In california I think I needed it to get done for my next registration, but from what I'm reading depending on different DMV's you can get around that.
Getting ready to sell the car once I have it back. Too bad too as I've just finished all modifications I wanted for this car, car only has 25k miles too

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On the bright side, time to shop for a new daily driver. Will probably pick up a AP1 S2000 for modding or a recent year used 86/brz or ND Miata