Question about registration...

[kafanylovesme]

I was reading right now that in order to register a car outside of California in California, it must go through an inspection. My question is, what exactly do they inspect? I'm not too sure as to what they inspect, but I was wondering because I'm considering purchasing a vehicle from out of state and I'm not sure if they check the engine bay in that inspection so any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[azndoc]

When I brought my car here from washington state here. I had to bring my car down to DMV for a visual inspection.

This lady had just got done arguing with the guy in front of me and I thought I was fucked.

She asked me to pop my hood. Looked around and signed off on it and I was on my way.

Oh and I had SR already.

I don't think they care. They mainly look for the dash vin, door vin, and the engine bay one I believe.

[kafanylovesme]

Hmmm I should be good then, hopefully. I hope they're not complete dicks now. What if they see that bling bling in the engine bay? haha. Just don't want to end up screwed because of an engine bay.

[SDS13COUPE]

Like Azndoc stated, all they check are vin I.D. under the hood, the vin stamped in the firewall, the dashboard vin. and your mileage. I just got mine inspected after 2 years of temp. tags when I brought my car back from AZ. They don't care about motors. I got an SR with an FMIC. They didn't care.

[kafanylovesme]

Alright that's great to hear man! Thanks a lot. I guess I will proceed in buying this car then. Thanks guys!

[azndoc]

*** Fingers crossed***

[kafanylovesme]

Haha thanks Jack! I shall know by Thursday.