well if many of you checked before about amonth ago another thread was up because i was given a ticket for violating my provisional lisence(1 month before my whole year was up) and also a modified intake which was a injen cold air intake.. so instead of getting a fix it ticket, the cop gave me an altered emmissions crap ticket which i got in the mail and the money due was 530 dollars... im going to fight it since everything is legal.
and now once again.. 2 weeks after i have just came back from the state ref i must go back again. why because the state ref didnt want to test my CAI to give me a carb sticker and didnt want to test my exhaust db. When i received my ticket, which was at great parkway. As i left the parking lot, i saw the cop on the bike writing someone else a ticket and he followed me all the way out to the main street then pulled me over. I then explained the the exhaust is only the axle back and i still have all my stock cats on there if he would like to look at it... (if he could get under). He then says it doesnt matter how loud it is or if its only an axle back, the fact of the matter is its modified and he then wrote up the ticket for the CAI and exhaust...

So what should i do about this ticket now? its only a fix it ticket... should i fight it or just fix it and pay the fee?

 

That cop sounds like an *******. When I got pulled over, the cop didn't mention anything about my axle-back exhaust. When my bro got pulled over (his first night driving my car), the cop actually complemented the car and the sound of the exhaust. It all just depends on whether the guy who pulls you over is a jerk or not. I'd fight it.

 

i mean at first he was was nice he was like i only pulled you over for the exhaust. then i said would you like to see my lisences,reg, and insurance and he goes and says yea that would be lovely...

 

Aww man im posted up in Santa Clara around that area so this thread scares me!! but anyway my friend got the same citation and hes in the process of fighting it in court, for the same ammount too. his court date is next week I can pm ya on the outcome.

PS. Maybe get an i-club sticker on your ride cause when i got stopped by scpd on el camino near mervyns, he stopped me for being lowered and he said "oh your with i-club huh? well we know that you guys are against street racing and we thank you guys for that so I dont feel like writing you up for something minor as this"

lol they read the forums??

 

How can he write you up for being lowered? What, causing damage to public property (speedbumps), lol?

 

haha wow... i never thought that would happen... yea if you can pm me out come cuz im also fighting my other ticket. the 530 dollar one. n now this one comes up how much would i be looking at if i pay for the fine and just fix it?

 

Lol yea i know but i was not about to argue why he would have giving me a fix it ticket. im not even that low imo (cobb springs 2.0 front/ 1.5 rear)

 

haha i see im on tein springs... but still what does everyone think about the ticket? fight or not? pay the fee? how much would it be if the fee would be paid?

 

heh dam, teins are low! lol idk thogh im thinking over 1k at least. I told my friend just to pay the fine or put back to stock and see the ref then switch back because as they say.. any! modifaction to the exhaust is illegal and you could waste your time in court trying to prove otherwise.

 

I think it has something to do with the height your headlights are off the ground, or some BS like that.

Doesnt effect the lifted trucks ridding your bumper blinding you though.

 

god how i hate most of the sj/sc pd

 

CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE
SECTION 24008.

It is unlawful to operate any passenger vehicle, or
commercial vehicle under 6,000 pounds, which has been modified from
the original design so that any portion of the vehicle, other than
the wheels, has less clearance from the surface of a level roadway
than the clearance between the roadway and the lowermost portion of
any rim of any wheel in contact with the roadway.



24008.5. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle with a frame
height or body floor height greater than specified in subdivisions
(b) and (c).
(b) The maximum frame height is as follows:


Vehicle Type Frame Height
(1) Passenger vehicles, except
housecars ...................... 23 inches
(2) All other motor vehicles,
including housecars, as follows:
Up to 4,500 pounds GVWR ........ 27 inches
4,501 to 7,500 pounds GVWR ..... 30 inches
7,501 to 10,000 pounds GVWR .... 31 inches

(c) The lowest portion of the body floor shall not be more than
five inches above the top of the frame.
(d) The following definitions govern the construction of this
section:
(1) "Frame" means the main longitudinal structural members of the
chassis of the vehicle or, for vehicles with unitized body
construction, the lowest main longitudinal structural members of the
body of the vehicle.
(2) "Frame height" means the vertical distance between the ground
and the lowest point on the frame, measured when the vehicle is
unladen on a level surface at the lowest point on the frame midway
between the front axle and the second axle on the vehicle.
(3) "GVWR" means the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating,
as defined in Section 390, whether or not the vehicle is modified by
use of parts not originally installed by the manufacturer.

 

that doesnt even help me wiht my ticket... but thanks for the info on ride height information

 

So basically get some 18" or 19" rims with really low profile tires.

PS: California vehicle laws are retarded.

 

should i fight it guys... i really need some help on deciding.