Hawaii Recon Information, Q&A Thread

yeah, I got hassled pretty often while I was living in San Diego... I had 20% front and 20% over the privacy glass and camper windows... on a black truck luckily, I still had Hawaii plates, so the cops would just end up asking me about Hawaii and what the hell I was doing there. only one cop actually wrote the tickets out.

 

Yeah Cali is zero up front and anything goes out back.

 

For everyone that has gone to recon, has anyone NOT had their hood raised and engine bay inspected? Mahalo!

 

Raised every single time, on multiple vehicles.. even on revisits.

 

I think that's the first thing they tell you to do when you're in line. when I went, the inspector came out and told everyone to pop their hood. after he gave his visual, you're ok to put it down, but you still have the rest of the inspection to complete.

 

Crap...

 

Looks like they'll spy the HID kit then, oh well....

 

Just tell them it's old and you didn't like the HID's so you swapped back to stock. (if they even say anything)

 

True, I figure it can't hurt right? You don't pay unless you pass and it's not like they put you in a system and make you come back until it passes right?

 

I think it's, "you don't pay unless you pass". Edit: I'm actually not too sure, because I passed. I don't really knows what happens when you fail.

Hopefully someone that failed can chime in.

 

would they make you turn on your lights if they had any suspicions?

@TRDeeznutz ?

 

Pretty sure you pay regardless of pass/fail. I could be wrong, but that was my understanding.

 

Yeah u pay pass or fail jus like safety checks but they give u time to fix it an come back for the re-inspection

 

Copy that.

 

You pay regardless if you pass/fail and I think you get 90 days to fix the issues.

 

anyone know whats the lowest set up you can pass recon with?

for example in my case will a 3/4 drop pass recon? sorry for the noob question

 

U pass with that

 

as long as you can show a passing alignment and the bumper height is not below the minimum.

 

mahalo guys

 

Hey guys. New to the forum. I read through the thread and I have a few questions. (Some may have been answered before, just want to make sure that the recon rules didn't change). do the inspectors check to see if the tpms light is on? Also can I use wheel spacers on the rear wheels to match the front? I'm planning on using the maxtrac spindles. Thanks guys!