Can I drive like this???
04-26-2005, 06:12 PM
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Can I drive like this???
Hey i need to take my car into a body shop some time this week and get my doors fixed right, since TDS new hinge bolts and door tool didnt work! Anywho, I'm wanting to drive without my front fenders on and my hood off. Is this legall or am i playing with fire here? 
04-26-2005, 06:19 PM
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I think it may be illegal to drive with your hood off but im not sure about the fenders. Plus laws are different everywhere. You always say that your going to the body shop. good luck!!
04-26-2005, 07:42 PM
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some states I know of it is illegal to drive with out fenders. hoods is the same way. Call your local cops and ask about the local laws
04-26-2005, 09:42 PM
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im pretty sure for it to be leagal the car needs to have a repair plate on it. i work at a body shop in connecticut and whenever we have to drive a car thats disassembled as you described we have to replace the registered plate with a repair one. the body shop your going to should have a repair plate and should be able to come pick up the car.
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04-26-2005, 11:24 PM
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i would say no you cant drive with no hood or fenders. it must be a safety hazard or something.....but driving with no hood makes everyone look
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04-27-2005, 01:02 AM
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Ramair 21 is right, it differs from state to state. In Oklahoma it is illegal and we don't have repair plates. If you get pulled over for any damage offense you will get a ticket but if you repair it before 30days the ticket it waved.
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umm if the hood and the fenders are off whats holding the headlights in? the front end is held on by the fenders,, so driving without them suported and bolted would be disasterous when it falls and you run it over.
i would think the hood you could get away with but you need side marker lights as per regular safety inspections. that would get ya stopped for sure.
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i would think the hood you could get away with but you need side marker lights as per regular safety inspections. that would get ya stopped for sure.
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04-27-2005, 07:36 PM
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the front end is for sure on there, and the head lights have there own brackets. i think it would be cheaper to pay a ticket then have my car towed across town.
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The cops would say its a modification cuz the car wasnt intended to be driven like that.penal code blah blah blah
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**** it i would drive it without the fenders and hood. Legal or not i would just say im taking it to the bodyshop.
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Originally posted by stalin05
man o man. ill give you my iroc for that girl in the red dress in the middle 
man o man. ill give you my iroc for that girl in the red dress in the middle
04-28-2005, 05:10 PM
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Drove w/o out a hood for a week and down to Fl ot get my sunCoast one. Passed many cops who said nothing. Joe went w/o fenders and hood for a while adn no one said anything!
04-29-2005, 09:21 AM
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hey stallin, ive seen your maro at school. yes it is illegal to drive w/o fenders (not sure about hood) however i have a friend that drove his toyota pickup with his like 33's open and didnt have a problem
04-29-2005, 09:05 PM
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Re: Can I drive like this???
Originally posted by stalin05
I'm wanting to drive without my front fenders on and my hood off. Is this legall or am i playing with fire here?
I'm wanting to drive without my front fenders on and my hood off. Is this legall or am i playing with fire here?
04-29-2005, 10:10 PM
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Originally posted by 82knightrider
Ill take the one in purple
Ill take the one in purple
but the girl in the red...
anyway, i say drive it, and if the cops try and pull you over, your car will be lighter, so you could out run them.
04-30-2005, 08:08 AM
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Re: laws
Originally posted by Loco Kano
Ramair 21 is right, it differs from state to state. In Oklahoma it is illegal and we don't have repair plates. If you get pulled over for any damage offense you will get a ticket but if you repair it before 30days the ticket it waved.
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Ramair 21 is right, it differs from state to state. In Oklahoma it is illegal and we don't have repair plates. If you get pulled over for any damage offense you will get a ticket but if you repair it before 30days the ticket it waved.
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That's strange. The only law I saw for OK considering a vehicle is.....
Molesting an automobile is illegal.
I guess that was put in place to protect the third generation.
Just drive the car. In Iowa you wouldn't be bothered much about it.
04-30-2005, 09:50 PM
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Originally posted by cooltc2004
Im actaully gonna have to drive with my hood off thursday, because Im going to go pick up a new hood, and Im just going to go there, and bolt it on.
Im actaully gonna have to drive with my hood off thursday, because Im going to go pick up a new hood, and Im just going to go there, and bolt it on.
so hows it goin? did it go on straight?
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