in my experience, you car can be slammed to the ground and still pass. the inspector asked me if the tires hit the fenders and i told him they didnt. they peeked up under it and said, well, "at least you used the right equipment, guys always want to come in here with cut springs and expect to pass." this was at probably the most strict inspection station in norfolk

that ride height (test fitted the wheels that day, it went a lil lower after that and passed)

 

You can fail for being to low if the inspector can't raise your vehicle. They have to check to make sure there isn't 1/4" or more play in your wheels and the are required to take off your wheels to check the pads and rotors and brake lines.

 

You can't have coil over springs that drop down when you raise the car up. It doesn't matter how low it is, as long as it isn't scraping and as long as they can raise it up, but you better be aware, they will check your shit MORE thouroughly if they have to do that to ensure you didn't half ass shit. I work at a shop, with state inspections haha.

 

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i had my coupe tucking wheel and i passed because my springs didn't jingle around when my car was jacked up.

 

haha, anything can be raised with a lil brute force... pull up on the fender, slide the stock scissor jack in there to get it started. then use a floor jack. that's how we get down. haha

 

lol...yeah. You could do that. But inspectors have actual lifts!

 

I dont remember being that way...Didnt your friend help you pass the car even when it was lower?

 

It must suck living in the city. In Lancaster my car does not get jacked up for inspection. If it needs to be we drive it up on boards.

 

I have never in my life seen a SI use a fucking lift for an inspection. The s2k is another car that failed out of the box, the height was 22" when i was studying to take the test, that was 99' though.

 

oh yea? i would never in my life THINK about putting a sticker on a car without putting it in the air first. worn suspension parts, leaking gas tanks, leaking exhaust, holes in floor boards.. you need to be under the car to see that stuff. i cant believe some inspectors half ass inspections sometimes. whos to say you write that sticker, and the customer kills someone because something on the car failed that shouldnt of passed VSI. then its your fault.

/rant. i know thats a dramatization, but who doesnt lift up cars when inspecting them?

technically, you can fail for altering your suspension regaurdless of if its too low if they want to be dicks about it.

also, no car 'fails out of the box'. the s2k, vette.. ect, they have bulletins posted in the manuals that state when they have exceptions. ie: the new rosche mustangs with two sets of foglights. technically you cannot have more than 4 lights illuminated at one time in the front of the vehicle, the rosche has 6. they put an exception in there stating it was ok for those cars ONLY.

scape the rejection sticker and take it elsewhere, thats really all you can do.