Military issues,need help with my S/C

[Marauder24]

I will be shipping my MM overseas next month. But I just got word it will not pass inspection with the Supercharger kit on it. I was told that i needed to take it off and do the inspection. Then i can put it back on after that. I need to know is there any parts I may need to take with me before I ship out?? :confused:

[sam]

Total BS. should not affect inspection. take it somewhere else

[Marauder24]

They don't want you alter the factory setting. So if it doesn't come with the car form factory they will make you remove it. For example. Hid, Tinted windows. etc

[RF Overlord]

Who is "they"?

[Marauder24]

Who is "they"?

Bahrain Traffic inspectors. The people who say you pass or fail.

[martyo]

Is it a one time inspection?

What blower is on your car now?

[camelgrundle]

Prolly a vortech v2 t trim. I am a fortune teller! Did not look at his sig lol. And it came that way from the factory!!!!

[martyo]

Prolly a vortech v2 t trim. I am a fortune teller! Did not look at his sig lol. And it came that way from the factory!!!!

I haven't read signatures on this forum since 2004.

Sorry to disappoint. :P

[MGDriver]

How long will be you having the MM out there? Am wondering if it's worth all of that hassle or just wait until it's back in the States before you put the Supercharger back on. Don't know about Bahrain in particular but generally Middle East authorities are a pain in the backside to deal with. Be glad you're not going to Germany though, there is no way I could ever get away with a Supercharger kit over here.

[Marauder24]

Is it a one time inspection?

What blower is on your car now?

Yes is a one time inspection but it's done annually. The blower is on the car right now

[Marauder24]

Prolly a vortech v2 t trim. I am a fortune teller! Did not look at his sig lol. And it came that way from the factory!!!!

Your correct. Lol

[Marauder24]

How long will be you having the MM out there? Am wondering if it's worth all of that hassle or just wait until it's back in the States before you put the Supercharger back on. Don't know about Bahrain in particular but generally Middle East authorities are a pain in the backside to deal with. Be glad you're not going to Germany though, there is no way I could ever get away with a Supercharger kit over here.


I will be there for 1-2 years. But i just talk to a guy who has a supercharged Marauder. He told me those rules our for the locals only. Us American will be exempt. I hope that's true.

[gpfarrell]

Take the stickers off, find some Ford stickers with part numbers and put them on. Get rid of any shiny parts, just rattle-can them flat-black. Bet they never notice!

[03knight]

How long will be you having the MM out there? Am wondering if it's worth all of that hassle or just wait until it's back in the States before you put the Supercharger back on. Don't know about Bahrain in particular but generally Middle East authorities are a pain in the backside to deal with. Be glad you're not going to Germany though, there is no way I could ever get away with a Supercharger kit over here.


I have my MM over here in Germany (stationed at ramstein) all they did when they inspected my car was looked underneath and took it for a drive...didn't even pop the hood

[Marauder24]

I have my MM over here in Germany (stationed at ramstein) all they did when they inspected my car was looked underneath and took it for a drive...didn't even pop the hood
I wish it was that easy. They are pretty tough on cars there. Even a dent in the body, you fail. :flamer:I'm show up and see what happens. If its a no, then i will be breaking it down and get alot of work done while it sits.

[MGDriver]

I have my MM over here in Germany (stationed at ramstein) all they did when they inspected my car was looked underneath and took it for a drive...didn't even pop the hood

Sounds like the inspection for US military staff is much easier going than for us locals, getting a Marauder legal and registered as a German national is a massive pain in the backside. I'm just a local and have nothing to do with the military so I don't know how strict their inspections are, I was just assuming they would be as though as it us for us local, apparently that's not the case.

That being said, are you down for a German Marauder meet? I'm 300 miles to the North of Ramstein but I would love to meet another Marauder owner in person!

[Bluerauder]

Sounds like the inspection for US military staff is much easier going than for us locals, getting a Marauder legal and registered as a German national is a massive pain in the backside. I'm just a local and have nothing to do with the military so I don't know how strict their inspections are, I was just assuming they would be as though as it us for us local, apparently that's not the case.

Unless things have changed drastically, the inspections from both Inbound and Outbound vehicles were pretty rigorous. I shipped two cars over to Germany and back again. Once in 1975 (return in 1978) and again in 1986 (return in 1989). Both times through the port of Bremerhaven. Import inspections during the pick-up process lasted about an hour and were much more detailed than typical annual state inspections here in Virginia. Any issues found during the inspection had to be corrected at the inspection station before the car would be released to the owner. I am pretty sure that the German Vehicle Import inspection code was used. I had to wait 3 hours for a friend while his entire exhaust system was replaced. Fortunately, in 1975, I was driving a brand new Dodge Charger and breezed right through the inspection process without a problem.

Shipping my van home in 1989 was a real chore because the entire car had to be steam cleaned (engine too) in order to get rid of any dirt, bugs or parasites the might be carried back into the US.

So my personal experience is a little different than the Ramstein poster.

[chief455]

I wish it was that easy. They are pretty tough on cars there. Even a dent in the body, you fail. :flamer:I'm show up and see what happens. If its a no, then i will be breaking it down and get alot of work done while it sits.
I have to ask - why even bring it there? Personally, I'd store my car here while in another country. It's alot of work to tear down supercharger, tune and pass inspection, just to reverse the process - maybe twice!
maybe just pull the Vortech head unit off and flash an N/A tune in, but what if they break your stones?

[MGDriver]

Unless things have changed drastically, the inspections from both Inbound and Outbound vehicles were pretty rigorous. I shipped two cars over to Germany and back again. Once in 1975 (return in 1978) and again in 1986 (return in 1989). Both times through the port of Bremerhaven. Import inspections during the pick-up process lasted about an hour and were much more detailed than typical annual state inspections here in Virginia. Any issues found during the inspection had to be corrected at the inspection station before the car would be released to the owner. I am pretty sure that the German Vehicle Import inspection code was used. I had to wait 3 hours for a friend while his entire exhaust system was replaced. Fortunately, in 1975, I was driving a brand new Dodge Charger and breezed right through the inspection process without a problem.

Shipping my van home in 1989 was a real chore because the entire car had to be steam cleaned (engine too) in order to get rid of any dirt, bugs or parasites the might be carried back into the US.

So my personal experience is a little different than the Ramstein poster.

That's really odd I would have expected things to go the opposite way by authorities making inspections harder, that's how it has been for importing cars as a local. Back in those days it was so much easier to import an American car than it is today.

The US Forces also increased safety measures for their staff over here by forcing them to register their private vehicles on German plates so that's also partly why I assumed inspections would be the same. I remember back in the day US Forces staff vehicles were really easy to spot because they ran on American plates so they stood out the crowd like a sore thumb. During the 90s they introduced new lookalike plates which from a distance you couldn't tell apart from the local plates but getting closer they still said USA on them. During recent years they started using regular German plates but you can still tell the Forces cars apart because they have red turn signals and no rear fog lights which us locals must install when buying an American car.

[Eastern_Front]

How long will be you having the MM out there? Am wondering if it's worth all of that hassle or just wait until it's back in the States before you put the Supercharger back on. Don't know about Bahrain in particular but generally Middle East authorities are a pain in the backside to deal with. Be glad you're not going to Germany though, there is no way I could ever get away with a Supercharger kit over here.

Not true, Just came from there with my Shelby, heck half the cars over there have a Kompressor! (That's German speak for Blower! :burnout:)
https://de-de.facebook.com/germanracewars

or here:
http://www.german-racewars.com/

[Marauder24]

I have to ask - why even bring it there? Personally, I'd store my car here while in another country. It's alot of work to tear down supercharger, tune and pass inspection, just to reverse the process - maybe twice!
maybe just pull the Vortech head unit off and flash an N/A tune in, but what if they break your stones?

I would rather it sit in my garage over there and I can work on it until I leave. Sitting it in a garage back in the states will cost money and I'm unable to do work on it. If I can drive it. Not a huge deal. But I defi want it with me so can do some cosmetic work to it.

[MGDriver]

Not true, Just came from there with my Shelby, heck half the cars over there have a Kompressor! (That's German speak for Blower! :burnout:)
https://de-de.facebook.com/germanracewars

or here:
http://www.german-racewars.com/

I was talking about importing cars, you cannot import a car with aftermarket performance modifications. But again that seems to be irrelevant for you guys since we've learnt that apparently Forces cars are treated differently.

There are lots of restrictions of what you can and can't have on your car, by law every modification you do to your car has to be reviewed and permitted by the local authorities and the TÜV. Let's say I've put a set of aftermarket wheels on my car, first thing I have to do is take my car to the local TÜV inspection stations for them to review the wheels. They will decide if those wheels are legal to be used on my car and comply with the laws or not, if they are legal you will be issued a permission to operate the wheels on your vehicle. This permission is usually attached to the cars registration paperwork and must be kept inside the vehicle at all times.

Now because this is a lot of hassle to do when you have to show up at your inspection station for every single modification, a lot of aftermarket parts on the German market will come with pretested operation permits for certain vehicles, that means the part manufacturer had them pretested and inspected for a range of common vehicles that they can be used on, those parts then become plug and play. Of course driving a unique vehicle like the Marauder those pretest certificates don't exist for it so I would have to run to my inspection station for every single part.

Then of course there are a lot of people who don't bother with all that and just run their modifications without having them reviewed which is a game of luck. When the police pulls you over they will ask if your car is modified and will want to see all the permits for the modifications but if your car looks stock they usually don't bother to ask. That's why in Germany sleeper cars are preferred to not attract the attention of the police, you will very rarely see a car that's properly modded inside out. If you decide to go down the illegal route and get away with it you still have to revert your car back to stock form when it's time for its technical inspection every second year.

This is how it works for us locals but I'm assuming that US Forces vehicles are exempt of that?