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Originally Posted by ronny5
well im a sw20 owner and just wanted to tell you a little story a friend (current s13 Sr owner) and i went throught today. we were rolling in his car. the car didnt have much body mods just some watanabe rs8's and hks hiper exhaust. we got rolled by a young cop. and popped us with the SR motor. he was a very cool cop. he is a current FD owner and enthusiast. thank god he let us go cuz he knows wassup. this is in socal by the way. but he did inform us of some news that we didnt kno.
stations around socal have brief meetings of motorswaps and modified cars and wat to look for. he also stated if you own a 240 be extremely careful. they study japanese drift magazines, videos' (probably option vids) and photos of different motors and mods. i guess D1 and the whole "drift fad" kinda sparked things up and gave cops the heads up of japanese tuning. studying. not only are they studying just motor swaps and wat to look at, they also seem to look at jdm styling as well.
these briefings that cops have go through out california. cities such as torrance, san gabriel valley, san jose, san mateo. these are the cities that he stated.
as a fellow jspec car enthusiast just giving you guys a heads up on wat we heard today from a cop (fellow JDM enthusiast). so guys be careful.
im sure most of you guys kno abotu this, but for those who dont. be careful
ronny
gen 4 sw20
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I know you state in your location los angeles but I live in the city of Los Angeles and can say that the cops in my area Los Feliz (and the city proper) really do not have the time to bother you unless you are being very blatant. The San Gabriel valley i.e. city of Industry is already known as a hot spot as several sr owners have been pulled over and harassed. Now knowing that a cop cannot pull you over for body mods unless your car is really slammed and he is an ass. on top of that if your exhaust is not overly blatant they are really not going to look at you.
That said I do agree with on people being careful and keeping your eyes open . You only get caught when your not expecting or not looking thats always been my experience in the arena of driving. Mind you i am not advocating going out and getting crazy just advising the key is to be aware and always looking out.