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Im just curious because i got pulled over earlier by undercovers saying my wheels stick out in the back. They really didnt sound like they knew what they were talking about. When i first got pulled over, they asked me to step out the vehicle right after i handed them the regis/license/insurance.. They were two undercovers, one of them told me that they pulled me over because i didnt give turn signals and the other one said because my wheels were "too" out..


Last i heard they can be certian inches from the fender? 4inches?

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that seems like some bs right there. check it out at your local law library. theres one in redwood city i use to look up shit at.....

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I wouldnt know, i asked them over and over about how much can it be before its illegal, they kept saying "it cannot stick out from fenders at all". Prior to this i never had issues with CHPS or anything, they would just pass right by.

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You probably look suspecios in that lexus [Wink]
that was there excuse to pull you over, put some MUD FLAPS on that j/k

But yea it's "illegal" 2inchs is the most they could stick out (i think) [Confused]

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its something like 3" i think.

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Mine stick about an inch MAX .. Yeah that was my first instinct that they had me mistaken for a drug dealer or something lol All i was doing was going in circles looking for parking in SSF off Grand Ave.

They were in a unmarked green Ford Taurus.

I remember someone on this board knew and said that it was something like 4inch or something

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27600 CVC: Inadequate fenders or mudflaps. (Citeable if the tire tread extends outside of wheel well.)

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quote:
Originally posted by graylx:
27600 CVC: Inadequate fenders or mudflaps. (Citeable if the tire tread extends outside of wheel well.)

the Q is how many inches tho

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quote:
Originally posted by pharaoh:
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Originally posted by graylx:
27600 CVC: Inadequate fenders or mudflaps. (Citeable if the tire tread extends outside of wheel well.)

the Q is how many inches tho
Citeable if the tire tread extends any distance outside of wheel well.

If you want, you can google. But the way the law reads, the tread cannot extend any distance outside the wheel well unless there are mudflaps or splash aprons that "afford adequate protection to effectively minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle and all such equipment or such body or attachments thereto shall be at least as wide as the tire tread".

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quote:
Originally posted by graylx:
quote:
Originally posted by pharaoh:
quote:
Originally posted by graylx:
27600 CVC: Inadequate fenders or mudflaps. (Citeable if the tire tread extends outside of wheel well.)

the Q is how many inches tho
Citeable if the tire tread extends any distance outside of wheel well.

If you want, you can google.

Naa' I belive you [Big Grin]

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thanx!! so i can just slap on some mudflaps and call it a day right?

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YUP! This would look GREAT!!!!
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[ July 29, 2007, 09:20 PM: Message edited by: pharaoh ]

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well, your wrangler doesn't have a front plate, third brake light, and the tires stick out of the wheel wells like 3-4 inches, yet we don't gett pulled over for it. idk, i guess that's racial profiling.

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Mudflaps....or get the correct offset on the wheels! [Razz]

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Originally posted by JohnB:
Mudflaps....or get the correct offset on the wheels! [Razz]

lol. 4real [Razz]

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quote:
Originally posted by solbrothers:
well, your wrangler doesn't have a front plate, third brake light, and the tires stick out of the wheel wells like 3-4 inches, yet we don't gett pulled over for it. idk, i guess that's racial profiling.

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Im going to go pick up some mudflaps lol

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