Good luck with your build.

 

Thanks.

Please note that the chance of just paying the fine and registering your vehicle out of state AFTER your ref ticket is highly unlikely.

If your car is registered in California when you get your ref ticket (which it will be), the judge WILL demand that you get your car back in compliance which means EVERYTHING goes back to stock. He will laugh in your face is you tell him 'Oh, I'm moving so I'm not gonna need to go to the ref. Here's the money, kthxbai'.

So you can register your car in another state but before then, your car will be the same 350Z that came from the factory.

Are you prepared to pay the fine (inluding $2,500 per missing catalytic converter), the uninstall costs, the reinstall costs of the stock internals and the reinstall of the engine? Just because you walk to work doesn't mean that you can't get popped elsewhere.

As for your 'Cool story bro' response, in case you didn't get it, Sam was implying that California is getting so harsh on modded cars that all of his business comes from states that are more relaxed on mods.

A word of advice because I do support you and your build: BEFORE you start your build or during it (not sure where you are now) is get the car registered out of state or declare it as an off-highway or else you're gonna get severely screwed.

It's funny that you did all this research on the parts and what not but virtually none on the legal side which, sadly, is the most important in this totalitarian state.

 

Cali fuking sucks and i feel sorry for you guys......................................................no t

 

Actually I did plenty of research about driving a car with out of state plates but thank you for your concern.

 

Ok, cool.

I just talked to a buddy of mine who is in Nevada.

I might be doing the same route as you. **** Cali.

 

make sure you setup some sort of legit business or something out of state

 

Male escort service?

 

^you've been hanging out with Wais too much

 

Hmm. He does have his own company or two doing web design and computer programming.

Dik, maybe you have done your research. What do you have set-up in that regard?

 

1. Register business out of state with an address (NV or AZ)
2. Get a home address out of state
3. Setup your cell phone and some other bills out of state
4. Maybe get a license for out of state
5. Setup business cards showing your AZ biz address (not really necessary but helps with the ******** you will be telling the cops)
6. Have an extremely valid reason why you are driving a car with AZ plates. (i.e. you are traveling back and forth every few weeks for a ongoing consulting project). However if the same cop sees you all the time driving this is going to be a tough one.

 

What model Defi's are you running dik? Advance?

 

No I bought my Defi BF gauges before the advanced were released.

 

The OP knows about cali laws and isnt concerned. that body kit and wheels would be enough probable cause for any officer to stop and say pop the hood.

 

I ran my turbo setup out there and never had a problem. When you go to do smog just go to some of the poorer places and pay the inspector an extra 20 and he'll pass you. When I got pulled over there was never any question as to what was done to my car and I had a big turbo emblem on my car that I bought from porsche. To be honest though most cops thought my car was a porsche I even have a ticket that says the make is a porsche on it.

 

I've had cops ask me if I am running a single turbo or twin turbo and give me the thumbs up. It really depends on where you live or the who the cop is. I also keep my hood latches locked at all time if they really want to be a dick and make me pop my **** I can say i dont keep the key in the car for security reasons.

 

Don't forget the giant wing :P

 

Haha thats funny, I never thought of that one.

 

I think that they could get a search warrant though (if they really wanted) and bust the locks.

I'll be finding out here shortly how my town is with boosted cars... they don't seem to harass the evos, subies, dsms and supras around here, but then again none of them are really that loud or look that agressive. There is at least 1 gtr with a de-catted miestershaft (sp) exhaust (seks), and I don't think he gets harassed, although I don't know him.

 

Sorry but you're wrong about that. He may know about the Cali laws but there will ALWAYS be concerns.

 

That's awesome and if it ever happens to me, I hope I get one of those cops however, for the hood latches, they can open them with bolt cutters or other devices.

If they feel you are trying to block them, they can ticket you for obstruction of an inspection and tow your car where they will later open the car up and find-out anyways.