dengman

I know some states have minimum and maximum head light heights. Minimum is usually 24" from the center of the head lamp on level ground.

I'm at 23" at my current ride height at my lowest would have been 19"-20"

ILCS 625 5/12-607.1
Frame and floor height. (a) No person shall operate upon a highway a first division vehicle which has a clearance between the frame and ground in excess of 22 inches. The lowest portion of the body floor shall not be more than 4 inches above the top of the frame. No such vehicle shall be modified to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision or cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal operation.

Means I can go low as possible since IL has no minimum head light height requirements. "Bumper cover" isn't the chassis so plowing should be okay.

Mr.Doback

Yup. I remember my first lowered ticket, car was a solid 3" under the limit and the cop was just amazed...paid ticket, continued on my merry way.

I have seen both, but in VA we have a bumper bar law, which is weird since they can't techincally measure it with the bumper on. The basic fact is, if the wheels rub lock to lock, we get towed, if not, they let us go...

RA40

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CA CVCC has two catches for vehicle ground clearance:

If the air is let out of the tires on level ground and any portion of the body hit's first, the car is not street legal.

Now this one has some interpretation. One deputy who pulled me over had cited a measurement on headlight height based on the lowest portion of the headlight. Another had mentioned center portion.

1sWt2GS

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Lol my car probably breaks these laws. Oh well

timmy0tool

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california probably has all the crappy state laws you can think of. smog, tint, windshield obstruction, ride height, noise, front plate, color of lights, etc. and yet we continue to drive around .

usoff89

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The only thing I could find on Florida was a max height of 54 inches for the headlights. I couldnt find a minimum height anywhere...... So I take it we dont have one?

I'm ok with that though.

RA40

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Yeah, bites for car modding at the extremes. Even so, plenty can be done within the restrictions, most the time.

Reminds me of the Celica. At the time, CARB had not had their hands in all the car parts. So when I ordered a "smog legal" header, it included the necessary hook-up's for the air injection into the manifold. The header manufacturer not wanting to get into all the testing certification then classified the header as "off road use only". My smog guy recognized it was technically a smog legal header and proceeded with the smog test.

When it required the CARB plate/sticker and heavy fines came about for non-compliant cars, his hands were tied. I had waited a long time for the rolling smog to eliminate the car but more green minded laws ceased that hope. One day I'll be able to enjoy driving it. So until then, it has sat in the garage as a dust collector for 13 years and counting. (Can read that as there are other financial priorities than driving this car. More )

Sc0pe

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I find it ironic that despite this, California has so much more to offer in terms of automotive modification.

j2b4o

I had a few VA cops tell me that any suspension modification from stock ride height is illegal. One of the many reasons I hate this state with a passion. They even threatened to tow my car out of my driveway because I wasn't inspected yet. It was registered and insured and still had the NY inspection that had been done only a few months prior. I'm sure NY has similarly retarted laws but no one has ever enforced them to my knowledge.

mikes7ke

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I never checked, and never really cared. I'm sure PA does have laws about height, but as long as you're not being an ***, and the car doesn't look like it's about to fall apart, it's generally not a problem here. The biggest no no's around here are tinted windows and speeding, the former which usually isn't a problem if you're behaving.

timmy0tool

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agreed. the automotive culture here is so large it warrants the laws. i just hate it when i see rat rods with open headers driving around and i can't run with an open downpipe.

and as for ride height, lots of folks around here drive to the point of pulling road reflectors off! my friends tell me he has to switch lanes in the intersection (which is also illegal) in order to avoid the road reflectors. from what i read, southern california is known world wide for having the lowest cars!

Twista4004

just like Mexico with some of the strictest guns laws yet still........


Irony

PureDrifter

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there's a cutoff as to when the sound regulations are enforced, mid or early '60's iirc.

dengman

I was hitting road reflectors at one point. But I raised it up about three times. I'm liking my functional ride height now.