Wheaton Police are getting a bit scary

[PANDA]

When I was driving through wheaton that night, I passed 3 pulled over cars, 2 of which were integras.

Maybe they were looking for a car and those matched the description.

 

[DanJ]

Watch out.

 

[Dasfinc]

Watch out.

The story behind that picture is SO fucked up if you actually know about it.

 

[DanJ]

I read the article.

 

[James]

It would be cool if they were popping hoods for HID conversion kits in non-projector housings.
Maybe they're just looking for CARB stickers, lol.

 

[DanJ]

Wheaton Police probably would cater to the whiny bitches that complain about that.

 

[syP]

wheaton.

 

[syP]

They pulled me over 2wice already for window tints.... i have never been pulled over for tints in my life

 

[Euro]

Watch out.

that picture is great

 

[sickmint79]

link to story or cliffs?

 

[Euro]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19339955/

 

[Fish]

Kalifornia. Nuff said.

 

[TommyGloves]

File a compliant with the ACLU for police profiling.

 

[bikrboy128]

My only train of thought is 'modified exhaust' tickets? Having a header would be further proof than just having a fart-can or something like that? No idea...

the sad part is, the police don't need to see under the hood or under the car to give a ticket for that. if they think your car is too loud, they can write you a ticket.
and yeah, fuck the wheaton police.

 

[Dasfinc]

No I agree, but my car has an OEM style muffler, and has a stock header, but its cat-less and substantially larger than stock.

 

[Dasfinc]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19339955/

Cliffs:

2 of the cars were crushed on SUSPECTED stolen parts.

One was pulled over for a broken tail-light no less, and was crushed within 48 hours because it was SUSPECTED of being stolen

"Maldonado also said he put plenty of time and effort working on his 1992 black Honda Civic. He was stopped in November by police in what Higbee described as an area where racers gather.The 18-year-old mechanic said a vehicle identification sticker apparently fell off and without it, police suspected some of the parts were stolen. Maldonado stood several feet away from his car as it was pounded into a heap of metal."


"Most of the cars police examine are illegally modified. Sergio Zavala, 18, was pulled over in his 1993 yellow Honda Civic for a broken tail light in December. He had purchased a B-20 Vtech engine with a double-overhead cam a couple months before, and after a police investigation, was told it was stolen."


As in he BOUGHT it, and the POLICE said it was stolen, so they crushed his car.

And again, for reference, Honda motors did NOT have VIN #'s before 1996....... The yellow ones OWNER made a thread on Honda-Tech back when that happened, and confirmed the motor had NO vin tags, and was crushed within 48 hours of it being towed (not just that, but it was crushed before he was even out of jail on these SUSPECTED charges to my understanding)

 

[James]

I was in Wheaton tonight, saw a cop, was hoping to get pulled over.
But didn't....fuck my correctly done HID kit.

 

[Mickey]

Cool Hwip...

 

[DanJ]

How much did that run you?

 

[RebelGTP]

It would be cool if they were popping hoods for HID conversion kits in non-projector housings.
Maybe they're just looking for CARB stickers, lol.

(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 12 Art. II heading)
ARTICLE II. LIGHTS AND LAMPS

(625 ILCS 5/12‑201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12‑201)
Sec. 12‑201. When lighted lamps are required.
(a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, showing a white light visible for at least 500 feet in the direction the motorcycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and use a means of modulating the upper beam of the head lamp between high and a lower brightness. No such head lamp shall be modulated, except to otherwise comply with this Code, during times when lighted lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
(b) All other motor vehicles shall exhibit at least 2 lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including that emitted by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, during the period from sunset to sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or other atmospheric conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at any other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1000 feet. Parking lamps may be used in addition to but not in lieu of such head lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi‑trailer shall also exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500 feet in the reverse direction, except that a truck tractor or road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.

404 reference to H.I.D.s needing projector housings not found

 

[32vMonte]

I was in Wheaton tonight, saw a cop, was hoping to get pulled over.
But didn't....fuck my correctly done HID kit.

404 reference to H.I.D.s needing projector housings not found

Whats with james and HIDs....

 

[Turk]

I was in Wheaton tonight, saw a cop, was hoping to get pulled over.
But didn't....fuck my correctly done HID kit.

OH WOWEEEE!!!! You are so cool, please post pics of your correctly done HID kit!

 

[James]

404 reference to H.I.D.s needing projector housings not found

By the looks of your sig, you're one of those half-assers who doesn't give a shit about blinding oncoming drivers because you're too cheap/not technical enough to do it right.
I'm happy for ya, really.

The Truth About Aftermarket HID Conversion Kits.

One of the most popular topics I run into on car forums is the discussion of how to “upgrade” a car with aftermarket High Intensity Discharge lamps, or Xenon headlights. I find the discussion amusing, because the posters readily admit that they could have ordered their cars with the Xenon headlights in place before they took delivery, and opted not to do so in order to save a few bucks. They often find out later that not only are those aftermarket conversion kits not legal, and not DOT approved, but properly installing Xenon headlights after a car has been purchased is prohibitively expensive.


Aftermarket HID kits are often labeled as being DOT approved, but the NHTSA does not approve motor vehicle equipment for sale. Several manufacturers of these kits have written to the NHTSA asking for approval of their kits, only to be told that they are not compliant with current US law regulating headlamps and that the NHTSA does not offer approval for motor vehicle equipment. According to a letter from Jacqueline Glassman, “The symbol “DOT” on replacement lighting equipment is often mistaken for “DOT approval” of the equipment, but, in fact, it reflects the manufacturer’s own certification of compliance.” You can read the full text of this letter here. In another letter to a vendor in California who was selling the kits from Letter #2, Glassman goes on to explain that she “[...] should advise you that we know of no HID conversion kit that can be certified by its manufacturer as complying with FMVSS No. 108.” Meaning that there is no HID conversion kit that complies with US laws that govern motor vehicle lighting.

As noted in the first letter to the maker of an aftermarket HID kit, in order to be compliant with Highway Safety rules, you have to replace the entire housing for your headlamps and the ballast in order to do this install properly. Doing so requires expensive electrical work on your car. In the long run, it will cost you more to have your car retrofitted for Xenon headlights with all of the equipment that is necessary to make them safe for other drivers, rather than just having them installed at the factory in the first place.

There are conversion kits on the market that are extremely popular right now with a lot of folks because these throw a light that is closer to the blue spectrum that allows the driver to see farther. The problem is, without doing a full conversion to replace the reflectors in your car, you’re causing danger to other drivers on the road. These aftermarket kits without the proper reflectors in place, merely replace the halogen bulb that is used in the vehicle and without specially designed reflectors that focus the light where the driver needs it, the light scatters all over the place and bounces into the eyes of other drivers on the road. The UK Safety Board has been putting together a public awareness campaign about the dangers of aftermarket HID kits to other drivers, and the show, “Auto Express” aired a segment about it that I think everyone interested in aftermarket HID conversion should see before they go forward with this install.

Stop, think and pay attention. There is a reason that these kits are illegal. They present a danger to other drivers on the road, and if your aftermarket headlights caused an accident, the maker of the kit won’t get sued. You will. You’re the one who installed it. You’re the one who didn’t get all the information. Ultimately, you’re the one who broke the law.

Don’t be that guy.

Fact sheet: Aftermarket HID headlamps
December 2006
In the Department's view it is not legal to sell or use after market HID lighting kits, for converting conventional Halogen headlamps to HID Xenon. If a customer wants to convert his vehicle to Xenon HID he must purchase completely new Xenon HID headlamps. The reason for this is that the existing lens and reflector are designed around a Halogen filament bulb, working to very precise tolerances. If one places a HID "burner" (bulb) in the headlamp, the beam pattern will not be correct, there will be glare in some places and not enough light in other places within the beam pattern.

NHTSA has threatened to fine sellers of "HID conversion kits" $10,000 per kit sold. You CANNOT install a HID bulb in a headlight designed for a halogen bulb. There is no way you can control the light output properly and you end up blinding oncoming cars.

 

[Turk]

Good job on putting your HIDs in correctly James. You are teh awesome!

 

[James]

Aww, poor Turkey. You're going to follow me around in every thread tonight and prove how bad your butt hurts?
How about I buy you some Preparation H and some Kleenex for your tears?