someone help me pass Maryland inspection!
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someone help me pass Maryland inspection!
So I just bought my 8 and tried to get inspected. Apparently I have aftermarket tail lights that aren't dot approved so I failed. Will someone the Baltimore/Annapolis area lend me your approved tail lights just to pass? I'm talking like 5 minutes. I'll even pay you a reasonable rental fee!
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is it a mazda dealer? and show(tell) them that it does in fact have two LEDs from factory or go to another shop to get it inspected
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It's an independent garage. I already tried to show and tell him that. He said I was showing him aftermarket lights. I can now agree that mine are probably aftermarket but they are modeled exactly after stock if they are.
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Try to get it inspected elsewhere and they are most likely oem replacements.
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Someone please look at this and tell me if they are OEM. Mine has all the same markings including DOT vertically in the inside corner and all the same markings on the top of the light.
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looks oem to me. i would neck punch your retarded mechanic
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Someone please look at this and tell me if they are OEM. Mine has all the same markings including DOT vertically in the inside corner and all the same markings on the top of the light.
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They said I can go to the MVA registry and tell it to the state trooper there and he can waive the fail. It's just ridiculous. He looks at cars all day for a living and he should know these are stock, or at least be able to look at photos of actual stock ones and just agree when he figures out he's wrong.
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Every car maker sources out for everything.
It sounds like you'll have to contest the fail for inspection
It sounds like you'll have to contest the fail for inspection
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F&^$! These people are so dense. It's unbelievable. They even have the DOT stamping on the inside. He said because it doesn't say DOT on the lens itself like the headlights have, it wasn't real.
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I would do what 200 said and then stop going to that shop
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2 internet points for you good sir
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I agree with you, of course. And I plan on doing just that but I already paid the inspection cost and I don't want to pay another shop just to get the right answer. I'd rather drive the 30 miles away to get the state trooper to tell me the inspector is an idiot then go back and throw the waiver in his face as he writes me the inspection certificate.