question on kits

When you register a kit car how do you register it would it be done as the vehicle it is built on or what it has become? Just wondering.

 

Depends a lot on your state law and possibly some on your verbal fabrication skills.

 

Go to the Secretary of State website, and the step-by-step instructions are posted there.

one of the steps is to get the vehicle inspected by your local law enforcement agency; it really helps if you go in there well in advance of the inspection and ask them what they look for during an inspection. If the LEO is a ****head about it - find another precinct or municipality to get it inspected in.

Chances are if you take the time to tell them in advance whatcha doin - they'll give you advice on how to p*** the safety inspection. There's also a vin check they hafta do; the Sec of State even has a .pdf file for the form the LEO has to sign. Fill it out in advance; make it easy on them and they're usually easy on you.

Finally - be happy you don't live in NJ.

 

I agree with Chuck. Also, after the Secretary of State bit, I think they send your paperwork off to Lansing for a while and they brew up a ***le. There's a step where some state worker adds a little sticker to your car that sort of acts as the VIN.

My dad and I built a Cobra kit. He did most of the registration part. I know we were supposed to have a wiper, all the normal lights, and there might have been some stuff about seatbelts and functioning brakes etc. I don't believe the inspection was too thorough though.