Emission placed will do vin inspection as well. When I got my CJ5 signed over from New Mexico they dident even look at anything besides the vin not a problem. Hell my buggy even got a vin inspection. My vin tag is just bolted to the dash and clearly does not look like a CJ3 lol. Looks more like a liberty lol. But it did cost me some money to have it done. I can possible help your buggy get it to pass, but will cost him some money.