So your rims poke probably between one to two inches?

So many people pissed about getting vi's. But almost no pics of said cars LUL

The aftermarket ones did

They can/will do/done that legally. :wiggle:

There are cops on this board.
There are old RS members who became cops.

We used to be cool, VPD.

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https://www.icbc.com/vehicle-registr...-vehicles.aspx

Says nothing about parts having to be from "original manufacturer", however it does state that the shell must be OEM. For those that are sporting an aftermarket exhaust and such (within spec), this should be an easy pass according to our current cases with people obviously passing inspection with their VI'd exhaust still attached. (Sorry, no aftermarket widebodies)

My educated guess would lead me to think that this is aimed towards extended limousines and special project cars... However and fortunately, reading into all of it's contexts... It doesn't mean our cars cannot be passed as a modified vehicle. If VPD pulls us over, we show them the passed pre-inspection and we're good. Legally we've already done our due diligence and it's already been registered through ICBC. Saves you any further potential VI and it's fees.

I’m considered a peace officer while at work. None of y’all better piss me off or I’ll start handing out VIs lol.

If you can spot a VI'able car from the flight levels... Hahaha

I'm still trying to think of a way to write this complaint without coming on too strong or overbearing, I want to be able to write this as professionally as possible but I have little experience with dealing in these kinds of things unfortunately.. I'll try my hand at it tonight because I was busy over last weekend. :thumbs:

Thanks for the advice!

VPD was at mid van collision this morning taking notes and pictures of their GTR and the green Huracan from Luxury Supercar Weekend along with the gray CLS AMG

and many of those posted have smoked out lights, no front plate, obvious drops, crazy splitters, GT wang

the more-or-less stock FR-S was the only one that stuck out as being unfairly assessed

still waiting on the smoking gun that traffic enforcement is being unprofessional :chairdance:

the officer heard interacting with cho was stern but didn't come off as asshole-ish

the officers checking out reggie's s15 undercarriage didn't seem to be up to any misconduct either and just doing what they were paid by tax dollars to do...removing unsafe vehicles from the road.

Found interesting website:



Specialty Vehicle Association of BC

and on fb

They are more in collector cars, but may be they have an experience to share

next time when the police asked if i had any drinks tonight at a stop i'll make sure to kick and scream and ask why my stolen bike hasn't been recovered yet

stance boys logic

Riiiiight. and Revscene is the be all, end all of information, so one frs guy posted about passing inspection, then he must be the only one. that's sound logic.

Lettus be real. Do you think 80% of these cars are innocent and 20% deserve VI or the other way around?

You are absolutely right, maybe those cars are getting VI'd, but we dont see representation here on RS.

The anecdotal evidence i've seen suggests that this isn't the case however. This crackdown atleast in the last 6 months appears to be specifically about modified and sports cars.

Regarding my own car, take it for what you will. Half the parts on the car have been changed pretty recently, anything that even has a remote chance of problem is fixed before it manifests, maintenance is all top notch, etc.

Now obviously it's lowered, and has air suspension, so some people might think thats not as safe, which is fair, it's not factory components. But I will say the system I have in my car is not some scabbed together shit from your backyard, it is proper firestone bags (DOT approved) with Engineered struts and brackets that are probably higher quality than the factory ones (CNC components) not bullshit formed factory shit. Air lines are all DOT approved, and run directly in parallel with my brake lines (so just as protected as the brake lines running in my car). Etc.

As for the other mods, sure it's got 22" wheels, but it's also got 295 series high performance all season tires, and a BBK that can lock up all 4 of those tires at a moments notice even on dry pavement. Again sure it isn't factory, but I challenge anyone to say that the BBK that's on my car with 8 piston calipers and 15" rotors is less safe than the factory system.

Well really nothing until I get a VI. Which I'm just not going to go into Vancouver proper until this thing blows over. I guess no Tacofino or craft or any of that shit for me this coming spring. Vancouver just lost my business. I'll stay on the north shore and burnaby. IDGAF.

If someone wants to make a proper case of this, and is willing to spend the time, I am fully willing to chip in some bucks to have them mop the floor with the VPD and kill this whole thing.

In the event that I do get a VI, I'll run it as far as I can go with it. Reverting isn't an option for me like it is some other people in this thread. So I'll fight that shit to my grave I dont care how much it costs.

i agree that the majority of VI's are probably warranted, however let's say 20% don't deserve VI's, so we shouldn't do anything about it right, it's only 20%. anyways...

I don't know if we can say 80% are warranted. The spirit of the law is to pull unsafe/excessively noisy vehicles off the road.

Sure, excessively noisy can be very subjective outside of a testing facility but there is a huge difference between a FRS with a factory sports exhaust and some jerk with straight pipes on a Harley.

There's also a difference between a slammed car bouncing along the road and a slightly lowered E36.

The VPD are enforcing these rules far beyond the call to make the roads safer, and our neighborhoods a more enjoyable place to be. They are aggressively enforcing these rules even when it wades deep into the grey areas of the law. This is why they are dicks.

They should nab those loud pipe Harley's in the summertime.

What's your definition of "not deserving"?
What if the number were more like 2%?

If it's within the spirit of the law to make the roads safer, then a lot of cars are fine... barring "show cars" or track cars that push the extremity past practicality for the street, or just ghetto tacky mods that are usually done by kids in their 20s.

If it's according to MVA, I still think most modified cars fall within a gray area.

I've went through most of this thread and have complied to what I believe are illegitimate VI's issued. Most of the vehicles below were issued bullshit VI's for "exhaust too loud" or "visible camber / lowered".

https://i.imgur.com/dEdXNMQ.jpghttp://
-"Someone's dad's 100% bone stock civic got VI'd for too much camber. It's factory alignment LOL.
Someone got a VI for amber angel eyes and too much rear camber on a Mazda. Stock has negative camber. (Lowered by 1.5")
This guy got VI'd for too low and negative camber (Lowered by > 1")"

https://i.postimg.cc/Hx1yzPRm/DSC-0196.jpg
-"BadHobz got VI'd in a stock exhaust"


https://i.imgur.com/7EDm2kY.jpg
-"exhaust and too low"

https://i.imgur.com/vVSH1Ux.jpg
-"Box 2 in a slightly lowered rhd Subaru Legacy, on Kingsway. Aftermarket muffler that is very quiet compared to most Subaru's (came on the car)". I believe the owner brought it in for inspection with no changes and passed with flying colours.

https://www.revscene.net/forums/atta...33530aa274.jpg
-"lowered on springs with a good finger gap between my wheels that dont have poke, also got intake and exhaust which are both pretty quiet when driving conservatively"

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...a9&oe=5CC0EAE0
-"camber VI", why not just give ticket for no front plate/front tint?

https://i.imgur.com/XyXb0Uo.jpg
-"exhaust VI" passed with no changes

https://cdn.bringatrailer.com/wp-con...0-940x627.jpeg
-"camber/lowered VI"

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1730/...92c2f4ed_h.jpg
-"exhaust VI"

You got PM. Please check.

A couple hundred bucks is a financial burden to people spending thousands and thousands of dollars modding their cars?

A VI isn’t a guilty/innocent thing, there’s no extra fine if you fail a VI. Even then, the ratio of passes to fails is pretty weak here.

How exactly are traffic cops supposed to do that?

By doing that aren’t people saying that they themselves don’t believe their vehicles to be compliant with the MVA? If someone is complaining about being asked to prove their cars compliance should they not already know they’re compliant (or at least be confident that they are)?

First off, it cost me $750, plus probably 10 hours of my time, so that's well over 1k
Second, the MVA and CVSE are not the same. My car was 100% compliant with the MVA, however CVSE says there must be one inch of clearance between tire and fender. While my suspension has well over 2" of travel without rubbing due to shape of the fender, sidewall, and suspension travel path, it has less than one inch of clearance in the rear from factory. Which they used to say my car is not compliant with the MVA. They actually pulled up the CVSE, WHICH ISN'T EVEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFO, AND USED IT TO WRITE ME A TICKET THAT MY CAR WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE MVA.
THE CVSE ALSO MENTIONS EXCEPTIONS FOR CARS THAT ARE WITHIN FACTORY SPECS THAT ARE UNDER THAT NUMBER.
You can continue to ignore this to further your argument like so far, or, you can acknowledge that I broke no laws, and then was given a $109 ticket, $300 tow, $250 inspection, and wasted an evening off with my wife, as well as having my plates seized, having to pay $50 for new plates, and a cancellation fee on my current insurance to get new plates.
I guess I can say it again, I was cited
Ride height (within 30mm of stock front, within 10mm rear)
Aftermarket seatbelts (They are OEM and crash tested factory parts that were a factory option on LTW, GT, and individual cars)
DRL too dim (BMWs use the high beams run at 30% capacity for stock DRL, which mine are)
Exhaust (The inspector said its within stock decibal range at test)
Corrosion on body due to lack of wheel clearance (you think this fucking car has a spec of corrosion on it? Get fuckin real. I'd eat fucking poutine out of my fender lip in the summer.)
So yeah, pay to play, probably deserved it, etc.
Like I said, I'll get my fucking car inspected every year if thats what it takes, but I shouldn't be towing it there or be left on the side of the road with my plates seized with no recourse for that to happen if thats what they want.
Is that seriously fucking unreasonable for me to expect?