ka-t pwnage in CA...FML

[24j0hn]

do you go to uti...

[zer0c123]

wtf...

I didn't read all the posts, but I did notice under body style the officer wrote down silvia.

[Metal Angel]

Sucks about getting plled over man, i got an sr swap but since im in the military an im from georgia i get to register my car there so all the police can do is give me mean looks as i pass by, lol.

Im surprised they dont give you a ticket for going 1mph over the speed limit just because they figure you wont be around to fight the ticket. I get ridiculous speeding tickets every time I cross over into california. One time I was in california and this big suv (with cali plates) blows my doors off right in front of a cop. Im doin about 15 over so im assuming the suv was doing at least 30 over... maybe more. The cop just watches the cali-plated suv barrel on down the road and then pulls out behind me and flips his lights on. I wasnt in cali durring the court date so I had no chance to get the ticket fee lowered. He knew I wouldnt be. F*** the CHP.

So if I am driving with my oregon plates in cali I cant get tickets for mods?

[spooled240]

do you go to uti...

nope

wtf...

I didn't read all the posts, but I did notice under body style the officer wrote down silvia.

i know the ticket is sooo jdm, i take it as a compliment

So if I am driving with my oregon plates in cali I cant get tickets for mods?

I wanna say no but you just never know sometimes

**so i went to my backyard and got all my stock s*** i'm about to put on I hope i can handle a stock ka i heard those things are beasts

[TimTurboZ]

So if I am driving with my oregon plates in cali I cant get tickets for mods?

After so many days of driving around without Cali plates you can get a ticket. But then again unless you have douchebag neighbors or drive past the same cop twice a day I doubt you'll get in trouble, just need a good story to tell the officer if you get pulled over, I know of people from like Oregon and Washington who go to UTI here in Sac and don't have to swap their plates....but yeah you can't get in trouble not their duty to enforce laws from other states

[addisonblck]

If a cop here ask you to pop your hood then he is probably a nissan fan and wants to check the goods out. haha

lol i second that.....

op: def blows man... ive always liked your car.....

id go with the pay off idea.. straight mafia style lol

[carps13guy]

After so many days of driving around without Cali plates you can get a ticket. But then again unless you have douchebag neighbors or drive past the same cop twice a day I doubt you'll get in trouble, just need a good story to tell the officer if you get pulled over, I know of people from like Oregon and Washington who go to UTI here in Sac and don't have to swap their plates....but yeah you can't get in trouble not their duty to enforce laws from other states

exactly, thats what my cousin does. has all his cars registered in a state with no smog laws, but has his house in socal & drives around his modded cars without a care. dammit man i need some serious cash so i can do the same

[turbotofu]

Ouch...sorry to hear you got caught.

Exhaust seems to be the biggest red flag to cops around here, my friend's mustang is 10x louder than my friend's tsx, but the tsx has gotten pulled over about three times, hes got an apexi exhaust so its not huge cannons, just shiney.

Is your exhaust within legal decibel levels?

[Razi]

Damn that sucks Josh.I've gotten my hood popped and the cop only bugged me about my manifold.He couldn't see my turbo cause it's bottom mount. :P

My muffler is painted black except the tips, so it looks pretty stock.He didn't bother me about my exhaust either.

Hope you get the stuff resolved!

[SumoBrian]

yeah me too, but i really cant wait till im rich to do what my cousin does. he bought a couple houses in AZ, he lived there for a year & then started renting the house he lived in to a friend. he got all his cars registered there & he has his friend send his mail to his house in socal. he drives a m3 turbo, widebody miata turbo, & a supercharged lexus is300. all with AZ license plates

There is a place near me called Lake county that does not have smog. I wish I do what he does with his mail haha.

[SumoBrian]

CA isn't so bad. Hell, I bought my car (with rb26) from a CA State Highway Patrolman.

He told me his supervisor wasn't thrilled when he drove it to work one day, so he sold it to me.

Is that True story?

[kyle454]

yeah man if he wrote down the wrong s*** take that to court and argue ...might get out of it.

[ViolentRunning13]

Lol you are short.

[zenki-S13]

that's my dad's old 67 barracuda, the "R" on it is to designate the rear of the car cover. He sold it maybe a few months back.

Old cars are the way to go here in CA, I'd love me a 70 240z with a rb25det in it

haha sweetthanks for clearing this up

[mattblancarte]

Is that True story?

Yep

[Kouki_Projekt]

Damn... Id hate to be in your shoes, but like you said its not all that bad; could've been worse.

[maj Andres]

That totally sucks man, I'm also in Souther Cali and I get scared when a cop car gets too close to me.

One time I almost shat my pants when I was on the road and I heard sirens, but I couldn't see the cop car. He was going after somebody else. I felt like a criminal that had just robbed a bank and got away!

P.S. I am not a criminal and I don't rob banks.

[mrgrape]

damn spooled that sucks....we were just talking about running ka-t in socal....on how it will be somewhat doable as u dont have to swap a ka back in ...

IF u want a stock looking exhaust with gains..I reccomend the apexi Noir...its flat black paint but good gains.Or U can slap on the reinhard(the one i have) and just rock the silencer and baffle for daily...Under 90db.....then when u want to have some fun just remove it(screws only)

Or maybe u can remove the silvia tag...and replace it with 240sx and say my car is not a silvia????Rofl

Let me know how much the whole fine comes out to be....I doubt it will be 350 bro...Its prob the same exact thing as a fit it ticket....its $25 per things they cite u for....

Good luck ! ahhh that sucks before school starts too to impress the ladiess =p

[spooled240]

^ haha i know dude but i have about another month before school starts again so I bet i'll be boosted again by then

Damn that sucks Josh.I've gotten my hood popped and the cop only bugged me about my manifold.He couldn't see my turbo cause it's bottom mount. :P

My muffler is painted black except the tips, so it looks pretty stock.He didn't bother me about my exhaust either.

Hope you get the stuff resolved!

i've seen your exhaust and it looks stock as hell being black and all but what did he pull you over for? As far as I know the cops must have probable cause to pop your hood like a modified exhaust or w/e

[kornaz]

So if I am driving with my oregon plates in cali I cant get tickets for mods?

No. The law says you have like 10 days. I even heard guys with AZ plates get ref tickets here in Nazifornia.

[Razi]

i've seen your exhaust and it looks stock as hell being black and all but what did he pull you over for? As far as I know the cops must have probable cause to pop your hood like a modified exhaust or w/e

I got pulled over for speeding.

He stared at my gauges for a while, then told me to pop the hood. :\When he couldn't find anything bad, I guess he just thought I was a ricer with pointless gauges and didn't write me up for having a modified car.

[spooled240]

ah i see but can they pop your hood at will? i need to look into this, i need to know my rights with having a modified car in CA (if I have any)

I already pulled off my exhaust, turbo, manifold and I hooked up the EGR...god i'm getting good at this I just have to swap ecu, mafs, injectors and throw the manifold, exhaust and stock airbox crap and she'll be bone stock again lol

[AZ89two4Tsx]

I even heard guys with AZ plates get ref tickets here in Nazifornia.

Oh noes!!!!!

[spooled240]

well i guess this answers my question:

Inspection by Patrol Members

2804. A member of the California Highway Patrol upon reasonable belief that any vehicle is being operated in violation of any provisions of this code or is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, may require the driver of the vehicle to stop and submit to an inspection of the vehicle, and its equipment, license plates, and registration card.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d02/vc2804.htm

and i know these guys will pull a "reasonable belief" out their a** if they have to so get ready to bend over if you get pulled over in your modified japanese car

[YOUNG240SX]

WOWOW dude ive looked over your build from when you first got that car, The car is sexy as hell .Really sry about what happen but the cali is piece of s*** for busting chops on imports.In new york its the same way cops see lowered car,wheels,exhaust with a young person driving they start profiling you.And questioning if they should pull you over,cause you might be doing something wrong.

NY isnt big on smog thank god!! but i heard of some hood poping from auto crime to check vin# etc,etc.And honestly i wouldnt hood my hood for no cop,ill be asking for search warrant to check anything in/on my car.

Also the exhaust of yours doesnt stand out alot man not for nothing.heres mines when it new but its dull,burnt up lookin now from fireballs kicking out it..lol pic is from when i had that exhaust on my vert

[duffman1278]

And honestly i wouldn't pop my hood for no cop,ill be asking for search warrant to check anything in/on my car.

You better check with your states standards on probable cause before you get the officer even more pissed off and makes your day even worst.

[YOUNG240SX]

You better check with your states standards on probable cause before you get the officer even more pissed off and makes your day even worst.

Ehhh i hear on that but there probable cause better than"These honda and nissan get stolen alot for parts,soo i just wanna make sure etc,etc,etc.

Im just think is straight BS a cop asking you to pop your hood,im pretty sure they hardly know what they looking at.If the valve cover says nissan and there isnt nothing thats bing bing looking its look fine to them.I heard of it happening to a buddy of mines.

He got stopped at check point after some streetracing,cop and auto crime where check cars.If you have a sr20 best be driving with paper saying you paid for from a importer.Most they can hit you with( correct me if im wrong) lowered too much and exhaust tickets.

Ive heard of cali people getting tickets for having aftermarket fog light

[Artigo]

man that suck, but like you said its a good thing your not sr or rb. tho you prolly could have gotten away with it if you had an lsx lol

side note, you could possible get out of that since its not a silvia. A friend of mine in st.louis got his lawyer to get a speeding ticket thrown out because in the courts eye the officer wasnt doing his job properly, he looked at the front headlight plate and wrote down silvia also . just a thought, i dont know how cali works out there

In St. Louis you can get away with anything. I've been ticketed twice for no exhaust (open downpipe on my SR) and got out of the ticket twice, with the same excuse. "Oh, I just bought this car and it's a mess, I'm in college etc. " I showed a picture of my old rusty exhaust I pulled off the car and judges just write it off. StL is a joke

[r34 gtr]

I heart Alabama. Its really hot and humid, but I can rent out the Barber Motorsports Park.

Man I would just "pay" someone to "ref it."

Love the car though!

[sancosys]

Sucks man.

Fnny thing, saw pictures of a Cefiro on the streets in the bay area.

Post up how it will affect your record also...