ok so like 30 mins ago i got pulled over for illegal lights on my bumper. i got the blue ones from superbrightleds.com. he gave me a ticket then wanted to search my whole car. he made me pop my hood and said everything was illegal. then he went on saying that my tail lights had illegal tint on them too. i have the normal 99 spec taillights. can anyone help me with the front bumper lights? plz i really need some help with this. thank you guys.

 

That really sucks man, I always thought, what happens if they cops catch us with our single turbo setups and everything?

 

what exactly did you get a ticket for/what are you asking from us?

 

+1 be specific.

 

If your trying to find a loophole or something then your SOL.

Blue and Red light's are illegal to use on a passenger car due to them being police and firefighter related color's.

As far as the rest of the "illegal" part's he mentioned be specific. What kind of ticket did he write you?

I don't know what you could do about the 99 spec tail light's but seeing as they were never sold in the US they are technically illegal to use on your vehicle since it was never on a US car and they probably don't meet US DOT code.
If I remember correctly the 99 spec tail light's appear like they are blacked out but it's how they came from the factory hence why he gave you a ticket for them.

 

the code sections he wrote me up for are
25350
27156
the first one is about the blue leds on my bumper. i have the 99 spec lights
and the second one is something about illegal engine mods and smog

 

he is fucked, so fucked

 

i wanna know if there is a way with keeping my car the way it is without losing all my mods

 

lol thanks for the love XD but ya i prob am

 

No way in hell.

Identification of Lamps and Signs
25350. Any passenger common carrier motor vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1968, may be equipped with green identification lamps. Any bus may be equipped with an illuminated termini sign, an illuminated identification sign, or any combination thereof, which shall not project any glaring light. Internally illuminated termini signs, identification signs, or any combination thereof, meeting the requirements of Section 25400 may be mounted inside a bus. Any commercial vehicle, other than a passenger common carrier motor vehicle, may be equipped with an illuminated identification sign upon the front thereof which shall not exceed 24 inches in length or 8 inches in width and which emits diffused white light without glare.
Amended Ch. 813, Stats. 1981. Effective January 1, 1982.


Gross Polluter: Air Pollution Control Device
27156. (a) No person shall operate or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle that is a gross polluter, as defined in Section 39032.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) No person shall operate or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle that is required to be equipped with a motor vehicle pollution control device under Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code or any other certified motor vehicle pollution control device required by any other state law or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to that law, or required to be equipped with a motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to the National Emission Standards Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 to 7550, inclusive) and the standards and regulations adopted pursuant to that federal act, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with the required motor vehicle pollution control device that is correctly installed and in operating condition. No person shall disconnect, modify, or alter any such required device.
(c) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or advertise any device, apparatus, or mechanism intended for use with, or as a part of, a required motor vehicle pollution control device or system that alters or modifies the original design or performance of the motor vehicle pollution control device or system.
(d) If the court finds that a person has willfully violated this section, the court shall impose the maximum fine that may be imposed in the case, and no part of the fine may be suspended.
(e) "Willfully," as used in this section, has the same meaning as the meaning of that word prescribed in Section 7 of the Penal Code.
(f) No person shall operate a vehicle after notice by a traffic officer that the vehicle is not equipped with the required certified motor vehicle pollution control device correctly installed in operating condition, except as may be necessary to return the vehicle to the residence or place of business of the owner or driver or to a garage, until the vehicle has been properly equipped with such a device.
(g) The notice to appear issued or complaint filed for a violation of this section shall require that the person to whom the notice to appear is issued or against whom the complaint is filed produce proof of correction pursuant to Section 40150 or proof of exemption pursuant to Section 4000.1 or 4000.2
(h) This section shall not apply to an alteration, modification, or modifying device, apparatus, or mechanism found by resolution of the State Air Resources Board to do either of the following:
(1) Not to reduce the effectiveness of a required motor vehicle pollution control device.
(2) To result in emissions from the modified or altered vehicle that are at levels that comply with existing state or federal standards for that model-year of the vehicle being modified or converted.
(i) Aftermarket and performance parts with valid State Air Resources Board Executive Orders may be sold and installed concurrent with a motorcycle’s transfer to an ultimate purchaser.
(j) This section applies to motor vehicles of the United States or its agencies, to the extent authorized by federal law.
Amended Ch. 27, Stats. 1994. Effective March 30, 1994.
Amended Sec. 1, Ch. 325, Stats. 2007. Effective January 1, 2008.

 

dang alright well i guess its bye bye rx7 or back to stocky stocky =\

 

sup derik..gheez, what a pile of crap. you might have to go see the smog ref. so yeah, its back to stock for you..as for the light's you can prove that they came factory tinted.

:AA:

 

ya uhhh so pissed....... hb sux

 

slightly off topic but can they get you with cvc 27156 if you have an out of state license plate?

 

to be honest i have no idea maybe one of the other guys might. but my thot is tat if they dont like it they will try and get u for something lol

 

soo uhh what part did he officer say was illegal, because being a "gross polluter" can refer to different things, he might not be aware of all the mods you have, and just sees particular parts that are flagged illegal to him. When an officer gives you a fix it ticket to make your car street legal they will tell you exactly and have you bring it to an officer to inspect it. If not, and the officer feels your car is just not street legal he could've just had it impounded. Get the specifics first you might not need to change everything, you might just need to make it look legit.

 

https://www.rx7club.com/west-rx-7-forum-193/anyone-get-pulled-over-99-spec-tailights-856349/

This might help you with the 99 tails.

 

That really SUCKS!!! I got a fix it ticket for excessive exhaust noise and the cop wrote the wrong code #. So I can't even get a CHP to write if off. CHP showed me the code he wrote me up as I was driving the car without no exhaust from front to back, what a idiot. So instead I went to court and told the judge its a 1971 I can't buy the stock exhaust, the judge understand and all he can say is just pay it instead, $650. This is when my 510 was NA with street port and dual Borla muffler. I know it was loud so I said ok fix it only, no problem till the CHP officer laugh and told me wrong code was issue. Now its Turbo it sure runs a lot quieter. Man I called the officer and complaint to him. He did apologize. Its still $650 out of my pocket. I do try to make sure to keep all my lights legal. In the city of Montclair and Corona, CHP or Cops put a white sheet of paper in front of your headlights if the light is blue automatic fix it ticket is issued. Hope you can get all of it taking care. Good Luck!!!

 

You should have denied him permission to pop your hood. He had no probable cause to check under it.

 

And then he can simply impound it and pop it regardless.

 

Just pay the ticket and change your front turn signals to something white/yellow so they don't have as much of an excuse to pull you over. The smog ticket is just that a ticket. It would have cost more to swap everything back to stock then to just pay the ticket.

 

No they don't they just hand you a reff ticket and let the smog reff figure that out.

 

No they can't.

They may threaten to do so but they have to have a real reason. They just can't flatout impund it becasue you choose to excersice your rights.

 

That sux man. One of the main reason why I got rid of my old FD. See if you could just pay the fine or put everything back to stock.

 

Really? well... I asked a bunch of annoying "why" questions whenever I get pulled over, and what am I supposed to do about it properly. I don't just accept the ticket and go.