Walked a Prelude SI

[River_Rat]

Perhaps I'm guilty of overstatement. Regardless, modifying headlights, taillights, and pulling the abs fuse are all dangerous and illegal. These conversations do happen here pretty much every day. Admittedly, half of the crowd rags on those who play with the lights, and the other half cheers them on. But pulling the abs fuse is frequently recommended.

By the way, the Clean Air Act extends far beyond deletion of emissions equipment and includes tampering, i.e., pretty much anything that will change emissions beyond manufacturer's specs. Pretty much any performance mod I can think of is a violation of the CAA and corresponding regulations (and state laws as well). Are these laws enforced as they apply to individuals? Not very often, but that doesn't make it legal. I'm obviously in the minority here, as I believe that motor vehicle emissions are a serious problem and are in fact very harmful, especially to those living in cities.

Finally, perhaps I am also guilty of assuming that our modding community is openly disclosing all of their performance modifications and/or disabling of safety features to their respective insurance companies. Failure to do so is fraudulent and also illegal.

Anyway, my point was that it is fairly arbitrary to embrace one thing that is illegal and chastise someone else for a different illegal act. To each their own.

 

[rdss]

Good points, I honestly was just advising people why they are getting onto him. I'm pretty sure that more people die from street racing than illegal lighting mods and disabling ABS modules. I honestly do not know how our parents and grand parents survived without ABS, SES and the such. Must just be some lucky bastards!

Clean air, yes. I try and keep a cat on my car, if there would have been a down pipe option with a HF cat it would have been on my car. The STi will run a catted down pipe when it's time.

Insurance... I left my stability/ABS intact for this exact reason. I do however not understand how invasive it is on a car of this class. Other performance mods just wont be replaced under insurance if damaged, I was okay with though. Maybe the insurance company might have a leg to stand on in denying your claim with aftermarket parts if you where say.... Street racing or something silly like that but if you're sitting at a red light and get smashed from behind or your car is side swiped while parked on the street I'm sure they can't blame the damage of your car on your aftermarket tune, wheels, suspension or "lighting".

I neither embraced or chastised this individual, I am guilty of his sin myself. I just don't start an entire thread devoted to my street racing escapades.

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Back on topic, OP! How many kills do you have now?! You have to be crushing cars daily!

 

[barch88]

this thread is worthless without a video

 

[sx sonic]

this thread is worthless without a video

This post + your avatar pic equal epic visual.....

Leonardo in the Sonic, vs Shredder in the Prelude lol

 

[ShadowRS]

You can drag a 15 second car all day Just means you won't be breaking any speed limits is all

 

[rdss]

You can drag a 15 second car all day Just means you won't be breaking any speed limits is all

But you look cool doing it!

 

[cndctrdj]

What dangerous mods might you be talking about? Tunes? Exhausts? Intakes? Wheels? Suspension? If done right/installed properly none of those are are dangerous much less illegal (minus deleting emissions equipment, but that's only "dangerous" to the environment...). About the only thing that properly making a car faster on the street makes a car dangerous is the fact that people feel they have to prove their econobox can out run another car with its new found power.

Most people Who mod suspension do it wrong , cutting springs is dangerous, sitting on bump stops is dangerous, hitting frame is dangerous.

Tires and wheels, spacers are incredibly dangerous, stretching tires is even worse.

But no one tells someone they wish they would die because the car sits too low

 

[rdss]

Most people Who mod suspension do it wrong , cutting springs is dangerous, sitting on bump stops is dangerous, hitting frame is dangerous.

Tires and wheels, spacers are incredibly dangerous, stretching tires is even worse.

But no one tells someone they wish they would die because the car sits too low

Yes, I agree that "wishing someone would die" is pretty harsh. Heating/cutting springs, sitting on bumps stops, hitting frame are all improper ways of doing things, I don't think they should die either. I do hope that either the street racer or stretched tire blow out at 80 doesn't take out innocent by standards, but I'm not the one that wished death upon the street racer.

I just brought up why people flamed said street racer and have just been messing around with people since. Honestly, it really is just keeping me entertained.

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But... Back on topic! OP, what's your newest street kill?!?!

 

[chivalryder]

Eh. It was 2 in the morning, I couldn't sleep, and I was running off of 2 hours of sleep from the night before. Wishing death on someone isn't something I do very often. Street racing is just hands down the dumbest thing people do everyday (short of texting while driving). I'm highly against it, if you already couldn't tell.

Frankly, my statement is based on how well it related to Darwin's Theory of Evolution. If yo do something stupid enough to kill yourself, you're doing the rest of the world a favour.

I don't actually want the OP to die from street racing, but if he does, I won't have any remorse.

 

[ChrisJ]

Eh. It was 2 in the morning, I couldn't sleep, and I was running off of 2 hours of sleep from the night before. Wishing death on someone isn't something I do very often. Street racing is just hands down the dumbest thing people do everyday (short of texting while driving). I'm highly against it, if you already couldn't tell.

Frankly, my statement is based on how well it related to Darwin's Theory of Evolution. If yo do something stupid enough to kill yourself, you're doing the rest of the world a favour.

I don't actually want the OP to die from street racing, but if he does, I won't have any remorse.

You bad man! You very very bad man!

 

[sx sonic]

Lol

 

[chivalryder]

 

[firstorbit84]

What year model of WRX did you out run? The 08+ are right behind the STi and you lost to every STi you have raced........

I thought they got the power bump in 09?

 

[SONIC1.4]

Idk, but I know for sure the one I raced was a 2004 wrx.