Last week friday got pulled over. No I wasn't speeding, I didnt run a red light, and I didn't commit any other serious traffic violation..... I get hit for no recon. After stating my case and many attempts of trying to get let off with a warning, I got a $70 ticket . You may be wondering as to where this all occurred, and your probably thinking that I decided to go for a joy ride in Waikiki and got pulled over by some rookie cop.............. Wrong I got pulled over in KUNIA. out of all places kunia just before walmart. Who would have ever thought, I sure as hell didn't. When pulling me over he said he was ticketing me for my car being to low. The follwing day I spoke with a family friend who's nephew is a cop in pearl city, and he informed me with the obvious, you can't get hit with recon if your car is modded with parts made by the manufacturer( such as nismo), and as far as the drop, your liscense plate has to be at a certain height from the ground up. My question is does anybody know the exact height that the liscense plate needs to be at? Does anybody know where I can obtain that information from?
Thanks in advance for your help.

 

I would talk to the family friend that is a cop... he could tell you the height.
Every state is different. I think the normal is +/- 2 inches

 

license plate needs to be 12" from the bottom of the license plate.

Also, the middle of your headlights can be no lower than 22" from the ground.

As for suspension, you'll need alignment papers that are no more than 30 days old. And make sure that your suspension can rebound 1" down and 1" up.

Call for appointments.

As far as getting away with the ticket, if you can get recon done before the due date of the ticket, you can write to the court that you fixed the problem and show proof with the recon papers. They'll probably drop the ticket this is your first offense

Last time I went with my subie, I failed due to the bounce test.

 

info here....

http://www.forumshawaii.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=309267

 

he can't give you a recon ticket unless you doing a moving violation!!!!!!!!

 

very helpful! thanks

 

He pulled me over while driving home right after Wendys.
Bro I was less than a block away from my house, but I should have known, I mean you did warn me.

 

whitecel is right on target. unfortunately, the recon station does the 1" up and down on the suspension by just pushing on your fender. that is the wrong way to do it because not only will they dent your fender, you cant judge a 1" up and down by a human pushing 100 pounds of pressure on your fender. a motor has more force than a human especially if the car is in motion.

 

f*** few days ago i got a $357 ticket...

 

actually they can pull you over for expired tags, or having mods with no recon. I just got pulled over 3 weeks ago in aiea for expired registration, which i don't know how the hell he saw my tiny sticker that expired for 2 weeks. But i got let go with a warning. The officer told me they all were tagging cars with expired tags, tint, and obvious offenses. I guess they usually don't bother people with little things like this, but it's probably on the agenda this month to be enforced. He shouldn't have been a dick though, unless you were driving fast, or doing something else.

Just remember that officers name that gave you the ticket, and anytime you get pulled over again, just say, "my friend is officer ......" I've used that before when i was a punk driver in college, and it actually worked a few times. Just throwing out a name could save you from a ticket.

 

woah!!! Stock Z's can barely bounce 1" up and down from me pushing it...

 

this works most of the time, but if the officer decides to investigate and finds out that the officer you stated doesnt know you, that is a jailable offence.

 

i got a recon ticket before for my rims. i work with HPD and sheriffs dept., and they all told me that have to be a moving violation in place in order to get a recon. i went to the police station, and done, they dismiss the tickets!

 

recon is a moving violation, if you're driving without it. your abstract only shows moving violations, and it will show no recon, exp reg., no safety, etc... That's pretty awsome if they dismissed it, and i hope they can't pull you over for that. I'm not trying to argue or anything, BUT my father is a retired police, my uncle works at the pearl city police station, and i also work with a lot of police officers with my job. I'm almost certain they are able to pull you over for having a modified car with no recon. But if i am wrong, then i don't mind learning something new everyday. I will confirm this tomorrow when i go back to work just for a future reference.