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Old 03-09-09, 06:13 PM
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WA anyone know about paint laws??
i heard from a friend that vehicles without a clear coat over the paint is illegal or something??? i was like wtf.

can anyone fill me in? cuz was going to go flat black on my fc.

btw i live in washington if that helps.

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Old 03-09-09, 06:14 PM
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You need to contact your states DMV and ask them instead of posting multiple posts/threads on this question.
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my cousin has a flat black ae86 and he hasn't had any problems with it.


OH its in my sig lol.
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this is the craziest thing I have ever heard, there are no such laws
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a two stage paint is illegal now. they only allow the single stage paint. dkwasherexed will chime in to tell you the detail's of the whole bullshit situation. since he is the one who painted my first gen and is a painting masta.

BTW nice setup rob.

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a two stage paint is illegal now. they only allow the single stage paint. dkwasherexed will chime in to tell you the detail's of the whole bullshit situation. since he is the one who painted my first gen and is a painting masta.

BTW nice setup rob.

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2 different states. I would take Mark's advice.
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wtf does that mean? i dont know about the deal. that's why i said dk will tell you about the whole situation..he knows more then i do..plus i dont follow i lead. = **** your advice.

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DK lives in California...

California is a different state than Washington, that's all I'm saying.
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yeah cali laws are different than otehr states. Cali is the most strict state.
Pretty much in Cali, all solvent based paints is illegal to use and carry. If you get caught with solvent paint, its like getting caught with marijuana, youll get a big fine. Theyve moved up to water based paints now.. But yeah, even single stage solvent paints are ilegel in cali.. In washington you need clear coat? that sounds super weird to me. What is this world turning into??????
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I heard it's illegal to drive a car in California.
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I heard it's illegal to drive a car in California.
It will be soon.
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pretty soon it'll be illegal to fart.
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I heard it's illegal to drive a car in California.
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I'm pretty sure cali has to use water based paints now.... not sure about the clear coat thing here.
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I'm using oil based paints for my current repaint but they said it was illegal to paint my car brown because it has never been done so I cried in a corner for 20 minutes.
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Originally Posted by dkwasherexd
yeah cali laws are different than otehr states. Cali is the most strict state.
Pretty much in Cali, all solvent based paints is illegal to use and carry. If you get caught with solvent paint, its like getting caught with marijuana, youll get a big fine. Theyve moved up to water based paints now.. But yeah, even single stage solvent paints are ilegel in cali.. In washington you need clear coat? that sounds super weird to me. What is this world turning into??????
This was one of the big contributing factors to the Chevy Camaro plant moving out of Van Nuys, to Canada in the early 90's... and why you see a lot of late 80's/early 90's Chevys with the clearcoat falling off like a bad sunburn, as they didn't have the formulas quite right yet.

EPA = End Productive Activity, as far as I can tell. CARB must then be Cant Allow Racers to Breathe.

http://www.asashop.org/autoinc/march2007/collision.htm
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I'm waiting for the Happy Cows in California, to be broke, and have a methane filter strapped to their ***....
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dome-dee-dome-dome-dome-dumb-deezy California.
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I wish they all could be california girls...
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I'm waiting for the Happy Cows in California, to be broke, and have a methane filter strapped to their ***....
Wait no longer!




Beats the alternative, I guess:

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Wait no longer!




Beats the alternative, I guess:

stupid tree-huggin-hippies
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yeah its geetting waay to crazy with laws here.walll basshh !!!!
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