Truck looks Great Johnn123!!!

 

Yep well down here in Washington the rules are a lot the same but many people down here don't follow them. There aren't a ton of cops to do the enforcing either. That light bar on your bumper isn't for street use. You should be using it to drive down a forest service road. Having a nice spot light pointing towards the rear is nice for getting people like him to turn junk off or back off if following to close.

 

ok there are pics of a Ford in here now, yall gone to far.

 

OK, vacation after this comment. I always enjoy Merc's 2500 Snow pics. K.

 

Off topic oh wait

I don't even use it on the forest roads, its there more for looks than anything else and I don't mind admitting that, yes its a Cree led bar and it works great. At one point we had 2000 residents and 20-30 RCMP stationed in town. The #1 Hwy is the main Hwy through BC it is what we travel on so you don't get away with much. I am pushing the law where that bar is mounted its just below the center of the headlight, go any higher and it has to be covered at all times when the truck is driven on the road. After going through a full VI this summer I have learned lots about what's legal and not and whats needed to pass for a lifted truck. My truck is now reg as a modified truck and is subject to VI every year, top to bottom, front to back they check it all. As my truck passed with flying colours after some work I know I am covered by my insurance. If the truck had been in an accident with the lift/mods and not had the VI I could have been denied any coverage at all SOL. I know some here are from BC and they have a lifted truck's over 4" unless it's had a VI after the lift was installed they may or may be covered. Anything lifted over 4" here must have a VI done.


If I mod my truck, go up, bigger tires thing's like that it must get inspected again to be covered by insurance. It can be pulled in at anytime for reinspection even if the pervious VI was done the day before.

Edit: I am at my max for bumper height 29.5" from the bottom to the ground is all thats allowed, I am 29" at the back and 27" at the front. To go up heigher it needs drop bumpers that it may or may not get.

Will post a photo soon.

 

Thanks man!

 

Merc,
Your laws aren't really all that different than ours down here. Your truck always looks great and it's great that you passed your inspection. I'm glad we don't have those type of things down here. I've been lucky and never lived somewhere I needed to pass an inspection except when I was stationed in Germany.

John123,
Great looking truck

 

Thanks Wildman.

I have no problem with a VI none it helps keep **** off the roads and that saves lives. I know you build very nice, but there are those that don't. IE welded steering linkage thats just a huge no no even in most of the states it's illegal, let alone disliked by most off-roaders as pos. Fat tires out past the fenders, no mud flaps that is just a lack of respect for others on the road and in my eye's a huge safety hazard.

I have been building trucks since I was 16 and have always considered how my mod's will effect others on the road, called respect for other drivers.

On the bad side I figured my truck took a hit in value I would say close to $3500 hit as most will not want it now that it has to have VI done to it for the rest of it's life on the road.

 

That's only an issue if you decide to sell it....... are you considering that possibility?

 

No I will be buried in it for sure. But you still have to take it into account any lifted trucks value has dropped once a VI has been set. Most sell them they don't want to deal with it anymore and most take a loss.