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Kania2k1 Senior Enthusiast

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Well, here in the wonderfull land of high taxes, New York for the rest of you.  Vehicle inspection time is upon me.  Registration expires on the 9th, so I have to have my truck inspected.  Nothin major, but I found out the hard way last year.  If you have clear tail's, make sure you put the originals on, or they'll fail the rig. :cheers: Pissed me off.  Had to drive about 20 miles round trip to change them.  Thankfully, I didn't get rid of them.  So if you live in a state where you have to put up with this sort of B.S. make sure you change the tails.

On a side note, on the inspection form, there are all sorts of things they have to check.  One of which is the windshield, which I understand they must check.  But there is actually a line to check if the windshield is MISSING!  In NY the registration and inspection stickers go on the windshield, so if there is no windshield, where are they gonna put the sticker?  And it wouldn't be on the form if some imbecil tried to get a car minus a windshield inspected.  ####, people are stupid. :urgent:

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But there is actually a line to check if the windshield is MISSING!    And it wouldn't be on the form if some imbecil tried to get a car minus a windshield inspected.  ####, people are stupid. :urgent:

:cheers: I thought here in NM was bad... There are people here who have vehicle issues so bad that it would cause those NY inspectors to kill themselves,though. :jester:

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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If Clear Tail-lights would fail your vehicle, why is it worth even putting them on?  Don't cops pull you over the other 362 days of the year and give you an oppurtunity to contribute to local government?  ???
MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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If Clear Tail-lights would fail your vehicle, why is it worth even putting them on?  Don't cops pull you over the other 362 days of the year and give you an oppurtunity to contribute to local government?  ???

364 maybe??  :cheers:  :lol:

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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If Clear Tail-lights would fail your vehicle, why is it worth even putting them on?  Don't cops pull you over the other 362 days of the year and give you an oppurtunity to contribute to local government?  ???

364 maybe??  :cheers:  :D

LMAO, you beat me to that joke  :lol:

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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My boss has clear tails.  They told him when he got his inspected that it's legal here in WV, as long as you get ones that use the original wiring and don't have to change the wiring at all.  But they didn't believe him that the ones he got were like that.  So he went somewhere else, and they passed him, b/c they knew what to look for and knew they were the right kind.
MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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My boss has clear tails.  They told him when he got his inspected that it's legal here in WV, as long as you get ones that use the original wiring and don't have to change the wiring at all.  But they didn't believe him that the ones he got were like that.  So he went somewhere else, and they passed him, b/c they knew what to look for and knew they were the right kind.

Wiring?  They should just be the lenses with the factory wiring harness/socket/bulb plugged into it.   ???

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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That's all his is.  Apparently there are some out there that require you to change the wiring alot, he checked around before he got them, and made sure he got ones that didn't.  After the inspection incident he was really glad he had.
MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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Apparently there are some out there that require you to change the wiring alot...

Hmm, I've never heard of that.

 

I think your lying.  :cheers:  :lol:

Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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:cheers:   Or maybe you're just mad because after 33 years on this earth you've finally realized that you don't know everything after all.   :lol:  :D
MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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:cheers:   Or maybe you're just mad because after 33 years on this earth you've finally realized that you don't know everything after all.   :lol:  :D

:P, no...your just lying.  :D

Kania2k1 Senior Enthusiast

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Mine are fit better than my stock one's did actually!  And on the cop issue.  I don't give them a reason to pull me over!  I obey the speed limit, with in say 10 mph, and I don't swerve or change lanes often.  I think it's like the window tint issue.  You have to "break" some other law in order to get busted, or be under 19 or so.  But I guess if you give em a reason, they could pull you over for anything. :cheers:
MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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Mine are fit better than my stock one's did actually!  And on the cop issue.  I don't give them a reason to pull me over!  I obey the speed limit, with in say 10 mph, and I don't swerve or change lanes often.  I think it's like the window tint issue.  You have to "break" some other law in order to get busted, or be under 19 or so.  But I guess if you give em a reason, they could pull you over for anything. :lol:

Very true.  I had the black headlight cover, taillight covers and a tinted license plate cover on my black '91 for about 5 years with no problem.  I got pulled over for speeding one time, and the officer said since he had me pulled over he wanted to let me know that all three of those were illegal (which was no shock, I seen the "for off-road/show use only" on the packages.  :P ) and he could give me a ticket for $60 for each of them, plus the speeding ticket.  Luckily he didn't give me one al all, just got a warning for the speeding.  While he was there, I asked how often he pulls people over for the covers, and he said never, unless they are pulled over for something else, like speeding.  I took the covers off right there and just put them in my tool box and he told me not to get caught with them on down the road or he would give me a ticket.

 

Almost a year later, a friend of mine was using my truck to pick up a riding mower on a trailer for another friend, and was pulled over for not having safety chains on the trailer.  :cheers:   He said it was the same officer, and when he came up to the window, he stopped for a second, then walked to the front and glanced at the grille.  My guess is he remembered the truck and was checking for the covers.  :D

 

After about 1 1/2 years of driving without them on, I ended up putting them back on anyway.  :D

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