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Pont · 03-26-2002, 10:11 PM

Got a verbal warning about my tire size and the need to have mud flaps on my truck. Oh well, I went longer than I thought I would before getting pulled over. Just ordered some semi flaps which I'll cut to fit. Man it's gonna look ugly!

dave's70 · 03-26-2002, 10:19 PM

the cops are just worried that you'll damage you paint!

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*racedvl* · 03-26-2002, 10:20 PM

Bummer....

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*racedvl* · 03-26-2002, 10:21 PM

Bummer....

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*Fast68Chevy* · 03-26-2002, 10:52 PM

you would get busted here for that too, just about anywhere else also, thats alot of tread showing.
I'm sure that officer doesnt care that its a super cool 67 4x4... too bad though,.
thats not the truck that youre gonna be rippin the chrome grille trim off and replacing with painted, is it ?

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Pont · 03-26-2002, 10:59 PM

lol, he did seem concerned for my paint, NOT! At least he didn't write me up and let me go with a verbal.

Fast, yes and no. My original plan was to replace the grill and headlight bezels with painted but now I'm thinking it would be too much. I am getting rid of the windshield and back window trim, emblems, mirrors, chrome front bumper and anything else chrome (maybe not the door handles) and going with painted. I'm sure I will leave the grill loops and headlight bezels the way they are just to offset everything else that will be painted. I would still like to pick up a painted set of grill and headlights just so I can see what it would look like.

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Alexis · 03-26-2002, 11:56 PM

hmm, i dont i know anybody in this area that gotten pulled over iin a big truck, in the city i work in the cops are real cool with me cause i work at cali concept, i just tell i work there and they say "just tone it down" and they never ask for info, got to luv it when the boss is best friends with the sheriff. plus all cops there get hooked up

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ryan68 · 03-27-2002, 12:29 AM

That is bullsh*t, cops are so iffy. In AZ they have a udflap law for ANY lifted truck. Hell, you see newer trucks running around with all their 6" lifts and 35's and some running 38's and 40's with no mudflaps and I know a few of these guys. NONE of them has ever been pulled over for mudflaps. BTW, one of the guys owns a 00 Super Duty crew cab with an 11" lift and 38.5's with duals in the rear that stick out past the dually fender, never been pulled over.

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RainDog · 03-27-2002, 01:27 AM

My 72 and 76 C20's were HUGE cop magnets. They'd pull me over just because I looked like cheap white trash up to no good (which I was, of course lol), not for anything I actually did.
Cases in point: Between the two trucks, I was probably pulled over 16 times in the last 1 1/2 years, every single one for lame-o reasons like "improperly mounted rear license plate," "exhaust is too loud," etc. Didn't get a single ticket for any of them. I've been pulled over 3 times in my dad's 1994 Dodge Spirit, and gotten a ticket every time. Just shows there's a good bit of law enforcement discrimination against guys in old ugly trucks

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blue72stepside · 03-27-2002, 02:04 AM

My son got two tickets first two weeks.

conman · 03-27-2002, 06:29 AM

Before you put mudflaps on make sure there is a law or statue in the books. Here in Alabama the headlamps must be below 54" off the ground. Did he measure? I'm not sure of your state law. Same thing with tire size, check for sure, ask a law enforecement officer to show you in the law book. I'm one of those "iffy" state troopers. By the way your truck looks awesome!

bobs409 · 03-27-2002, 08:20 AM

I think this cop should go bust some drug dealers and let normal law abiding citizens and their vehicles alone.

I got pulled over once because I had fuzzy dice hanging from my mirror! Can you believe that?

He never noticed that I had a burned out brake light and that I wasn't wearing my seat belt. (lucky for me but odd) Those fuzzy dice was what he was after!!!

What a world we live in huh?

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ckhd · 03-27-2002, 09:05 AM

Some cops are out to throw their weight around, and some are there genuinely intending to help the public. I've had cops stop me for completely stupid things and be jerks about it, and I've had cops stop me for things they should stop me for and be cool about it.

You gotta see why mudflaps are necessary. I'd be one pissed MoFo if I was following someone with tires sticking out like that and they threw a rock up at my pickup.

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Pont · 03-27-2002, 10:36 AM

conman, I have checked Oregon law on tire size (I did this before I lifted the truck) and it does state that no part of the tire can extend beyond the width of the body (most cops where I come from could care less if an inch or so is hangin out there) and the rear part of the tires must be covered by a mud guard or flap no higher than 20" from the ground on a level surface. There is not currently a headlight height law in Oregon but they are trying to get one passed at 50". The top of my headlights are right at 48" so I'm covered there.

I have passed, drove beside and crossed paths with many cops since my lift and none have gave me any grief yet. This was an Evil Knivel (the only motorcycle cop we have in this small town) and he just wanted to make his point I guess. I assume that once I put the mud flaps on and they see that I have made an effort to cover some of that tire, I won't get stopped anymore. If they still aren't happy with it or get a bug up there butt to harass me, then I'll have to do what I don't want to do and that is put fender flares on the truck. Bushwacker makes a set for our trucks but anything other than the stock body style is ugly in my opinion.

bobs409, I have a friend that got wrote up for fuzzy dice (cop was being a jerk) wrote him for obstruction of view.

ckhd, you summed it up exactly!

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Spoof · 03-27-2002, 03:06 PM

I have to say I hate those fuzzy dice too, why hang something that can obstruct your view. I think most bikers would agree on that one, especially cops on motorcycles!
As far as wide tires, we all know the rules before we put our tires on soooo...?

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Southpa · 03-27-2002, 03:11 PM

I think the main reason for pulling you over is the possibility of rocks and debris flying off and hitting someone else's vehicle. Hell, some of those big knobblys can pick up and hold onto a rock almost as big as your fist...until you hit the highway, of course.

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Pont · 03-27-2002, 03:20 PM

I agree Southpa, he has to be concerned with damage I may cause and safety for others. He was very cool about it, he didn't write me and let me go on my word I would install flaps.

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03-26-2002, 10:11 PM	#1
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	Can you believe it? Got pull over today Got a verbal warning about my tire size and the need to have mud flaps on my truck. Oh well, I went longer than I thought I would before getting pulled over. Just ordered some semi flaps which I'll cut to fit. Man it's gonna look ugly! __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

03-26-2002, 10:19 PM	#2
dave's70 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: comox, british columbia Posts: 110	the cops are just worried that you'll damage you paint! ------------------ 70 C-10 350 with weind intake,eldelbrock carb,HEI,305 heads,and a mild cam __________________ 70 C-10 350 with weind intake,eldelbrock carb,HEI,305 heads,a mild cam. also a blazer tank w/bed fill,shaved stake pockets and tailgate

03-26-2002, 10:59 PM	#6
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	lol, he did seem concerned for my paint, NOT! At least he didn't write me up and let me go with a verbal. Fast, yes and no. My original plan was to replace the grill and headlight bezels with painted but now I'm thinking it would be too much. I am getting rid of the windshield and back window trim, emblems, mirrors, chrome front bumper and anything else chrome (maybe not the door handles) and going with painted. I'm sure I will leave the grill loops and headlight bezels the way they are just to offset everything else that will be painted. I would still like to pick up a painted set of grill and headlights just so I can see what it would look like. ------------------ 67 SWB 4x4 - 396 BB / SM420 4 spd 8" lift / 15x14 Welds & 35X14.5 SSR's Grants Pass, OR __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

03-27-2002, 12:29 AM	#8
ryan68 Certified Chevy Man Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States Posts: 2,053	That is bullsh*t, cops are so iffy. In AZ they have a udflap law for ANY lifted truck. Hell, you see newer trucks running around with all their 6" lifts and 35's and some running 38's and 40's with no mudflaps and I know a few of these guys. NONE of them has ever been pulled over for mudflaps. BTW, one of the guys owns a 00 Super Duty crew cab with an 11" lift and 38.5's with duals in the rear that stick out past the dually fender, never been pulled over. ------------------ 68 Chevy CST (327,TH400) 3/5 drop 71 Suburban 4x4 (350,TH350) 33's Check out my web site!!! http://www.geocities.com/cst68chevy/ __________________ 68 Chevy CST (327,TH400) 3/5 drop lots of fun stuff 71 Suburban 4x4 (350,TH350) 7" lift 37's, D44/14 bolt and other sorts of goodies, lockers front and rear, flexes 40", 895 RTI score Check out my web site!!! http://www.geocities.com/cst68chevy/

03-27-2002, 01:27 AM	#9
RainDog Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Burien, WA, USA Posts: 391	My 72 and 76 C20's were HUGE cop magnets. They'd pull me over just because I looked like cheap white trash up to no good (which I was, of course lol), not for anything I actually did. Cases in point: Between the two trucks, I was probably pulled over 16 times in the last 1 1/2 years, every single one for lame-o reasons like "improperly mounted rear license plate," "exhaust is too loud," etc. Didn't get a single ticket for any of them. I've been pulled over 3 times in my dad's 1994 Dodge Spirit, and gotten a ticket every time. Just shows there's a good bit of law enforcement discrimination against guys in old ugly trucks RainDog __________________ "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."

03-26-2002, 10:20 PM	#3
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Bummer.... ------------------ http://hometown.aol.com/racedvl/racedvl69index.html Woodstock,IL.northwest of Chicago It's not what you buy, it's what you build!! I did not climb to the top of the food chain, to become a vegetarian. For some pics of my truck.

03-26-2002, 10:21 PM	#4
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Bummer.... ------------------ http://hometown.aol.com/racedvl/racedvl69index.html Woodstock,IL.northwest of Chicago It's not what you buy, it's what you build!! I did not climb to the top of the food chain, to become a vegetarian. For some pics of my truck.

03-26-2002, 10:52 PM	#5
Fast68Chevy Account Suspended Join Date: May 2000 Location: IL Posts: 0	you would get busted here for that too, just about anywhere else also, thats alot of tread showing. I'm sure that officer doesnt care that its a super cool 67 4x4... too bad though,. thats not the truck that youre gonna be rippin the chrome grille trim off and replacing with painted, is it ? ------------------ -71/C-10(thx teeitup and crews!)350 4+4/CH465(thx 71Chev, GMCPaul, and CPNE)longfleet bed(thnx meathead95)!still building it- -'84 Z28(Z28) 1G1AP87GXEL100000 with H.O. 305/4bbl/190net/hp(L69) 3.73 rear(GT4/YC4) 700R4(MD8-MXO) & other goodies -79 G20 pass van, 350/th350/10bolt, paint is overrated Randy- Lincoln, IL r68c30@hotmail.com © RSS Enterprises 2000

03-26-2002, 11:56 PM	#7
Alexis Member since 2000 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Mountain View Ca / Mexico Posts: 7,874	hmm, i dont i know anybody in this area that gotten pulled over iin a big truck, in the city i work in the cops are real cool with me cause i work at cali concept, i just tell i work there and they say "just tone it down" and they never ask for info, got to luv it when the boss is best friends with the sheriff. plus all cops there get hooked up ------------------ Mechanic @ California Concept Britney: 1970 2wd K/5 Blazer (Frame up) Jessica: 1967 2wd SWB (pops daily driver) Helga: 1972 4x4 3/4ton LWB (my daily driver) AIM:Alexmart1 Mountain View, Cali

03-27-2002, 02:04 AM	#10
blue72stepside Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Morgan Hill, California Posts: 309	My son got two tickets first two weeks. __________________ 72 Cheyenne Stepside 357/TH350 3.07 Posi 379HP@5500 412FT#@4000 96 1500 Work Truck 88 Chevy Van 3/4 97 Tahoe 8.5 Lift (Sons) 00 1500 LT 4x4 (Sons) 98 Ford Cobra (Wifes Car)

03-27-2002, 06:29 AM	#11
conman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Fayette, Alabama Posts: 155	Before you put mudflaps on make sure there is a law or statue in the books. Here in Alabama the headlamps must be below 54" off the ground. Did he measure? I'm not sure of your state law. Same thing with tire size, check for sure, ask a law enforecement officer to show you in the law book. I'm one of those "iffy" state troopers. By the way your truck looks awesome! __________________ Fayette Alabama

03-27-2002, 08:20 AM	#12
bobs409 1969 Custom 30 wrecker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pottsville, Pa Posts: 2,611	I think this cop should go bust some drug dealers and let normal law abiding citizens and their vehicles alone. I got pulled over once because I had fuzzy dice hanging from my mirror! Can you believe that? He never noticed that I had a burned out brake light and that I wasn't wearing my seat belt. (lucky for me but odd) Those fuzzy dice was what he was after!!! What a world we live in huh? ------------------ 63 Impala66 Chevelle SS69 Chevelle69 C10 Stepside71 Cheyenne 20*72 Chevelle Parts for sale: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/mr409/items4sale.html __________________ Bob 63 Impala 283/PG/3.36 (under restoration) 66 Impala 327/PG/3.36 66 Chevelle SS 409/M22/3.55 69 Chevelle 307/PG/3.08 (future restoration) 69 C10 short stepside 454/TH350/3.73 69 Custom 30 tow truck 350/4 spd/4.10 (resto done, CRUISIN TIME!) 71 Cheyenne 20 fleetside 350/4 spd/4.10 71 Chevelle 6/PG/3.08 72 Chevelle 454/M21/4.10

03-27-2002, 09:05 AM	#13
ckhd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: St. Johns, Arizona Posts: 2,660	Some cops are out to throw their weight around, and some are there genuinely intending to help the public. I've had cops stop me for completely stupid things and be jerks about it, and I've had cops stop me for things they should stop me for and be cool about it. You gotta see why mudflaps are necessary. I'd be one pissed MoFo if I was following someone with tires sticking out like that and they threw a rock up at my pickup. ------------------ Bowen '68 K20 fleet '69 K10 swb fleet '72 C10 lwb step __________________ my 2¢ - t.i.o.l.i. Bowen 1968 K20 fleet 1969 K10 swb fleet 1972 K10 Suburban 1972 C10 lwb step 1992 K1500 'burb 1995 K2500 'burb 1997 C1500 'burb 1999 K1500 2000 K1500 'burb Why do I own so many Suburbans?

03-27-2002, 10:36 AM	#14
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	conman, I have checked Oregon law on tire size (I did this before I lifted the truck) and it does state that no part of the tire can extend beyond the width of the body (most cops where I come from could care less if an inch or so is hangin out there) and the rear part of the tires must be covered by a mud guard or flap no higher than 20" from the ground on a level surface. There is not currently a headlight height law in Oregon but they are trying to get one passed at 50". The top of my headlights are right at 48" so I'm covered there. I have passed, drove beside and crossed paths with many cops since my lift and none have gave me any grief yet. This was an Evil Knivel (the only motorcycle cop we have in this small town) and he just wanted to make his point I guess. I assume that once I put the mud flaps on and they see that I have made an effort to cover some of that tire, I won't get stopped anymore. If they still aren't happy with it or get a bug up there butt to harass me, then I'll have to do what I don't want to do and that is put fender flares on the truck. Bushwacker makes a set for our trucks but anything other than the stock body style is ugly in my opinion. bobs409, I have a friend that got wrote up for fuzzy dice (cop was being a jerk) wrote him for obstruction of view. ckhd, you summed it up exactly! ------------------ 67 SWB 4x4 - 396 BB / SM420 4 spd 8" lift / 15x14 Welds & 35X14.5 SSR's Grants Pass, OR __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

03-27-2002, 03:06 PM	#15
Spoof Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Victoria,BC, Canada Posts: 1,300	I have to say I hate those fuzzy dice too, why hang something that can obstruct your view. I think most bikers would agree on that one, especially cops on motorcycles! As far as wide tires, we all know the rules before we put our tires on soooo...? ------------------ 71 GMC 2500 Custom Camper 71 GMC Suburban 1500 Super Custom 71 Chevrolet 1500 Donor http://www.able-bravo.com __________________ 71 GMC 1500 LWB



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03-27-2002, 03:11 PM	#16
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,409	I think the main reason for pulling you over is the possibility of rocks and debris flying off and hitting someone else's vehicle. Hell, some of those big knobblys can pick up and hold onto a rock almost as big as your fist...until you hit the highway, of course. ------------------ Southpa 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Victoria, BC, Canada __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.

03-27-2002, 03:20 PM	#17
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	I agree Southpa, he has to be concerned with damage I may cause and safety for others. He was very cool about it, he didn't write me and let me go on my word I would install flaps. ------------------ 67 SWB 4x4 - 396 BB / SM420 4 spd 8" lift / 15x14 Welds & 35X14.5 SSR's Grants Pass, OR __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

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