Best state in the US to register an Ultima?
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Hey,
I am sure this has been brought up in the past but I was not able to find anything on it.
I am looking into a US registration for my Ultima and I am wondering how hard it would be for me to do this and what state would be the easiest to do so in!
IN Sweden the HP/weight is the hard part to pass, whats the hard parts in the US?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks JON
I am sure this has been brought up in the past but I was not able to find anything on it.
I am looking into a US registration for my Ultima and I am wondering how hard it would be for me to do this and what state would be the easiest to do so in!
IN Sweden the HP/weight is the hard part to pass, whats the hard parts in the US?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks JON
Michigan just requires an inspection from the local PD. and is basically just checking that there are lights, a windshield, isnt to loud and had restraints. About as easy as it gets! Oh, and you do need a detailed inventory of receipts to make sure nothing is stolen. But I believe every state requires that.
What may cause more of a hang-up than the state registration, are the local county or city emissions requirements. Here in Washington State for example, state registration is easy as others have said with it mostly being a check for stolen VIN's and seatbelts. If you register it around Seattle though, the county will require you to also get through emissions, but if you are in an outlying rural county there is no such requirement. Please let us know when/where you will be stateside. Would love to meet up.
-Sky
PS - Hmmmm.... has got me thinking if I should ask you to throw a spare front clip on the transporter for me...
-Sky
PS - Hmmmm.... has got me thinking if I should ask you to throw a spare front clip on the transporter for me...
Untamed_Muscle said:
Michigan just requires an inspection from the local PD. and is basically just checking that there are lights, a windshield, isnt to loud and had restraints. About as easy as it gets! Oh, and you do need a detailed inventory of receipts to make sure nothing is stolen. But I believe every state requires that.
^^^^great place to make kit cars then! make them here and punt them as worldwide compliant..!Under California state law, SB 100, 500 cars a year that are substancaily constructed by thier owners are allowed to be registared. There are three mini inspections involved. The first is brakes and lights, bulbs must be marked as SAE complaint or Euro standard compliant. E brake most work and the main brakes are checked. Note: a brake balance bar or adjustment is allowed. The car goes to a smog referee and is run but the car is fully smog exempt. The CHP, California Highway Patrol inspects the invoices to preclude the use of stolen parts. You then proceed to the Department of Motor Vehicles who exchange the temporary 90 day permit that they previously issued to you, to allow you to drive the car to the different inspection for a permenant plate. That's it, no annnual inspection, no smog, pay your yearly registration fee about $575 a year and go. If those of you in England read this with some amasement I understand after hearing your issues with your inspection requirments. But this may explain to you my somewhat different attidude towards mods on the car. My experince here on this blog has also strengthened my conservative politics. From my profession, Flying helicopters all me life to my passion, cars, I see a huge cradle to the grave no risk attidude by the different goverments over there that leaves my cold. don't confuse that statement about my attidude towards the people. The vast majority of folks that I have met in Europe have been very nice folks. Lee
A small modification to RR's post re CA. I purchased a GTR that had previously been built and registered in FL. Apparently CA DMV has a list of 'approved states' with whom they have reciprocal agreements on a number of fronts, one of which was obviating the need for a brake and light inspection (as it is referred to out here). I still had to have a quick chat with a CA Highway Patrol Officer, visit the referee who checked on various smog issues and who required me to make one modification and then return (specifically, although the car would not be subject to CA smog rules, it did have to have a viable EGR system to preclude oil vapors from being emitted from the car; I thus had to install a return pipe from the external oil sump to the air intake). Following that, he signed me off, the DMV gave me my temporary stickers, and within 90 days I had plates for the car.
It was in fact a lengthy process, more in elapsed time than in visit time. But it is done.
As an aside, CA SB100 allows only 500 cars per year to be registered this way. Typically, those 500 slots are taken in the first few weeks of a new year. In fact, it was not uncommon for people to line up on the evening before the DMV opened for the first day of a new year to get one of the slots. However last year when I went through the registration process, I was able to get a number in the low 400's in November. Historically this was never possible but because of the soft economy, there are far fewer 'interesting cars' being built and/or imported and registered in the state.
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It was in fact a lengthy process, more in elapsed time than in visit time. But it is done.
As an aside, CA SB100 allows only 500 cars per year to be registered this way. Typically, those 500 slots are taken in the first few weeks of a new year. In fact, it was not uncommon for people to line up on the evening before the DMV opened for the first day of a new year to get one of the slots. However last year when I went through the registration process, I was able to get a number in the low 400's in November. Historically this was never possible but because of the soft economy, there are far fewer 'interesting cars' being built and/or imported and registered in the state.
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