The Man wins I lose :( (Civic VX ordered off the road by police for aero mods)

[elhigh]

Flagged for rusty quarter panels? The mind boggles.

Around here so long as it goes and stops reliably, the horn and lights work and nothing falls off while the cop is watching, it's legal.

I have seen cops pull vehicles over for excessive smoking. The car, not the driver - too bad. But that's pretty uncommon now that everything is EFI.

We don't have annual inspections or emissions tests where I live.

[pgfpro]

WTH??? rusty quarter panels = fail????

OK I think this is absolute BS!!!!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Slap some silicone to seal that leak for the test.

[Fat Charlie]

It's not about the rust, it's about the holes due to rust. Easiest fix: Duct tape over the holes, Bondo over the duct tape.

[dirtydave]

Damn man, that is so lame.

[wdb]

I feel badly for what has happened to you, but I have a question. How often are vehicles inspected where you live?

In my home state of PA, our cars are inspected once per year. There is a 'safety inspection' which looks at lights, brakes, rust, suspension, etc. And there is an emissions inspection which checks the vehicles exhaust emissions. Our cars have stickers on the windshield with the month and year the next inspection is due. If a vehicle fails inspection it can still be driven, but only until the sticker on the windshield expires. After that it is illegal to drive on public roads.

[WD40]

I asked if I could just duct tape the rust he said no, the safety aspect is that kids could cut themselves on the rust, and they could also remove the tape to reach the rust.
I will do a quickie bondo repair job so He can't cut his fingers, then do a better job later.
He also found screw heads on the grill block that I left installed ... he says they are dangerous as well, but he will overlook them.
Way back in the mid 70's I believe they stopped having an annual vehicle inspection, worst plan ever, and I am sure that the rate of accidents went way up due to it.
The rear main seal is being done today or tomorrow.
They told me that I can't drive the car after it has failed the inspection .. they can't stop me from driving it but if I get caught there is a $1500 fine.
They will drive it to my place with repair plates on it so I can repair the rusty quarters, then they will bring the repair plates and retest the car.
Hopefully I will be on the road again this weekend.

[Fat Charlie]

That kind of cuts down on surprises. Pointing out safety problems before they get to the point that a cop stops you specifically for it keeps everything safer- and it lets cops be actual police and not The Safety Police.

[Fat Charlie]

You can't just duct tape it, that'd be silly: only Bondo counts as a real body repair, everybody knows that.

Use duct tape to provide the structure covering the hole and Bondo over that. Then the world can feel comfortable because it sees Bondo and you didn't have to trowel a couple pounds of it on until it completely filled up your wheel well.

[dirtydave]

Look on the bright side, you can do coast down testing in a stock form to see what the aero package has done.