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Originally Posted by Traum

Quick update on the police complaint situation. A sergeant from the VPD Professional Standards Section tried calling me today to arrange for a time to discuss my complaint. Unfortunately, I had missed his call. I will obviously get in touch with him and see where things go from there.

Will keep the thread posted if any new developments come.

Additionally, I have purchased a 1 year online subscription to the CVSE vehicle safety and inspection standards manual. If anyone on RS wants to have something checked out in the manual because you received a VI, or have concerns about whether something would pass a CVSE inspection or not, let me know and I will do my best to look up the relevant clauses for you.

And on that note, this is the preliminary impression that I got after quickly skimming through the manual regarding the camber and ride height issues that I have complained about:

Camber
It needs to be within manufacturer specs. If it is not within the manufacturer's tolerance, the inspection will fail. This one is extremely clear cut.

Ride Height
The springs cannot be missing, broken, welded, improperly seated in the spring saddle or sagged so as to lower vehicle more than 38 mm (1 1/2 in.) from manufacturer’s specified height. Does not operate as intended.

I personally see different interpretations can be argued here, and my own personal take is, I still don't see anything in the MVA or CVSE manual that disallows vehicle ride height changes as long as the change is within 10cm, and no other MVA / CVSE inspection requirements are violated.

There are cars that stock, allow ride height adjustment (BMW M4 GTS comes to mind). If ride height adjustment was illegal, then those cars would have been illegal to begin with.