Favorite "safety" inspection station?

mjcoussens · Jan 28, 2008

My beautiful, and luxurious 1988 buick century was denied a safety sticker after the oil change monkey said the suspension was "too bouncy" (when asked if he could quantify what too bouncy was, he was unable to come up with an answer...), I'm now looking for somewhere else to go. Anyone have a cousin or know a shop that would be willing to ignore said "bounciness" and pass my car?

I know their is at least one more board member in the same predicament I'm in so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

crab lover · Jan 28, 2008

Benny's on Ahui St off of Nimitz under the overpass. It's a body shop that does inspections. All he has ever done to me was come out, have me turn the turn signals on and off, brakes, reverse, headlights and windshield wipers, then here ya go! I think he charges $20 for it instead of the $14(?) (I don't know, I only go to him!)

KrisB · Jan 29, 2008

By law, they're not supposed to charge more than $15 & change (I think it's $15.36 after taxes).

I found that there were two garages in Hawaii Kai that were less than worried about most details -- the 76 station near the bigger mall on the east end of the marina, then the grease monkey there sent me to another one as they couldn't approve it because of an obvious thing -- broken turn signal lens.

The "too bouncy" test amounts to they push down on a corner, and the suspension must stop the bouncing within two cycles in order to pass. I found the safety inspection guidelines online somewhere a few months ago. Let me know and I'll see if I can find them again if you want.

justleesa · Jan 29, 2008

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mjcoussens · Jan 29, 2008

No problems with moving it at all. Thanks for the suggestions, I've got a couple of more local places I'm going to try first.

Thanks,

Matt

Lopaka · Jan 29, 2008

The 76 station on W. Hind Dr. out towards Hawaii Kai just does the light/horn/wipers thing, along with a tint darkness test. The tint test was the only time they touched the car. But then my car is a 2002, so maybe they exercise some judgment on when to do more.

munclematt · Jan 29, 2008

Just curious but where did you go? I had a Honda Accord with too dark of tent and I went to a couple of places. A lot of places do different things. I know a Lex Brodies told me my rear brakes were shot and wanted to charge me 500 dollars to fix them, but ignored the tint. It all depends on the place you go. If it is a "bouncy" thing, I would try a jiffy lube either in Pearl City or Downtown.

Web Monkey · Jan 29, 2008

mjcoussens:
My beautiful, and luxurious 1988 buick century was denied a safety sticker after the oil change monkey said the suspension was "too bouncy" (when asked if he could quantify what too bouncy was, he was unable to come up with an answer...), I'm now looking for somewhere else to go. Anyone have a cousin or know a shop that would be willing to ignore said "bounciness" and pass my car?

I'd go back to the shop, talk to the owner and unless he can come up with a state regulation regarding "too bouncy", along with a specific measurement, that you expect an inspection sticker.

Maybe you need shocks, maybe you need an inspection done by someone who is older than your car.

Terry

justleesa · Jan 30, 2008

Web Monkey:
maybe you need an inspection done by someone who is older than your car.

:11:............................. :rofl3:

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Teamcasa · Jan 30, 2008

In mechanic speak, too bouncy means he pushed down on the corner and when he released it, the car bounced more than twice. You need new shocks.

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