on. Next was the emission... Inspector comes up to me and asks me "where to I hook this up ?" with this little computer thingy... I had an answer for him, but kept it for myself...
So they had to use "the old fashion way", with the long testing rod... only problem is : 181 exhaust has a sharp turn in the end, so only 5% of the rod went in... you might guess the results of my emission tests...
In the end, they failed me... because I didn't have the new insurance official paper (just had a temporary). All the rest was A-ok... So I'm safe till next one ! and I have regular tags.

So my advice : go there happy, not worried. Be friendly with them, change your exhaust just for the inspection with something curvy...

8)

Ps : I went there with top/windows down. They asked me to show them that the top was going up, but it stayed down during inspection.

[njgt-1]

So my advice : go there happy, not worried. Be friendly with them, change your exhaust just for the inspection with something curvy...

Sounds like you went through the regular inspection station with the "Rent-an-inspectors". The last time through with my truck I watched two of these genius wanna bees drop a 4 wheel drive ford truck off of the floor lift! no excuses or apologies just went about thie business like thats supposed to happen. The guy next to me in the waiting area wasn't too upset since it was his bosses truck!

Hey regarding DMV inspection, don't know about buggies, but here is my 2 cents about my 181 that just went through...

We were referring to the DMV specialty inspection station. these guys are state employees and they are the ones who decide yes or no when you are building something like a dune buggy or kit car. My experience was to find them very fair and at least knowlegable when it came to specialty vehicles. thats a first for ANY inspector I've ever had to deal with!

[Le vw181]

sorry  :P ... thought there were only "state" and "private" inspection centers... didn't know about the speciality ones...
Well, good luck anyway !