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CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help!

Posted By: 69B3GT

CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 06:56 AM

Ok so my dart is a salvaged title, and was wondering if anyone has gone through all of this. If i heard correctly i need a CHP inspection, Brake and light test, and the dmm website says fee's depend on what is done. Has anyone ever registered a salvage vehicle in CA. What are some things to look for and roughly how much were all the fee's in the end?
I know im asking alot but i thought it was worth a shot.
Thanks, Chris.
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 07:00 AM

I've done a few

It's easy.... DMV will do your VIN verification, then you just need to go to a brake and light test station to have the test done. Once you pass they will give you a couple slips of paper showing that, and bring those to the DMV when you go to register it.
Brake and light was about $60 ? $70 all together... VIN verify at the DMV is free..
Posted By: 69B3GT

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 07:08 AM

Quote:

I've done a few

It's easy.... DMV will do your VIN verification, then you just need to go to a brake and light test station to have the test done. Once you pass they will give you a couple slips of paper showing that, and bring those to the DMV when you go to register it.
Brake and light was about $60 ? $70 all together... VIN verify at the DMV is free..



Thanks,
Wow i didnt think it would be that easy, well that will help me rest easy, just not looking forward to the long lines at the DMV in about a month. Oh well now i should be road tripping to the beach and other random places soon
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 07:14 AM

I used to buy alot of salvage vehicles from insurance auctions to ship to Oz, and my daily drivers all came from there since they were deals, and was never a big deal registering them.
My current truck (an '02) came from an auction when it was under 2 years old and I got a great deal on it...was just a theft recovery deal.
Think my SS 'vert I have now is one of the few late models I have had that are clean title, out of the paper sort of cars

Oh, and your DMV can probably give you a list (they do here at least) of local places to have the brake/light test done
Posted By: 69B3GT

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 07:20 AM

Well i know there is a place that does brake and light tests literally down the street from me, does the dmv only have certain places it will take them from or does it matter?

And on the DMV website it says i need a CHP inspection, is that just the VIN verification at the DMV?
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 07:25 AM

As long as they are licensed to do the inspection for brake and light, you're fine

Not sure on the CHP thing? Last one I did, didn't need to go to the CHP for anything..just VIN verify at DMV and brake and light. You might check with the DMV what the CHP thing is about and what exactly it's for...maybe your DMV sends out VIN verifys to there?

If you have AAA, they might do vin verifys too..not totally sure on that one though...
Posted By: 69B3GT

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 07:27 AM

Well my parents have AAA and im not on the insurance since the car isnt done, so would we just have to trailer it to thier office and have it checked? Yeah my friend had the CHP thing done to his vega recently now that i think about it, ill just have to ask him about it
Posted By: Darius

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 02:12 PM

Mine wasn't a salvage title but I was regisering the car in Calif for the first time....when I went to the DMV the lady behind the desk came out to the parking lot and verified the vin's,checked all the lights worked, and signed me off on the spot!
My suggestion is to find a DMV office in a small town near you (if you don't already live in a small town). Make an appointment on line before you go. All my local DMV offices were several days out to over a week, the DMV in Woodland, about a 20 minute drive, got me in the next morning at 8:30 and I was on line at 3pm day before!
Posted By: Pyper70

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 02:40 PM

my 70 Charger wasn't registered since 1987 and I got it running in 1999. People at the DMV told me I had to get CHP to sign off on the vehicle before I could get a road worthiness paper (# 7 i think) for the windshield in order to drive it to the DMV. I went to the CHP in old Torrance off of Knox St. and Vermont and they told me that they would do it for a fee but I had to make an appointment and have the car trailered down. I loaded up the car on a AAA tow truck and took it down. They did their thing and told me they had to affix a number plate to the vehicle....in my lack of brain power I forgot to bring the Fender tag.....you have to have your fender tag on, they want to match numbers and run it if it might be stolen. I was done for like 60 bucks, went to the DMV the next day, got a placard, went home, grabbed the Charger and went back. Make sure everything is working. Horns, seatbelts, all windows are in, brake lights, turn signals, hazard lights, rear view mirror and that doors open and close normally and lock.
Posted By: Jim_Lusk

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 03:52 PM

Never heard of the CHP thing. Any peace officer can fill out the VIN verification. I had a cop friend of mine do my son's Dart after the runaround we got with my older son's Barracuda (both 67s) because the VIN is only in one place on them.

The last time I did a salvage vehicle it was ours when it got wrecked so I didn't have the same issues.
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 04:04 PM

Yep...haven't had to do any CHP stuff for me either in the past, so not sure what's up with that. I've had a few VIN verify's done by a local cop a few times in the past (like to register Oz cars as well) but the last salvage I did just had DMV to the VIN verify and away I went..nice and simple.
Posted By: landon1

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 04:10 PM

when i registered my salvage car(2000 Hyundai), they just checked the vins at different points on the body to make sure there weren't stolen parts on it (car was still in its wrecked condition) cost me abotu $100 to have that done...in IA, though.

my 78 dodge, they didn't even bother, just gave me a regular title in place of the salvage title when i went to get the plates
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 04:24 PM

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just gave me a regular title in place of the salvage title



Once your vehicle is deemed salvage on the system here in CA...that's it basically.
Posted By: 474218

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 04:31 PM

When did all this stuff start?

I lived in California for over half my life and owned over a two dozen different cars while I lived there. They ranged from junkers to brand new right off the showroom floor. I never had to have one checked at a "certified brake and light shop".

Every time I hear a story about the police state California has turned it to, I am so glade I escaped when I did.
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 04:33 PM

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When did all this stuff start?

I lived in California for over half my life and owned over a two dozen different cars while I lived there. They ranged from junkers to brand new right off the showroom floor. I never had to have one checked at a "certified brake and light shop".

Every time I hear a story about the police state California has turned it to, I am so glade I escaped when I did.



How many of them did you register from being Salvaged?

They have needed to be checked by brake and light shops if they were a salvaged vehicle for a while now that I know of. (for the first time registering them after deemed Salvage.)
Posted By: 474218

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 05:34 PM

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How many of them did you register from being Salvaged?

They have needed to be checked by brake and light shops if they were a salvaged vehicle for a while now that I know of. (for the first time registering them after deemed Salvage.)




None that I know of. But I drug cars out of the desert that had not been regestered in over 20 years and never had to take them to an "offical brake and light shop". We got them running and got things working that needed to work and when to the DMV, no need for an appointment. The lady at the DMV when to the parking lot and checked the car and that was that. You were issued a temporary title and the permanent title came in the mail about two weeks later. But life was simpler years ago when California was really the Golden State.
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 05:39 PM

Cars just off the system from not being registered in ages, and cars that need to be registered after being declared a total loss salvage are two different things though...
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 05:42 PM

By the way...A salvage title (like from an auction or what not) says right on it that a VIN check and brake and light inspection is needed....so it's no surprise that way.
Posted By: 69B3GT

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 08:12 PM

Now if i can just figure out why the reverse lights wont work.
Posted By: OzHemi

Re: CHP inspection, Brake and Light test, etc..help! - 07/12/09 08:35 PM

Reverse switch ? wiring/grounds ?

Get the voltmeter out and start checking
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