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Motor Vehicle Department NIGHTMARES!

Discussion in 'General Truck Info' started by Mighty Milt, May 22, 2008.

  1. lzpoor

    lzpoor Member

  2. MiniBrutes

    MiniBrutes Member

    Yes, plow lights are a very good solution. I would like a grill guard to mount these to, but I havent found anyone making anything at a mass-production level. All the ones I have seen to date are one-off's by truck owners....
     
  3. Samurai9

    Samurai9 Member

    My truck came with a nice grill guard (see photos in the gallery), apparently salvaged from some prior use. It was rusty in places and lacking the side pieces which cover the headlights, but it fits the truck well, is quite robust, and bolted to the frame. It also serves as a front bumper. I think it was made by Grizzly. (My truck also has a Reese hitch receiver at the rear, also bolted to the frame.)

    Sam
     
  4. unclejemima

    unclejemima Member

    Yes, this I found out. My Acty's headlights had to be cut out and some DOT approved rectangular lights were fitted. It looks kinda hacked, but it works!:D
    -mark
     
  5. Lug nut

    Lug nut New Member

    The red tape adventures

    We got our truck passed and into service, however the folks who wired in the daytime running lights hooked it so that you can not shut the engine off with the head lights on. :sly: I guess if this is my worst problem I am at least on the road. As far as different inspectors looking for different standards, a lot of it seems to be coming from reading the book once and then tossing it aside and supposing they know what's what. I have everything from tandom axle dump trucks to fire trucks to 15 passenger vans to street sweepers that get inspections at least yearly and they like to try and change the requirements for those units. Most of the confusion around the mini trucks is the fact most people don't know the classification for them, and or have never heard of one let alone had to inspect one.
     
  6. Timetripper

    Timetripper Moderator

    If you need to fix your headlights your self then the easist way is to get a standard Bosch 30 amp relay and bring a wire from the radio +12 volt to the relay trigger and ground the other side. Then use the exsisting +12 volt headlight supply to power to the load side of the relay. What messes up alot of people when doing DRL's on the Subies is that the power is live at all times to the headlight and it is the ground that is switched at the headlight switch.
    Read of more than one person frying the DRL module when not knowing this.
     
  7. Mighty Milt

    Mighty Milt Active Member

    UPDATE

    i've been working my way through registering this truck for 4 months now. and have finally come to my wit's end. friday was my final attempt and i have bad news to share with anyone in arizona.

    i tried to register it as an ATV with registration obtained in south dakota. unfortunately south dakota revoked the title which put me back to square one with arizona, in fact, a step behind since i used my original export certs to get the south dakota registration i had only an invalid registration and nothing more.

    i ran into the same problem of "it's too much of a street vehicle to be an atv, and it's not been through federal inspection so it can't go on the road". i was also informed that it is against the law to sell, buy or title a grey market vehicle in the state of arizona. so if i'm a law abiding citizen i have to just let this thing rot in my garage because i can't legally drive or get rid of it. THERE'S GOOD NEWS!!

    i actually had a very helpful vehicle inspector who took my number and called me back a couple times throughout the day to let me know his findings. his reseach yielded this: every vehicle must be inspected by federal inspectors and given a sticker to be on the road. i argued that these were inported as off road vehicles why couldn't i register it like a rhino? he told me there are federal standards set by the epa and safety issues that pertain solely to off road vehicles and they get a federal sticker as well. the guy had answers for most of my questions and when he didn't have an answer he called me back with one. he agreed that it's an awesome idea but that he just couldn't do it. through his research he found others mini trucks that were registered in the system in arizona, as atv's and road worthy vehicles. and he was trying to lobby my fight by presidence. since they could why couldn't i? he was informed that the big wigs knew some of these truck had been registered and there was an audit in motion to revoke all of their registrations. no kidding. so it just seems that if i did get it registered, it wouldn't last for long...
     
  8. greg0187

    greg0187 Moderator Staff Member

  9. smoothstroke

    smoothstroke Member

    An audit, Sucks for the folks that already have a tag. :( Time to get the AZ laws changed.
     
  10. rayallen

    rayallen Member

    Oklahoma will send out their rules for tagging a mini truck on October 15. If they do allow a tag maybe some from other states can tag it in Oklahoma and do a registrant transfer into their home state. May be worth a try? The Oklahoma Highway Patrol told me to put a triangle sign on the back of mine, turn on the flashers, tell everyone it is a agg vehicle, go drive it anywhere but the interstate highway system. By the way I am a farmer/ rancher with a tax permit that can b e used on 4 wheelers to not pay a sales tax. They become a small tractor in Oklahoma if purchased with a tax permit.
     
  11. stevert

    stevert Member

  12. stevert

    stevert Member

  13. Timetripper

    Timetripper Moderator

    I see down south you have the same problems we have in Canada.
    Miss-informed people in high places being spoon feed a load of bunk :mad:
    Rep. Rios spouted off a bunch of them in no particular order:

    • RHD? Ya so. Another red herring, in Hong Kong and other places in the world they have a mix of LHD and RHD both sharing the same road and strangely enough nothing bad happens. A bone head driver is a bonehead driver doesn't matter whether he is in a LHD or a RHD. You are no more likely to get in a accident driving a RHD in a LHD enviroment than visa versa. They tryed that one up here but their lies were uncovered and shown for just that - lies!
    • No VIN's? Say what. All kei trucks have a VIN - at least in one location and most have two, one on the frame and another on the inside kick panel or eqiiv. Just because they don't have the same amount of #'s in the VIN - Oh no the sky is falling! In BC they started off by issuing new VIN's that had to be put on by a inspection facility but I guess they woke up and smelled the sunshine and now just except the VIN as it is on the truck from the factory. Oooh - there's a concept !
    • Safety Standard's? And what safety standard does a golf cart/ Gator/ Home built car meet? Just as I thought, another red herring!
    • Export Documents? Wrong again lady. All kei trucks come with the following if you make sure your exporter gets them or do as I did and do it yourself: 1. Bill of Sale from broker or Exporter in Japan with your name as buyer and theres as seller. 2. Japanese Export Cetificate in Japanese and usually also suppied in English translation. This actually shows the last owner in Japan that had title to the vehicle when it left the country. Also lists the VIN, type of vehicle, capacity, engine size, etc. Just as much info as anything I ever had from a local purchase.

    ADOT sound's a lot like some outfit's up north and needs somebody to start speaking up with the truth of the matter. In Canada we have ivoac.ca that came about because of all the bunk that was coming out of these outfits mouth's - slowly I think the tide is turning up here. Hopefully you can start turning things around down south as well.

    Do I sound jaded? It's not because I can't drive my truck on the road cause I had no problems in that respect, it just bugs the heck out of me when certain people bend/ distort/ or manipulate figures into lies to suit them in their zelot ways.

    Good Luck
     
  14. stevert

    stevert Member

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