Who's sick of feeling this way?

[kouki_s14]

Whos tired of being paranoid about getting pulled over for illegal mods? Constantly looking in your mirror hoping you dont see red and blue lights?

For the past 2 weeks or so I have not been driving my car. My sisters were on vacation so i have been using their cars as my DDs. It feels DAM good to not have to worry about anything but my speed while driving. I'm not constantly looking for cops in my mirrors, i don't get nervous when a cop is behind me, and i dont have to worry what city i drive in. It feels like a giant weight has been lifted and i can actually relax again while driving.

I love my car to death, i put so much blood and sweat into it for years. I risk getting it taken away on a daily basis, i willing did the swap knowing i would have to feel this way, but im not sure how much longer i can do this way. There are times i want to keep it until i die and there are a few times i feel i should sell it and get another car that will be fun and not illegal at the same time. Buying a daily beater at this point is not an option for me due to funds (insurance would be killer). I really wish i could afford something else to drive daily because i dont want to part with it.

For the past month or so i've been considering selling the "250sx" and getting a S2000 and my cousin suggested getting a 2.5RS and swapping in a STI motor, which is perfectly legal. I always liked both cars, but i dont even know if i can stand selling my car.

What do you guys think? Do you feel just as paranoid as i do(for those who live in cali)?

BTW: if you're going to talk shit and say I'm not a true 240 enthusiast, or other crap like suck it up and deal with the cops, your fault, or you should have known, you shouldnt have done the swap you bitch
---stay out of my thread please, i want some real advice right now

thanks for reading

Henry

[drift-it]

Keep it rusty, not real rusty but don't get a big ass fmic and all types of polished alluminum parts. Also on your 2.5RS STI swap idea, I think that would cost a lot of money to do. But thats just my opinion, keep it looking stock and there wont be a problem.

[Ricks15]

Yeah I know exactly what you're talking about everything you said that you do I do too and I stay away from certain cities too. But I dont even have a engine swap or cage or any of those crazy mods but It just take one time that you get pulled over for the pigs to write you up for crap. Just find you're self a really cheap daily beater like a 80's civic or some shit like that. Reason that I state something like that is that way you can pay less for both cars insurance. Or you can just get another car new or what ever and keep you're 240 as the track-Drift car that you will only drive to events once a month. I know for a fact thats what im going to do just get another car for daily driving and the 240 will just be parked and drive to events only.

Good Luck man

[OMGWTFBBQ]

I know exactly what you mean. Even when you drive responsibly, it seems like cops are out for you, and really can get you anytime they want and make up some bullshit to harass you. When I drive friends cars that are stock or whatever, it feels nice to be totally overlooked by most cops.

[hendogg8]

Is your dmv record clean? Have you been hassled by cops in the past?

Your cars look pretty clean and not bad-attention drawing, it doesn't seem like a likely target for cops to harrass. I think cops take more attention to the ghetto and/or ricer cars out there. But, if your car is done up really clean and you're not doing anything stupid, then you probably don't have as much to worry about.

I do know where you're coming from though. Anytime I see that cop in my rear view, my pulse rises

Just stick with it though. Because everytime you get behind the wheel, you'll remember why you did

[breakindrifts]

Get a daily driver, I don't have to worry as much in my area. But still, I feel like my car is not meant to be my commute so I'm getting something newer I dont have to mess with and can just use for the daily grind.

[FaLKoN240]

I got pulled over monday night.

The cop was cool, he just said my car was too low. He liked my wheels. He told me to raise my car, a little. He didn't sweat me about my exhaust or anything just said he didn't want to see it get crushed if a tire went flat.

[hendogg8]

Where was this at Scott? What a dope ass cop.

[Phlip]

No worries here.
... I live in NC
I am more worried about being stopped when I am feeling sporty and do 100+ on the road I work on, it is bone straight and runs parallell to the highway. I enjoy going faster than the cars who are SUPPOSED to be doing 75 when I, myself, am on a 45MPH.

[95zilvia]

Buy a daily driver.
Take the bus.
Bum rides from friends.
Buy a daily driver.
Buy a Tercel for $1000, call it a day.
Stop driving riced out cars on the streets.
Don't do SR swaps, keep your engine stock.

I have my old SR sitting at blu808's house and I'm debating if I even want to do the swap anymore til I get a daily driver.

[A Spec Products]

Originally Posted by 240FaLKoN

He liked my wheels.

What? The cop was blind too?

Har har har har har

[McRussellPants]

I got pulled over a couple weeks ago,

Tire was skipping pulling into the lot from the welded diff, Cats were 404, SR with non resonated exhaust, bottom of the sideskirt was lower than the sideskirt.

cop was gonna give me a ticket for headlight being out until I flashed it and it came on. got a fix-it ticket for no proof of insurance instead

Texas rocks.

drove it with no headlights/plates/taillights/hatch to my painters the other day and got nothing.

So many stories from friends of caught at over 120 racing and getting off scott free too.

[pablo180]

This was one of the main reasons I got rid of my s13/sr20. Constantly feeling the heat weather it is looking in the rear view watching for the police or fearing that my car would get stolen finally did me in. Sold it off and bought a Miata. Sure I do miss the power, but it is SOOOO nice not to worry about those things and enjoy driving the car without having to worry those things in the back of my mind. Unfortunately LA doesnt take kindly to car enthusiasts. If you are sick of it...just sell it.

Just my 2 cents

Pablo
CSUN Formula SAE
Steering Engineer

[Siberian Husky]

keep it stock and keep it simple

no shiny exhaust pipes

no scraping dumps

no STICKERS!!..not even a funny one..or a non racing/car one..NOTHING

no tint

no wing

no shiny wheels

if you have FMIC, get some mesh grill material from home depot and paint black (its what i did)

no loud music

no bucket seats

no driving like an asshat

stay within speed limit

no fart can loud buzzing exhaust (i see you have rb though so im assuming you dont have this and actually have taste)

no flashy paint color or scheme..seriously..keep it stock color...yes even avoid black beacuse it draws cops..i like white because it looks mundane


in all honesty i believe to enjoy your performance modded car (swapped) in CA you must sacrifice cosmetic mods...in other words..its either or..you cant do both...

[-usmd-180sx]

I live my life a 1/4 mile at a time. And for that 1/4 mile, I'm hasseled by cops down that whole fucken road.

[95zilvia]

siberian husky

then what's the point!

[Siberian Husky]

Originally Posted by 95zilvia

then what's the point!

i dont know man




..

i dont know

[kouki_s14]

Is your dmv record clean? Have you been hassled by cops in the past?

i have one speeding ticket from a year ago but other than that my record is clean and i no longer speed

keep it stock and keep it simple no shiny exhaust pipes

i have a shiny titanium exhaust which i bought years ago and never felt like getting a RSR since it is still a huge muffler and not stock looking

no scraping dumps

my car is not super slammed, way above the 22 inch limit

no STICKERS!!..not even a funny one..or a non racing/car one..NOTHING

i have absolutly no stickers, i hate them

no tint

tiny is very light, doesnt even seem like i have it, you can see right through

no wing

no wing on here

no shiny wheels

wheels not too shiny, but i guess it's still flashy, plus i needed some grip

if you have FMIC, get some mesh grill material from home depot and paint black (its what i did)

painted FMIC black, looks like radiator, completly hidden to plain view

no loud music

no longer have the subs, never bump music anymore either

no bucket seats

dont got those and if i did it would be taken out for street and put in for track days

no driving like an asshat

never did

stay within speed limit

i do now

no fart can loud buzzing exhaust (i see you have rb though so im assuming you dont have this and actually have taste)

even with the TI exhaust, i have a 2 foot resonator, high flow cat, and a silencer. my car is just as quiet as stock, people who have seen my car in person, they know it is the quietest 240 ever

no flashy paint color or scheme..seriously..keep it stock color...yes even avoid black beacuse it draws cops..i like white because it looks mundane

came stock black, i kept it that way


in all honesty i believe to enjoy your performance modded car (swapped) in CA you must sacrifice cosmetic mods...in other words..its either or..you cant do both....

agreed, but hated

maybe i should just sell the RB and just make the car look nice, or sell the car completly and buy another and rebuild without the performance mods
i dunno, maybe the cheap beater, but i dont have space for another car

what to do, what to do

[FaLKoN240]

Originally Posted by A Spec Products

What? The cop was blind too?

Har har har har har

I didn't have the O NOES on. I was rockin the Demons.

It was a Belmont police officer.

[JaeTea]

Move the fuck out of CA bitches.

But yeah its beat one state has such strict laws while in another state they don't even require inspections!!!

[az_240]

Cmon over to AZ... youll still have to pass emissions but at least you dont get pulled over for your car being too low or some other stupid shit like that

Personally Id keep the car and just be careful

[TheSquidd]

If your exhaust is quiet , they will not have legal grounds in CA to pop your hood. You're fine. Cop pulls you over, take whatever BS tickets he wants to give you, but when he asks to pop that hood, "Sorry officer, I understand you are trying to do your job but I do not condone any illegal searches of my private property."

If I'm wrong please correct me.

[Yuri]

funny, I drive my swapped, stickered, lowered S13.4 all the time because it gets overlooked, while my stock evo I bought as a daily gets all the police attention. Maybe it's a combination of the stock two-tone, quiet exhaust, and not being able to figure out wtf it is in combination with my clean record.. cops just fly right by me. But with my evo, they always follow me running my plates, etc. I'll be thankful for this if my evo ever gets stolen.
But I feel where you guys are coming from. I'm trying to get another S13, and just mod it aesthetically, to have a fully legal daily driver that looks just as good as my current S13.

[ms!3]

i live in louisiana and i dont really have to worry about all of thses modded car tickets and stuff. but every time i see a cop i still think he might do something because of my exhaust. if im in a neighborhood and i see a cop ill usually just press in the clutch and coast so he cant hear my car.
you should probably be fine kouki s14. if your car is quiet and you drive normal you shouldnt get pulled over.

[floodshark]

I agree, as long as you arent driving like an idiot I doubt you have much to worry about, your car looks so stock cops will probably barely give you a second glance.

[bik]

dont like to sounds like a ass but...
what happen to "the land of the free" O_o

[SilentSamurai8]

I feel you on that. My car looks pretty stock, but you just cant help getting that feeling sometime. The chanc of you or me getting pulled over may not actually be that high...I pass bye city cops everyday...but you still get that feeling all the time because you know that all it takes is one time and your shit is impounded.

I fear the most ironically when I am on hte way to the track. Altimont the most...tracy cops and all cops in that area suck. Nothing better to do, and they are use to seing these cars.

Like it was said already...you can drive responsible and still get pulled for something stupid, "POP THE HOOD", over. My exaust is not loud at all but the cop can always claim that it is loud in HIS OPINION. When have you ever seen a cop with a tester, or ACTUALLY MESSURE THAT YOUR TOO LOW? 22 and under?

I say keep the car though, especially if your just going to mod something else. If your smart and are not an ass 99% of the time your cool. You may just get that feeling because of the swap. You will prob. get that with any mod car.

MY 2 cents

[!Zar!]

After owning various s-chassis, imo cops are more likely to pull over the ones that look beat.

I have a stock s13, and was on my way to the gas station, when a cop pulls me over telling me my tires are bald, and suspected me of being a "drifter".

New day, I'm driving my modded s14 down the street, pass the same cop, and the tires on my car were fresh from the track. Cop just watches and doesn't care.

Just just one example. Many people I know feel the same way.

But I believe that tasefully modded cars won't be pulled over as much as the ricier and broke ass looking ones.

But driving etiquette playes the biggest role.

[Yuri]

^haha, so true!
I experianced this first hand also!
When my first S13 looked like this, I would get hassled and pulled over, and given random $10 fix it tickets.


But when the same car looked like this, I was never pulled over again.

[!Zar!]

Originally Posted by impactred

Car: Sup cone?

Cone: I be chillin.

Car: Die cone!

Cone: WHAT!?

Car: GGGRRAAAWWRRRR!!!!

Cone: OH SHIT!