Originally posted by dano:
Todd noted it in the Yahoo board, the more you add to your truck, the heavier the GVWR hence the more lift you can get away with in theory. I'm just not sure how to do that.
That's not correct. They do not weigh your vehicle and adjust your GVWR. They look at what a stock vehicle weighs and determine how high you can lift from stock GVWR. So don't waste your time weighing your X down, it's not going to help (althouh it may help with the stability test).
The inspectors are very arbitrary. I have heard some aweful stories about inspectors that inspect every single detail while others are only concerned about certain things. Most of the people who have horror stories went to the Lakewood office.
You are better off being hassled by going through the lift inspection and getting a lift inspection sticker than have a Ranger write you a ticket and impound your truck because he thinks it should have gone through the lift inspection. The main thing NJ is concerned with are people who throw together poor, custom made lifts that aren't stable and will lead to accidents on the highway. And people that are running tires that are 6" over stock or 38" tall (which ever is shorter).
I know I will have to go through the lift inspection with 2" suspension, 2" body lift and 33x12.50 tires. It'll suck because the nearest inspection station is about an hour away, but since I spend a fair amount of my wheeling in NJ state forests, I'll take the insurance that having that sticker offers when I have a run in with a forest ranger.
-Michael