eleciv7 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 want to slam a civic and need to know how low i can go legally in texas. Does anyone know? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 you can drop it as much as you want if it doesnt scrape and make sparks from the exhaust or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Not true. Certain states have laws prohibiting lowering of cars. In Virginia, modifying the suspension is illegal. Period. Lifiting or lowering, it's illegal. Cops won't pull you just for that, but they can. Don't assume, because certain states are different, and being that you don't live in Texas, I wouldn't jus give him a 100% answer like that. As far as lowering your car goes, Why would you want it that low ??? You don't want to bottom out everywhere. Lower it enough so that you don't have a wheel well gap anymore. And keep at least 14 inch wheels on. Because if you try to seal the gap between the wheels with 13's, you are going to scrape everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 well thats stupid.. why would they have such a gay ass law like that? i'd never move to va for that stupid law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 well thats stupid.. why would they have such a gay ass law like that? i'd never move to va for that stupid law. Well, normally when you move somewhere, the deciding factor shouldn't be, "do they have any suspension laws ?", but it is about why you are moving. In fact, I'm sure every state has a law that restricts it in some shape or form. I can probably guarantee it, to some degree. It is not legal to be 3 inches off of the ground, nor is it legal to be 60 inches off of the ground. There has to be a line drawn somewhere, and to make it easy, VA just restricts all of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 theres lowriding clubs around here and they ride about 2-3 inches off the ground cruising. and theres a guy here who has a 10 inch susp. lift and a 8 inch body lift on his f150. these people have never gotten pulled over for what they do. i guess its different everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91H22Accord Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 well over here in boston i see f150 and other trucks with louder exhaust than any civic could ever imagine of having and they wont ever get pulled over but if a civic has an exhuast...u have a 50/50 chance of gettin puled over as far as lowering a car her ein boston..i believe yur headlights have to be a certain amount of feet off the ground or sumthing like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 as someone mentioned before, they won't pull you over just b/c your car is lower than the requirement. However if they want to be jerk holes then sure they can. That aside, go as low as you want. Just be careful not to bottom out your car or go over a rock that will fly into your oil pan and puncture a hole in it. If you have the funds, go for coilovers so you can adjust it however height you want or air suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Hey, that someone would happen to be me. I have a name, I would appreciate if you used it. just kidding man. Haha, good advice though. Just don't make it look stupid by going too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 you should cut fender wells and tuck 20s with air ride on a civic and then wrap it in a EXTREME body kit.. that is the coolest ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 In Texas there’s not a "lowering law" as far as you suspension goes but your head/tail lights must remain between a certain range. Something like 18-24 inches from the middle of your head light to the ground. I say its “Something like 18-24” cause its changes year to year but not very much. To find out for sure for 2006 go to DPS office by were you live and ask for the book they will know what your talking about cause it’s the only book they give you its yellow and has a stop light on the front of it. This is also the book they give you to study for your driving test. Hope that helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 In Texas there’s not a "lowering law" as far as you suspension goes but your head/tail lights must remain between a certain range. Something like 18-24 inches from the middle of your head light to the ground. I say its “Something like 18-24” cause its changes year to year but not very much. To find out for sure for 2006 go to DPS office by were you live and ask for the book they will know what your talking about cause it’s the only book they give you its yellow and has a stop light on the front of it. This is also the book they give you to study for your driving test. Hope that helped Where about in tx are you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 In FL we dont even have admishions any more so we can pritty much do what we want. (no red or blue lights though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9524tee Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Lots of states just use the " Cig pack " rule, where if your front bumper or side skirts sit lower than the top of a pack of smokes then they will ticket you... And there is another underground rule that if the top of the lip of your wheels sits above your chassis that is an automatic ticket... These are "underground" rules that cops sometimes use as a rule of thumb type deal but I'm not sure about Texas... Here in Cali they use those 2 rules alot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 old thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9524tee Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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