car inspection

[brownboi512]

well guys i recently bought a 95 integra with a rebuilt title from oklahoma. to get it titled and registered in ga i need to have an inspection done. anyone have any experience with this? how common is it to fail? what should i expect? what can i do to make sure i pass?

 

[brownboi512]

anyone?

 

[DrPizza]

I can't speak for Ga specifically, but from what I understand, a rebuilt title (salvage title?) is going to mean a more rigorous inspection. Generally, however, before I ever take a vehicle to get it inspected, I inspect it myself. You can find out (maybe) on the state's website which components are actually on the inspection, and you can verify yourself before the inspection that these components are in good mechanical condition. For example, though, in NY, rear drum brakes are not on the annual inspection. I knew I'm about due for new shoes in them, but didn't worry about it. They don't pull the drum off, but the mechanic did say to me, "your vehicle has 100k miles on it; if you haven't had the shoes replaces recently, you'll probably want to do so before winter."

 

[steppinthrax]

They are going to check all the basic front end things like CV joints, ball joints, Axles, fluid leaks, motor mounts.

Pretty much your car has to be mechanically sound. Everything has to be in working order. Brake pad thickness and tires wear is some of the things people get riped on. You also have the little things like crack in the windshied and head lamp alignment and battery hold down.

All in all those places will make a very crude assesment based on just looking at the car. EX: i took a 99 camry in there that I just bought and having only 30K on it they didn't spend no more then 5 mins with the car before they wrote up a passing cert. Looking at a couple of componets they knew it wasen't worth looking at everything. However, in your case I imagine they will check everything in detail.

 

[SearchMaster]

An emissions inspection? Unless things have changed since I moved to a non-inspection county (in GA), they pretty much just hook the machine up to the tailpipe and check the emissions. Other than *maybe* a quick visual inspection, they didn't used to do much.

There is more information at www.cleanairforce.com, which is GA's emissions website.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
An emissions inspection? Unless things have changed since I moved to a non-inspection county (in GA), they pretty much just hook the machine up to the tailpipe and check the emissions. Other than *maybe* a quick visual inspection, they didn't used to do much.

There is more information at www.cleanairforce.com, which is GA's emissions website.

Not emissions testing. A safety inspection.

 

[brownboi512]

thanks for the responses guys. ill see what i can do and ill let you know how it went.

 

[j00fek]

best thing to do is to take it to a garage where you have been before and you have a good relationship with the mechanic who will be doing the inspection..

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
An emissions inspection? Unless things have changed since I moved to a non-inspection county (in GA), they pretty much just hook the machine up to the tailpipe and check the emissions. Other than *maybe* a quick visual inspection, they didn't used to do much.

There is more information at www.cleanairforce.com, which is GA's emissions website.

Not emissions testing. A safety inspection.

Well...they mean the same thing. Atleast in MA it does.

 

[steppinthrax]

Originally posted by: j00fek
best thing to do is to take it to a garage where you have been before and you have a good relationship with the mechanic who will be doing the inspection..

I think in most states at least how it works if you fail they give you a certian amount of time to repair before they can charge you again. its best to deal with one person then to deal with many people who have different ways of asessing things