Help! Delaware lift laws changed to screw everyone over.

[ZeroOne]

The old rules were... 30" bumper to ground, and 1" out of the wells for the tires.

They got smart, and changed the rule to include the distance from the top of the tire to the bottom of the wheel well above the tire (fender). There goes the idea of using stock tires to pass the inspection. The gap is too large, which means, your suspension is over stock, and you fail.

I have an '08 F350 with an 8" rize / OUO kit on 38x15.50's. With the 38's, I think I'm about 1" over the bumper height issue, and about 4-5" out on the width. Swapping back to stock tires, the height and width are all fine except this new "gap" rule for the wheel well opening.

Does anyone know anything about what is considered a "fender" and permanent on a vehicle? I need something to stop their tape measure short of the actual fender, and have it be considered part of the truck itself. Plastic cardboard paint-matched to the fender, and screwed into place? I dunno...

[RedDye01]

that sounds like a pretty screwey rule. maybe you can find some cheap fender flares and hang them on low with 2x sticky tape. If they measure in the center of the fender inside the wheel well, you could cut a piece of FRP and paint it black and attach it to the front and rear of the fender well and put some sort of spacing device in the center dropping it 4" or so. Id draw a picture by my pen isnt working on this screen...

[ZeroOne]

I'm starting to think the DMV is unfairly enforcing rules that do not apply.....

This site is dated up-to-date as of May 21st, 2012, and this section says nothing about this 15" rule they are trying to enforce. Also, it appears that NONE of the rules in that section apply to my truck as it has a GVWR of OVER 10,000 lbs....

CHAPTER 43. EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES Subchapter I. Equipment Requirements

Bottom of page. Seems clear to me, on "Bumper, Frame Rail, and Body Heights." Unless they are unfairly trying to enforce that 8-15" mudflap law that applies to commercial vehicles only, and explained it very backwardly when I asked.

[RedDye01]

Yeah if youve got a GVWR of over 10k lbs take them their rules and point to the sticker on the door and see if theyre smart enough to figure it out. Hopefully they are for your sake.