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Originally Posted by nikitopo
You cannot say yourself if a modification is safe and no one cares if you are responsible or not. Even your dealer cannot say if a modification can cause issues on public roads and it is irrelevant with warranty. You still don't get it. Only a certified inspector by an independent organization can do this or certified people within the factory. Subaru had lately issues in Japan, because the employees doing the final checks were not certified. So, it is not that simple.
Exactly.
Why so many aftermarket companies saying "for racing use only" or "use it on your own risk"?
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Certification don't mean shit. I have met some really crappy certfied people in my day. Even if it did mean something the dealers here have Certified tech's that can indeed do all safety inspections. The same guy that installs the parts can sign off on the safety.
The law in Japan says inspectors must be "qualified" but leaves it up to the companies what that means. There is no certification required by the law and the inspectors are not third party independants but simply trained employees. They were in trouble because their internal policies required their inspectors to have completed special training which they had not finished yet not because the people that were inspecting were doing a bad job.
They say for racing use only to try and dodge laws and liabilityIt does not mean that they think their product is unsafe.