The inspections was performed on the cobalt. Not goblin
Texas Revoking Titles (and how you can help)
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Joebob
Goblin Guru
For your registration tasks, you need to get an inspection. For a new car like the Goblin, this only needs to be a safety only inspection so they do not need to plug into your computer to pull codes. You will have to get the inspection on the Goblin and they will reject any inspection of the donor cobalt including an inspection of the Goblin with the Cobalt VIN or description. The inspection needs to be for the Goblin with the goblin VIN with lots of preceding 0s as well as calling out a 2023 ASVE.
For proving the engine is yours, I had a copy of the title that was signed over to me and near the bottom of the oil filter is a machined boss that has the VIN sequence number to show it came from the titled car.
Another thing I did was to go to the DMV and with insurance was able to get a 30 day permit that allowed me to drive to try the car til all the title and registration work was complete. I thought I needed to get the readiness monitors to clear but turned out that a Safety only was good enough for me.
Joe
For proving the engine is yours, I had a copy of the title that was signed over to me and near the bottom of the oil filter is a machined boss that has the VIN sequence number to show it came from the titled car.
Another thing I did was to go to the DMV and with insurance was able to get a 30 day permit that allowed me to drive to try the car til all the title and registration work was complete. I thought I needed to get the readiness monitors to clear but turned out that a Safety only was good enough for me.
Joe
Thank you for the response. I'll check under the engine now!
Joebob
Goblin Guru
Do you have the cat from the donor? I have a catted goblin exhaust for a NA or SC goblin but the aftermarket cat might be too small to pass. Mine was a California emission donor so might have asked more from the aftermarket cat than a federal emission cobalt. Where is Houston are you?
Joe
Don't have the cat from the donor, I'm the third owner of Frame #59. Its a NA auto and it was previously registered in Texas in 2020 then went out of state, expired, and I bought it and brought it back to Texas. I'm basically on the re-registration at this point so I need the emissions inspection. I have all of the emissions equipment added except the cat at this point. I was hoping the evap check would ready up first, but on my ride today the Cat check happened and popped a P0420 code.
I'm in Pearland.
I'm in Pearland.
Desert Sasqwatch
Goblin Guru
Has anyone in the Lone Star State seen anything about this?
Texas says goodbye to Vehicle Inspections in 2025 | Watch (msn.com)
Curious if this will apply to all counties/municipalities?
Texas says goodbye to Vehicle Inspections in 2025 | Watch (msn.com)
Curious if this will apply to all counties/municipalities?
JBINTX
Goblin Guru
Yes, sir. We are aware. Unfortunately for several of us, we live in Harris county.
A handful of the largest cities/counties still require it.
Brett
Well-Known Member
While safety will no longer be required, emissions inspection will still be required in specific counties.
Quick question, I bought my donor in 2019 then covid shut everything down and couldn’t go to the title place to transfer the title.
Fast forward to now and I still haven’t transferred the title (forgot). Starting the process to register the goblin.
Do I need to still need to transfer the title even though the donor body has been gone for almost 3 years?
Fast forward to now and I still haven’t transferred the title (forgot). Starting the process to register the goblin.
Do I need to still need to transfer the title even though the donor body has been gone for almost 3 years?
I might try that but down here in Uvalde they are so picky with paperwork lol
JBINTX
Goblin Guru
You should NOT have to transfer the title. The Cobalt no longer exists. Texas did not have any paperwork to cancel the existence of the Cobalt title.
That makes sense, cool one less “step” to do, yay!
Rttoys
Goblin Guru
Same.
It’s good to have the title to show parts were not stolen.