[JesseK]

If the inspector passed it as a compromise, then let it live.

It's easy to forget that teams are comprised of humans who proficiently err by overlooking a couple of the 1000+ details in the rules. Over the course of a team's history, I seriously doubt any team is immune to that type of error. From my experience, inspectors are there to not only ensure a robot is safe and ensure it's within the rules, but also assist a team in correcting errors. If the error is practically not correctable by the time Qualifications start and the error doesn't effect game play or safety then why should we, the other teams, complain and try to deny the reward to all of the rest of the hard work that the offending team did?

To further the point, I'll stir the pot a bit. There are teams that use the same exact custom-milled parts year to year, with no change in dimensions or material whatsoever (even an admittance here on CD that there's no point in even re-creating the CAD or g-code for the parts). While this tends to more grossly effect play (more time to focus on other things), if the judges/inspectors/etc have ignored it over the years then there's not much we can really do. Our time is really better spent focusing on our own teams' efforts.