1993 Suzuki Carry DD51T - SOLD For Sale 1993 Suzuki Carry DD51T. 39000km. 2 inch lift. Front Differential drop. UTV offroad tires on aluminum rims plus a set of new street tires and rims. Rear hitch with 2" receiver. Diff lock. axle lock. Sask. safetied. $6500 OBO. Will also sell a set of barely used Mattracks Litefoot XT-UR tracks for the unit (or will fit other units and UTVs with adapter plates) as a package deal or seperately for $4500. Call Andy at 306 768 2280
Hi Meesho There are no issues with stock headlights as long as the daytime running light module is installed. What do you perceive as the issue with the headlights?
Headlights in Sask are required to be DOT or ECE complaint for LHD vehicles. The stock headlights on that truck are not compliant. Whoever safetied that truck is in blatant violation of Sask safety inspection regulations. SGI can impound your unit, force a reinspection and fine the inspection station. That is why Meesho asks.... Basically your inspector doesnt know the rules or bends/breaks the rules at will. Those headlights should not have passed unless modified to meet DOT / ECE regs. (Which they dont appear to be)
There could be other un-seen regulatory issues like the front side lights not being wired as marker lights. (As stock, they are signal lights, but do not come on as marker lights, which is another legal requirement in Sask, not to mention just for plain safety)
WOW!!! Thanks for the info. If these headlight bulbs (not the headlights) were actually not changed out to meet the Sask. safety regs, then I should have a good case for a lawsuit against both the inspector for blatant violation (as you put it) and also SGI for allowing an SGI certified inspector to safety non-compliant vehicles. I should be able to recover at least the cost of the safety inspection. Also, the additional marker lights that were installed are wired so that they are on whenever the lights are on. I hope the hundreds of "street legal" mini-truck owners out there in Sask. (and especially the safety inspectors) are aware of these "headlight" requirements. Too bad there dooesn't seem to be any SGI regulations for aftermarket blinding or mis-aligned headlights that seem to be on half the regular vehicles on the highway!
It is not the bulbs that are a problem, it is the actual headlight assembly. (Lens & Reflector) So if those are original Suzuki lenses they are illegal there. Most inspection stations have never even read their inspection manuals. It is CLEARLY stated. Ask all the skyline drivers that had their cars pulled off the road. Phone SGI if you dont beleive it. Call OK Tire on 8th street in Saskatoon, Call Prairie Autohaus in Saskatoon. Ask them if they have had SGI come down on them for passing vehicles without compliant headlights. They have. You certainly would have a case against the inspection station if you suffered some sort of loss due to this problem. (Such as towing / impound fees, etc) We have safetied several hundred Japanese imports in sask. From mini trucks to Hilux Surf, to Mercedes to just about anything else. The OEM Japanese headlights are not legal in sask on 99.9% of the imported vehicles. Again, most inspection stations have not even read the manual. I have turned in dozens of stations for passing illegal units. This type of thing hurts the entire industry and gives the gov't more ammunition to stop the imports. (Instead of re-training the inspection stations like they should be.) Also, most stock tires are not legal even if they have enough tread. Dont take my word for it, call SGI compliance in Regina. If those are OEM headlights from Japan, your inspection station needs to brush up on his regulations. Lots of guys put the stock headlights back in after safety as well. So its not always the inspection station, its also the owner. There are always going to be guys who dont know the rules, or choose to ignore them. The problem with the OEM lights is that they shine into oncoming traffic. And yes, there are regulations about aftermarket lights and aiming, its just they arent always policed. They however ARE in place and people can be fined/impounded for such violations. You can even be ticketed for having wire mesh headlight guards over your lights. Even if you get pulled over by police or RCMP, you are not likely to have an issue. However if SGI is doing a check, that is when it will get ugly. Why dont you take your truck to SGI in Regina and have the chief compliance officer check it over.
Good info. Thanks. I very rarely drive the vehicle on the street / highway anyway (and never have at night), even though I buy the insurance. The salesman did mention the stock tires would not pass inspection, so I bought a complete new set of street tires for it prior to the inspection, so he / she must have known something about the requirements. For me, 12 hours of driving (or 8 hours of hauling) to Regina and back to have a compliance officer check it out for the maybe 1 or 2 hours of driving on the road annually that I do is not worth it. I will simply stay off the road and cancel the insurance. Saves me over $500.00 annually. Thanks
