Shaved off the warts!, Whadda think? Options

[oakdalecurtis]

Shaved off the warts. Also, I know it's up to me, but I'd still like your opinions. I added knock off centers to the Empi wheels instead of plain center caps. You like em, or no?

[JeffBowlsby]

The light are good and look right on a USA 914.

Sorry for the cold water bath but...removing them is a technical violation of USA vehicle laws. Now whether or not you would be cited is another matter that would depend on circumstances. Kind of like removing the emission equipment from a pre-'76 car.

The sidemarker lights are there for safety reasons. USA laws require the lights so that the turnsignals and running lights can be seen from another vehicle facing yours, approaching from the side. Thats why new cars have wrap around lights front and rear nowadays.

Your car, your choice, your risk. YMMV.

[Coondog]

The light are good and look right on a USA 914.

Sorry for the cold water bath but...removing them is a technical violation of USA vehicle laws. Now whether or not you would be cited is another matter that would depend on circumstances. Kind of like removing the emission equipment from a pre-'76 car.

The sidemarker lights are there for safety reasons. USA laws require the lights so that the turnsignals and running lights can be seen from another vehicle facing yours, approaching from the side. Thats why new cars have wrap around lights front and rear nowadays.

Your car, your choice, your risk. YMMV.

While stuck in L.A traffic today I remembered this thread and started looking at all the cars for any type of side reflectors or side lights. After looking at 1000 plus cars I saw very few with anything on the sides. As for wrap around lights, the 914 rear light has just as much of a side wrap or more then a lot of cars I looked at, and our front turn signals/runnng lights are even more pronounced then most cars.

Plus given the fact that 99% of cops wouldn’t no what a 914 is and 100% probably never even gave a 914 a hard look they wouldn’t even no if the car even came with them.

To me this is a non issue. As far as a front license plate, your call, I have been running without them since I was 16 in Calif and was never even questioned about it. Growing up in Orange, Calif I got my far share of tickets. My feeling is most cops appreciate a nice car and know a front license plate takes away from the look. Of course if your a dick to them, you deserve every technical violation in the book.