Ref. hood popped anyone? Swap guys chime in.

[freeride53]

Them poes popped my hood once cuz of my swag. den i popped a cap :)

[e30trooper]

what would make them want to pop your hood though? driving faster than they think our cars should drive?
I'm considering a turbo with my insurance money (if i play my cards right) so i'm curious.

Turbo will get your ass pulled over and your hood popped. ( ex intercooler showing , BOV , and spooling.

[Ayman]

I've had my hood popped on my Nissan Titan (sent to the ref), my zinno e30 the day I bought it, and currently my alpine e30 S50 swapped twice so far. They DO know the difference lol, especially the car enthusiast (and yes, they are out there) so my BAR sticker has saved me twice so far. I usually just try to play dumb..."what's a cone filter sir? I bought it like this..."

what would make them want to pop your hood though? driving faster than they think our cars should drive?
I'm considering a turbo with my insurance money (if i play my cards right) so i'm curious.

[Rsully70sev]

I've had my hood popped on my Nissan Titan (sent to the ref), my zinno e30 the day I bought it, and currently my alpine e30 S50 swapped twice so far. They DO know the difference lol, especially the car enthusiast (and yes, they are out there) so my BAR sticker has saved me twice so far. I usually just try to play dumb..."what's a cone filter sir? I bought it like this..."

[JinormusJ]

everything is blamed on Cancer or causes it

:nice:
#caliissostupid

He didn't know it comes up from the windshield.

needless to say i sat and watched him struggle for a minute or two.

:nice:
Because trollcar

[Kevinxkrazy]

Im not to worried about getting ref'ed because the first and only time a cop asked me to pop the hood, at least on my e30, he didn't know it comes up from the windshield.

needless to say i sat and watched him struggle for a minute or two.

[CHIF8008]

everything is blamed on Cancer or causes it

[FunfGan]

Dude. Fuck Cali. Is it because they blame engine swaps for cancer?

[E30_Pare]

Forgot to put any swap other than stock is illegal. ^^ sound reasonable. m30/m50/s50 look like a stock install anyway. I'm pretty sure if the cop popped your hood and found a v8 or boost he'd be like,"aww he'll naw." Btw boost is illegal in factory NA cars

[jp_slick]

iirc someone got their hood popped with a 24v and the cop only gave him shit for the cone filter, I guess he didnt know any better

[CHIF8008]

any engine swap(not BAR'd) in Cali is illegal on a car that is not pre. smog.

and yes if you keep all the stock stuff when swapping it should be very easy to get it BAR'D

- but most people don't and i am sure cops have seen newer bmws and spend plenty of time of forums like these to see what slick things and ideas we have for trying to get around them. don't take every cop for stupid

[Vivek]

Was that directed at me or Pare?

[R3Z3N]

Uh w8 what? U live in cali right? Any motor swaps in Cali are illegal bro.

^^Not correct. As long as it comes from the same year or newer, and retains all smog equipment, and engine correct intake through headers/cat.

[Vivek]

Lol no they're not. Ever heard of BAR?
And what I was saying was, cops wouldn't notice the difference between the different engines.

[E30_Pare]

Uh w8 what? U live in cali right? Any motor swaps in Cali are illegal bro.