EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Fellas, i just moved to TX from LA. I need to get my truck re-registered in TX and they are telling me I need to go get a TX inspection sticker first. The question i have is will they reject my truck for not having a muffler? Its a diesel by the way... any help would be appreciated.

 yep they sure will they hav gotten to be real azz holes about any thing even the guys around here that use to not look at any thing wont pass it if everything aint up to parr

it really depends on what county you are in too. some countys are really stricked

What year is it? Everything depends on the year. My truck is only a safety check. Don't go to the big name shops. They hire stupid mechanics that just started. Go to the little shops with a mechanic that has been doing it for years. You can go in and ask them what is needed. That way you can know before you have to pay.

you dont have to have an inspection sticker to register a vehicle. you do have to have a registration sticker to get an inspection sticker. a La inspection ticker is valid in Texas. I dont know who told you that you have to have an inspection sticker to register a vehicle, but they are wrong.

ok i was wrong. i have been a police officer for 11 years and didnt know this. if you move to texas you have to re-inspect it in texas prior to registration. if you are a texas resident and buy a vehicle out of state, e.i. shreveport, and that state issues an inspection sticker, you dont have to re-inspect it until that inspection sticker expires. makes no since, but this is the government.

Its a 07

I'll be in Harris county right now.

Find a station that understand this, and you might luck out.

i necesidad de este camión diesel de inspección para una inspección de seguridad solamente. Yo vivo fuera del condado de Harris, pero la necesidad de las etiquetas de hoy para que la policía no me jodas. puedo pagar un extra de veinte dólares por un servicio urgente, si lo necesito. dinero en efectivo.

I live in texas and bought a truck in texarkana... i had to have it re-inspected in texas before i could have it registered, even though it was still current in LA...

  :D YEP!

Same thing in Louisiana Bud. Depends on where you go or who u know - I like to keep dark tinted windows and theres only one place here i know of that will do it - hope they stay there!  ;)

In LA they would check window tint but i've never heard of anyone ever getting there muffler checked......i know some of you TX boys have a straight pipe on ya'lls trucks!!!!!LOL

HAHAHAH, i had to get that translated but your right that might work!!!ahhahahahah

My truck is a 2001 dodge diesel and mine is straight piped and I get my inspection sticker every year with no problem because up to 2002 your covered by the grandfather claus because they didn't make that law until 2003

In harris county they will put it on the computer and test for emissions doubt it will pass that with a straight pipe aside from to loud and a few other things. Make sure it's right when you take it in because they charge u pass or fail. I'd do some checking with the state office so you know the rules and regs

Money talks!!! U can find some young punk that wants the money and offer him 20 bucks on the side to look over ur muffler problem!! Lol works alot for me i like them dark tinted windows too!

Look... What I would do is keep the same lic and if anybody says anything. Tell them you own two houses one in tx and one in la. Tell them your job keeps you going back and forth each month....then you won't have to change it over...

Find an old run down shop in the sticks. When I pull into the one 2 miles from my house he says "honk the horn", I do and he starts filling out a sticker. I drop him a $20 for his time and I'm on my way.

Here in my lil town there's a lil place that does inspection and  oil changes. They just tell me to honk the horn and they check all the lights and that's it...its about where u go. Usually small stations family owned are your best bet.

Man I was getting my oil changed today and a guy came in and wanted an inspection done they said nope your windows are too dark.  Me and the guy that works there got to talking and he said if we pass him and get caught it is a 10000 or 15000 dollar ticket for the service station and he said the same for straight pipe.  Said it aint worth it.

By definition a turbo on a diesel is a muffler. I'll have to check my law book and give you the exact statute number. Me and a buddy of mine had this same conversation the other night. In the definition of muffler in the law book it has something in there just for diesel engines. I'll find the definition and statute number and post them later.

Bring that truck to South Dallas Tx they'll
Pass the inspection!!!! ;) >:D might even let
you use my address for a small fee!! ;D ;) money
Makes the world go round !!

Use adress?  I just drive up windshield crack all to hell no front license plate didn't check nothin just put a sticker on.  In erath county.    Landon u go to wrong place lol. This is my first truck(o ly have had diesels 8 of em) to ever have a muffler  I've never had one prob with inspection. Highway patrol and sheriff dept is a diff story lol

You have to get vehicles inspected in texas?

I have never heard such an absurd thing!

Yea i'll probably do that, i do still own my house in LA so that will work!! Thanks

Section 541.203 of the Texas transportation code defines a muffler as:
  (3) "Muffler" means a device that reduces noise using:
          (A) a mechanical design, including a series of chambers or baffle plates, to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine; or
          (B) turbine wheels to receive exhaust gas from a diesel engine.

John we are one of the only states that doesnt require and inspection