Stickers & logo on street driven car!

[kickster]

My jetta is a dedicated summer car. It is gutted out with racing seats and a Oe dashboard. I drive the car on street and weekend solo racing. I was thinking of sticking few logos race number and 20" VW logo on rear panel.

Something like this Golf.
Thanks in advance http://www.watercooled.com/Week/2001/5_14_01.jpg


would I have any problems with cops? What about theft? what are the pros and cons.

[miataboi]

nah...

that's TOTALLY lo-pro... I can't imagine that you'd get ANY unwanted attention...

:rolleyes:

It's up to you... there's a wrc-looking focus here.... do a search on his experiences...

THEN... make your decision.
Seriously.

[finboy]

i like seeing street driven competition cars on the street

race not rice that is.....

the way the stars are aligned, unless you own your own insurance company or are filthy rich and can afford any insurance hike you might jam'ed up the poo shoot, or carry a badge in your wallet...

stay low key, low profile.

it aint worth the grief you'll attract

unless you have a fetish for guys in blue.
(not that there's any thing wrong with playing for the other team)

[Martini Focus]

Talking from experience here.:D

Expect to get to know many of the OPP's finest.
I've been stopped for everything in the book.

Running numbers on a street car is as far as I know illegal. The one time I did it for a show I got stopped driving from my decal shop to my office less than 10mins.

I think marshal got stopped last year at a regional event.

Trust me it's going to cost some big $$ to do it right and it makes your car the most noticeable thing on the street.

Unless you really want it, love being the center of attention and your car is 110% road legal I wouldn't ever recommend it.

[kickster]

Points well taken. I am going to keep it low key unless I have enough money to afford a second car so I can dedicate my Jetta as a Race car.

[Marsh]

Originally posted by Martini Focus

Running numbers on a street car is as far as I know illegal. The one time I did it for a show I got stopped driving from my decal shop to my office less than 10mins.

I think marshal got stopped last year at a regional event.


Running numbers is not illegal (a WOSCA member works for MTO, very handing guy to have at meetings sometimes). I was stopped because the cop had a Prelude and wanted to know what was done to the car. :D

ah and BTW I had taken my numbers off (rules are rules), but not my other magnets.

[AcidGord]

I know most events I've been to anywhere have always strongly reccomended not running numbers outside of events. Personally I'd think its all attention you don't want. Magnetics are easy to apply when needed.

[Narc]

Originally posted by Martini Focus
Talking from experience here.:D


Trust me it's going to cost some big $$ to do it right and it makes your car the most noticeable thing on the street.

Unless you really want it, love being the center of attention and your car is 110% road legal I wouldn't ever recommend it.


important to note, if an officer pulls you over and finds there are several things that are inoperable, not present, or removed, he may deem your car unsafe and seize the plates and have your car towed. You wont get your plates back untill you have a saftey completed by a certified inspection mechanic.

The charge is operate unsafe motor vehicle, section 84(1) HTA.
Which is strange of course because your race car is usually much safer than any stock car out there.

[Wedge]

Yeah, all that cool stuff that makes race cars so great, is rarely worth it on a street car. Everytime I bought something new for the car that came with stickers, I'd just slap'em on the side of the car, I had Momo, Eibach, Vibrant stickers, racing club stickers, etc. all over the side of my car. I took all those off because I no longer wanted the police attention. I also recently removed my bright yellow mudflaps. One cop actually tried to convince me that those were illegal. I certainly don't believe him, but they're just not worth the hassle.

[Yvan]

I guess I've been very lucky (knock on virtual wood).

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[CobraStang]

Originally posted by Narc
important to note, if an officer pulls you over and finds there are several things that are inoperable, not present, or removed, he may deem your car unsafe and seize the plates and have your car towed. You wont get your plates back untill you have a saftey completed by a certified inspection mechanic. This is a very good point. I plan on getting an E-test done in March (good for six months, right?), and a safety done at least once or twice during the summer to keep as far away from trouble as I can. EXPECT to be pulled over some time during the year. Plan for it.

[gravlguts]

as a new car dealer service manager, i had the opportunity to deal with metro's finest regarding a vehicle that had been deemed unsafe. it was an eye opener. my fave quote from a desk sargeant was "just because a car will pass a dot inspection, doesn't make it safe. those inspections are a joke."

the police have such a desire to stop street racing that they seem to have thrown a big blanket over all mods, legit or not. what makes it worse, is that these guys are trained as cops, not techs.

the car in question was a ratty old prelude that looked like crap. the sum of components were worth several times more than the vehicle. he was pulled over because of "improper wheel well clearance" the car had brand new konis with eibach road racing springs. his rims were actually quite narrow, with what appeared to be the correct offset. with the spring/shock combo, there was more than enough clearance & the tire would never have impacted the arch.

i think that if the police are going to inspect & ticket/tow vehicles, first they and the ministry should get together on setting standards. i would have had no problem writing a certificate for this car.

[CobraStang]

Originally posted by gravlguts
i think that if the police are going to inspect & ticket/tow vehicles, first they and the ministry should get together on setting standards. i would have had no problem writing a certificate for this car. I would hope that the courts would throw the ticket out if you can show a safety cert.

[Marsh]

I've heard a lot of stories of MOT people getting frustrated with BS tickets sent to them for checking. But I've also heard of unscroupulous mechanics loving the extra business.

[miataboi]

e-test 1 yr.

safety... 1 month.




Keeping a low-profile.... = PRICELESS! :D

[craig]

There's a definite regulation about numbers. It doesn't say "no numbers" - it is because you could be impersonating a taxicab (which do have numbers on the side), or something like that.

Sounds like I should give the GTA a wide berth from now on. Last time I was down there with the rally car in the fall, I had full decals, 3" straight pipe exhaust, cage, etc. - although I did lift when police cars were nearby.

[silverwolfracin]

I never got pulled over once in 2.5 summers with my car looking like that.
I say go for it if your car is legal. I had a hollow cat, but I wouldn't pass emissions without serious tweaking and regular cat anyway.
I did get pulled over a few times for speeding in a pack without decals. COPTALK "Hmm do I pick the minivan that just passed him, the Sunfire in front of both of them or the Caddy tailgating him, $*&# it he looks more troublesome, get the grey Camaro."
As far as the legalities: it will take some looking, but it is definetely legal, I've had a few cops look it up for me. However the CASC-OR rules state that you cannot have their logo and a number on the street. I just put the CASC decal under the hood...