phreddei166
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Find a small shop in a local neighborhood. Give them a small job on your daily driver. Then bring in your semi-legal lifted , loud chevy p/u. If they want your repeat business they will put a sticker on it.
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RIPPEDK5
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good idea, but not always true, worked for a shop that no matter how much you spent, they wouldnt give you any leeway
Scrape the sticker off your daily and put it on your blazer if they are both chevys. It'll say the color and make usually on the sticker. I had a blue Camaro and blue pickup for awhile and scraped the sticker from the truck to the Camaro. The sticker just said blue Chevy. They won't check the vin. You can also kinda mutilate it so just the month shows like you had your windshield replaced.
But I didn't say any of that ....
But I didn't say any of that ....
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RIPPEDK5
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The sticker now how 2 bar codes, if he scans it, and it doesnt read right, thats a red flag....
ive never done that myself in the past
as long as you dont get pulled over your fine..
ive never done that myself in the past
as long as you dont get pulled over your fine..
FYI--cops in most towns around here now have a hi-tech scanning device that can "read" license plates at the rate of 30 per second--its always "on" and while just cruising around,they can immediately know a certain plate is expired,has outstanding traffic violations,and if the owner has any warrants,etc !..you dont even need to be IN the car or driving it!...............................................they can also scan the bar codes on an inspection sticker ,even while passing by you going the opposite direction,and know instantly if its current,expired,or was slapped on from another similar vehicle--the VIN # is clearly stamped on the sticker too,and its not too hard for a cop to look at the other side of the dash and see in the VIN tag matches the one on the sticker.........................................................It has recently been upgraded to a felony for attaching a sticker to another vehicle,or modifying one to appear "current"...even driving without a current inspection sticker can result in a 50 dollar fine if your lucky,or a felony charge,depending on the officers mood and the degree of infraction involved.........................................................................................I wouldn't want a lifted truck here--its hard enough getting past a cop without being pulled over in a "stock"looking vehicle here...driving one thats lifted way up with big tires,loud exhaust,etc, is asking for a ticket IMO,and I like being able to go anywhere I want without fear of being hassled about my truck every time I leave the yard....
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RIPPEDK5
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Your area must be tougher cause its not illegal to have a lift.. Its illegal to have an overly high lift unless your vehicle is over 10,000 pounds Commercially registered. Then there is no lift height limit.
Some police are more of a pain then others and some have no idea.... If your hot footing it around everywhere then ya, you'll get pull over an nit picked..
If you have cherry bombs, of course your gunna get pulled over
common sense goes along way most places.. If your 19 and thing your cool because your racing a honda with 38" boggers and get caught, well then consider yourself fined for everything on your truck
Some police are more of a pain then others and some have no idea.... If your hot footing it around everywhere then ya, you'll get pull over an nit picked..
If you have cherry bombs, of course your gunna get pulled over
common sense goes along way most places.. If your 19 and thing your cool because your racing a honda with 38" boggers and get caught, well then consider yourself fined for everything on your truck
It's all about how your truck looks. When I was in the process of doing my body work, I had a least 3 or 4 different colored body panels and I would catch all kinds of flack from the cops and inspection station. After my paintjob I never had a problem. So honestly a camo paintjob isn't going to help your situation.
A 4" lift and 35s is pretty much the extent of the law, plus it doesn't make your truck look too crazy or over the top.
The only problem I have had with exhaust was having turndowns under the bed. All vehicles are required to have tailpipes.
Like everyone else said, make sure your ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, and drag links are tight and greased. I have been rejected due to wheel bearing play on my K10, and for a bad ball joint on my S10.
As far as your aux lights, the law says they have to be covered while driving on the road. They can be incorporated into your bumper or placed behind the grill like I did so you can get around the covered law.
A 4" lift and 35s is pretty much the extent of the law, plus it doesn't make your truck look too crazy or over the top.
The only problem I have had with exhaust was having turndowns under the bed. All vehicles are required to have tailpipes.
Like everyone else said, make sure your ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, and drag links are tight and greased. I have been rejected due to wheel bearing play on my K10, and for a bad ball joint on my S10.
As far as your aux lights, the law says they have to be covered while driving on the road. They can be incorporated into your bumper or placed behind the grill like I did so you can get around the covered law.
Unless they changed the laws on exhaust,you CAN use turn downs on a pickup instead of tail pipes as long as they exit past the cab under the bed,close to the rear axle..my '82 K2500 diesel has downspouts on cherry bombs,and I've never been hassled about either the lack of tail pipes or the slightly louder mufflers..(and on a diesel they are a bit louder than a gas engine )...perhaps because my truck is well beyond the emission testing years,they dont really care???....along with the fact the REST of it is not exactly in pristine condition,so they go over the "safety" items with a keen eye...tires,brakes,ball joints,& steering they check quite thouroghly....................................................................................................................................................................................................I got a sticker a few weeks ago,the only complaint the guy had was he didn't dare try the E-brake,because it felt like it would never release if he applied it--the front most cable is rusted to death,so I dont doubt he was right,I never use the E-brake either,on any of my vehicles,and all of them are seized up..he didn't like my petrified winter wiper blades and the fact I was out of washer fluid,so he couldn't check the washers,but I assured him they DO work!............................................................................................You dont have to go racing around in a jacked up loud truck to get pulled over around here--cops sit at the rotary circles and in parking lots in my area and pull over any vehicles they dont like the looks of-or the DRIVERS of said vehicles..a fair amount of "profiling" goes on,whether they admit it or not,----I once was approached while filling my truck up at a gas station and asked if I had the truck registered,I had to show the cop my reg and license--he said "It looked like that thing hasn't been driven in months"--I told him it hadn't,I had let it sit in the yard since October under trees,and it was all covered with green stuff and leaves!..he said "usually when I pull over a OLD vehicle looking like this--its someone who just bought it and attached their plates to it--or they are sneaking it to the scrapyard up the road with attached plates"...............................................................................................and with towns here looking to make revenue now that times are hard,they are finally making more traffic stops and fining people--most of whom deserve every ticket they get--people here drive like they just dont care,and have gotten away with it so long from lack of enforcement,that the cops are finding no shortage of offenders to "bust"....I cant afford any tickets or court appearances,so I do as much as possible to go "unoticed"...
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RIPPEDK5
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It all depends on where you..I had my 85 blazer, lifted 6" and just headers (no exhaust going 60 in a 25 once... got pulled over and the cop didnt car about the exhaust nor the lift. and i still didnt get a speeding ticket.
Ive also had abronco (not one of my smartest buys) and i painted it chrome. and got haggled for bad exhaust and bald tires,-- painted it black and the problem went away, so profiling does happen...
likewize my 12" lifted orange(i kid you not) toyota always got a sticker because it was quiet and top speed was 70mph and had burly brushguard on it (and the 10 frame repairs lol)
so it helps to make something look decent at the least, and if its mechanically sound then thats even better
Ive also had abronco (not one of my smartest buys) and i painted it chrome. and got haggled for bad exhaust and bald tires,-- painted it black and the problem went away, so profiling does happen...
likewize my 12" lifted orange(i kid you not) toyota always got a sticker because it was quiet and top speed was 70mph and had burly brushguard on it (and the 10 frame repairs lol)
so it helps to make something look decent at the least, and if its mechanically sound then thats even better
I had a lot of cops pull my '72 Chevelle wagon I had over,that was on a '69 Suburban 4wd chassis,and it wasn't that outrageous looking...but thanks to guys who were driving things like 74 Vega's on jeep chassis that were cobbed together horribly,so every car like mine got pulled over often and you had a hassle ................................................................................................Some cops here must have a grudge against lifted trucks,because just about everyone I know who has one,has been pulled over and gotten the "tape measure" scrutiny,and few ever got off with just a verbal warning....most got fined ,and had to get it re-inspected--one guy was forced to take the lift kit off his F-250 ,if he wanted it legal"..one inspection station got its license revoked when several lifted trucks got stickers there,so now its tough finding a shop willing to give you a sticker if its "borderline" or over the specs.................................................................................................Maybe someone the cops knew got hurt or killed by a lifted truck,I dont know...but when a friend had a '78 K5 with 44" tires and a lift kit,we'd be lucky to make a 15 mile trip to his house and back,without getting pulled over at least once--and his truck was MINT,with nice shiny black paint,no rust,and wasn't loud either....maybe the cops were jealous??..I dont know...all I know is I dont like giving them ANY excuse to pull me over!...I have enough things in my life to worry about, without that aggravation...!
This was on my S10 which had turndowns right after the rear axle. Also they said it was too loud (which it is
) Its funny how they complained about the tailpipes but didn't say anything about the missing cats
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RIPPEDK5
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Police in my town and close surrounding towns are pretty lenient about lifts, and moderate on loud exhaust. we have black smoking diesels that dont get pulled over...
and in personal experience a lift kit saved my life as well as the lady that pulled into my lady going the opposite direction...long story but if it wasnt there, they'd be killed
and in personal experience a lift kit saved my life as well as the lady that pulled into my lady going the opposite direction...long story but if it wasnt there, they'd be killed
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RIPPEDK5
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and it doesn't hurt that the police here; there personal cars are hot rods and lifted trucks
No different here in that respect--a lot of cops around here have NICE muscle cars,brand new 50K dollar lifted 4x4 diesel trucks,and some were ones they got at auction after a drug bust and were confiscated....I know one cop with a mint '66 Chevelle with a 427 ,4 speed factory SS ,and several others with lifted 4x4's and other high dollar rare vintage vehicles....unfortunately some cops seem to think only THEY can have one,anyone else who has one gets the third degree about lift heights or tires sticking out of fenderwells too far,etc....but they dont seem to care if their vehicles are in violation,who's gonna pull THEM over??...............................................................................................Last summer they had "cruise nights" here every Saturday,and some of the cops in that town brought their hot rods and trucks to the show--while the others on patrol that day spent most of it chasing down and pulling over guys in rat rods that had no fenders,or no inspection stickers,etc,and handing out tickets to others who were foolish enough to burn some rubber or speed....but I noticed many of the ones who brought their hot rods to the show came flying by at 70+ mph on their way home,and more than one did a burnout while pulling out of the lot...the same infractions many others got tickets for!---must be nice to only enforce laws,but not have to obey them yourself.....
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RIPPEDK5
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Well it is a bias, I agree and they do pick on people. but if your doing burnouts (cop or not) or doing 70mph in presumably a 35-40mph zone should be ticketed, it gives a bad name for enthusiasts.. and as an inspector for cars i would fail them, police or not.. I always tell them, if you want leniency then you give leniency.. Your not god, dont act like it..I will tell them straight because when the powers on the other foot and they have no control, then they listen
