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Originally Posted by nastynissan
First I said this as a VERY basic, general, idea. I wasn't giving trying to give Specifics... And after being aMechanic for the past 10yrs. I know they wont Destroy a vehicle for Smog reasons.... Thats not what the point I'm trying to make..
The point is that its ILLEGAL! Sure some might get away with it for awhile, But is it really worth risking that type of $$$. What happens WHEN you get stopped by a Cop who actually has an Idea of what the car is???? Or when you Piss of somebody in a Honduuuh, whos dropped 20g's in their ride... You piss them off and they report you??? Not ot mention that if they are ALREADY tightning restrictions on these cars, dont you think they'll be looking closer for people who are trying to get around the restrictions???
Unless you go through the COMPLETE process and follow the GOV's rules and regs Exactly, You WILL NOT have a LEGAL Skyline. And there are already stories out there of the GOV seizing illegal Skylines....
I'm done now....
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What i'm telling you is you very well might be able to get it legalized if it meets your local governments restrictions, which may not be bad at all. If cops come and say "thats not legal" then just say back "its a race car for track use, i dont drive it on the street" and they cant do jack. Plus, you gotta remember, its not like theres an anti-skyline task force going around the country to sniff out all the skylines, maybe in california where there is a huge car scene and they are really anal about smog you might get found out relatively quick, but out in the midwest or some other podunk place, cops probably aren't even aware they are illegal and probably wouldnt care if they were. I've been to places where ive seen people basically running open headers on the street and thats way more illegal, i think the skyline at least has some kind of catalytic converter. Plus, those stories you are hearing are probably about as real as when they said they will seize and crush your car for street racing in LA which is bullshit because that happened once when the police auctioned a seized car off and a private company bought it and had it crushed. Police cant just take your private property, thats called a dictatorship, and we dont have that here. The bottom line is, the penalties would be no worse than if you drove a race car on the street, which may be a couple hundred dollar fine if that, and thats only if you find a cop that knows what a skyline is, knows yours isnt legal, is a total dick and wants to ruin your day, and has some sort of documentation to prove it isnt legal. Since there are about 2 cops on any given day in the COUNTRY capable of this, i think youll be just fine. I mean, how else do you think we get all of these J Spec motors in the country? they arent smog legal in alot of areas, but people dont call the cops up and go "yeah, i just raced this dude on the street which is waaaay illegal and he has a Jspec motor that isnt smog legal here, so i think you should drop your homocide case and come over here and give him a ticket because he is a little bit over legal smog regulations." That just wont happen...
edit: if you been a mechanic for 10 yrs. dont you think you would be able to fit some added smog equiptment and change that stupid thing with the bumper not being good enough yourself? sure it may take awhile, but you could do it.