Hawaii Recon Information, Q&A Thread

You should see the hunk of shit I just bought that passed safety last month. That's all I'm gonna say because I screwed myself pretty good.

 

its good because all these things are popping up this is very well turn to hell for the department if someone brought this to the attention of reporters who actually want to investigate these things

 

In at 8:00 out at 8:20 (I waz a walk in!)

 

shit 20 mins lucky...appt was at 8...didnt get inspection till 8:30, and almost failed..ive taken 2 trucks and passed easy...took my scion with 15k miles on it with new drop springs and they said was too stiff, and to drive it around a bit till they break in....I laughed and said so im gonna risk getting recon tickets to "break" in my suspension so it gets soft enough to pass...his supervisor came out n passed me

 

to me its total bullshit their system is overloaded with appts so now they said no appt needed walk ins only 8am. seems to me they just passing people left and right now. just so they can please people now.

these fools couldnt tell a tacoma had OME lift kit on a tacoma and told the guy he didnt need recon.

 

also as of this month the current DOT statement regarding stickers on windows. so long you cant see the sticker from the drivers seat looking at each window then its passable. if you can see it then you have to scrap it off

 

Is that just for cars or everybody? Thought it only pertained to cars. Just the like the tint for windows.

 

I'd think it's just for cars.

 

It's for everybody ! So when you go take one blade for scrap um

 

Lucky Tacoma's back seat head rest is big so covers the sticker lol

 

Rajah!

 

Yeah it's for everybody. They told me too many people with cars complained that it was stupid to let a truck have a sticker but not a car, so now trucks can't have stickers either.

 

That's still not a valid reason. Trucks don't have the same window tint requirements as cars, which is the root issue with stickers.

 

My stickers can not see them when u look back due to the back seats have high head rest lol

 

That's what I said when they told me to peel my sticker, but I guess the inspector has the final word. That's the thing, you can't pass RECON unless the inspector deems you worthy, reguardless of what the actual law says. If you tell them that what they said is not in accordance with the regulations for trucks/vans, then they will tell you that you're not getting your sticker afterall..

 

trucks tint still need to be transparent even blacked out tint you can slightly see through it. STickers you cant

 

The problem is you can have a van or truck that the window is not there or is completely blocked by some kind of box or bed. That is why they have to have an exception, it's just people being bitches.

 

Hell has frozen over.

 

Let's hear the rest of the story.

 

Congrats!!!