

| Subject: | Interesting Safety Inspection Failure-Virginia |
| From: | J Stewart |
| Date: | Wed, 2 May 2012 22:52:34 +0000 |
I have antique tags on my '85 Westy, and "restrictions" come with these, i.e. vehicle is only to be driven to shows and after working on it,yada, yada, yada. I have driven the van all over the place (just took it to Newport News VA, and back) with no issues and have never been stopped/questioned by the cops. With the antique tags the vehicle is exempt from Virginia's annual safety inspection. But I've been thinking of going back to regular tags, so I took it in today to get inspected-it failed. It failed because I am running 15" Mercedes wheels that require spacers up front. I was surprised. A buddy of mine runs spacers on his Eurovan and has never had a problem. So, not a big issue, tomorrow, I am slapping two 14" steel rims/tires back on it and going back to the inspection station where the inspector has already told me he will pass it. Then I come home and slap my 15 inchers back on. BTW, even the inspector said the wheels make the van! Jeff Stewart
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