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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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does anyone know how low your car can go before its considered illegal? i looked around but couldnt find any info.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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i believe it's 22 inches 4rm the top of ur headlight to the ground
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yesSiReK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i believe it's 22 inches 4rm the top of ur headlight to the ground</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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I remember it being 22inches to the middle of your headlight in So Cal.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:13 AM
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It does really vary from state to state. The best thing you can do is look up for free the laws online; just do a little searching there and if not ask a state police officer, they'll be glad to assist you when it comes to something like that.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:01 AM
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as low as you want in IL, they only have laws restricting how high you can go
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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22 inches from top of headlights in CA - you'll get busted if they decide to bust out a measuring tape and see ur car is lowered 3" lol
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Each state is different.

I got a ticket for this before in my CRX because the COP thought I ran the toll. I took out my Sunpass and showed him I said " but officer it sensed it..see"

He got pissed, went back to his car and took out a tape measure. Gave me a ticket because my car from the middle of my headlights to the ground were below 24".

This was in Florida BTW.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:54 AM
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i remember on true life im a street racer or something the cop said the fenders couldnt be lower then the rim.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ1Dream &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i remember on true life im a street racer or something the cop said the fenders couldnt be lower then the rim.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, I remember that show. I got jacked by one of the guys in there.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95ProjectEJ1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Haha, I remember that show. I got jacked by one of the guys in there. </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha wtf seriously?
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:11 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rodrez. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I remember it being 22inches to the middle of your headlight in So Cal.</TD></TR></TABLE>

+1

my cousin got 3 tickets for this
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yesSiReK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

haha wtf seriously? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, alot of the people on there were from Fullerton. The first half all had scenes from the meets at Rose and Imperial, Euclid and Rosecrans, and i think even of some from Harbor and Orangethorpe. Most of the people i would always see at the races or even talk to here and there. Eugene on there is the guy who owns Prostreet off the 5 and firestone. The fat guy Will at the end that had the caption, "Will never got his 500 bucks" was the guy who jacked me. F*cker owes me 2600. Long story.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX T-Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Each state is different.

I got a ticket for this before in my CRX because the COP thought I ran the toll. I took out my Sunpass and showed him I said " but officer it sensed it..see"

He got pissed, went back to his car and took out a tape measure. Gave me a ticket because my car from the middle of my headlights to the ground were below 24".

This was in Florida BTW.</TD></TR></TABLE>

holy crap ive never herd something like that happen down here. and there are some crazy slammed cars.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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Just bad luck yo.

It was FHP on a Saturday night at the Sawgrass expressway toll entrance.

When you happen to come across a cop that is in a bad mood well they will do anything and everything to get you. Plus he also gave me a ticket for having tint on my front windshield pass the TS mark, and my tint was falling off right so I told the officer that I would rip it off cause I was going to do it anyways and he said no, sign here.

2 tickets that day just trying to get some from my Girl but at the end it was worth it.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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im about a foot and a half from the ground with my headlights and i dont get any hassles from the cops
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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i dont know the law in milwaukee, but most people dont slamm their cars here becuase the streeets suck *****!
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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huh...it might depend on the states. I'm not so sure
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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It used to be you can't have anything lower than the rims. I got a fix it ticket for this because of the U-bolts(91 Toy P/U) But I also heard of the headlight thing too. Might be both.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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24" from a level surface to the MIDDLE of your headlight AND no portion of your car can be lower than the lowest part of your rim....in CA anyway...this is coming from my father who is a highway patrol
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX T-Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Each state is different.

I got a ticket for this before in my CRX because the COP thought I ran the toll. I took out my Sunpass and showed him I said " but officer it sensed it..see"

He got pissed, went back to his car and took out a tape measure. Gave me a ticket because my car from the middle of my headlights to the ground were below 24".

This was in Florida BTW.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I go to school in Florida and live in Atlanta...fortunately I have never had any problem with the PO on the way (i do the drive like 7 times a year), I think mine are like 20 inches
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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it varies from state to state
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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i love Wisconsin. never have herd of such a crazy thing.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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whats with all this this is like the 4 or 5th thread were all u put is or .....

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