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Originally Posted by Zfatuated
And I built a full cage GT3RS on which I maintained street insurance/registration and license tag while it's mission in life was a 100% track car. Had I ever been pulled over on the street driving it to the gas station, it likely would have been impounded and/or confiscated. A full cage car is not legal, by DMV standards, to be street driven.
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I had several run ins with johnny law and even some mean ones in upstate NY…they knew we were heading to the glen and never mentioned anything about the race mods…plates checked, reggy and insurance checked and fat ticket for speeding to me. Sparco removable wheel and no airbag. Is this a Nevada thing or maybe I'm totally wrong about NY and they just don't enforce it??? Do you have a DMV link citing this for Nevada or NY?
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Not to mention it's just dumb because all that cromoly tubing around your unhelmeted head will kill you on the street just as quick as it will save your helmeted self on track. Yes, I was dumb to drive mine on the street the very few times I did.
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Yes one would be dumb not to install the thick closed cell roll bar padding on any bar even close to your body. A good prepped car would have this everywhere. It's actually softer for impact than any surface in a stock vehicle.
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Furthermore, if you have a full cage you do not want any airbags popping off in the cabin. So if you've done the proper thing and disabled your airbags to keep from hurting you and costing you money if you wreck on track, now you are doubly-street illegal.
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I removed the driver's side and the passenger's was defeated by a key. Link please regarding the legality of removal of airbags on your own car?
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"Knowledge is knowing how to do something, wisdom is knowing not to."
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knowledge regarding a roll cage in a street car and racing in general is all about calculated risk vs reward in my opinion. I loved driving those cars everywhere…that was my reward…and the risks I took on and off the track were well beyond worrying about supposed "street legality".
Still I would like to know the truth so any links appreciated.