A friend and I were talking about cages and I had mentioned doing an exo/hybrid cage. During the conversation he told me that in California exo/hybrid cages are not street legal. Is this true? I had never heard that before. My jeep will be street legal so I don't want to put a cop magnet on it.
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Cage law ?
- Thread starter bails85
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- Bakersfield, CA
I swear, where do people get this stuff. He must have read it on the internet. 
What's legal or not isn't an issue on what we do. Some states have lift laws, that effect headlight height or bumper height, but that's mostly it. All this DOT approved crap is just that, crap. There are few, if any, parts that you will buy and put on your Jeep that are DOT approved. It's a non-issue.
Ask him where he read that?
What's legal or not isn't an issue on what we do. Some states have lift laws, that effect headlight height or bumper height, but that's mostly it. All this DOT approved crap is just that, crap. There are few, if any, parts that you will buy and put on your Jeep that are DOT approved. It's a non-issue.
Ask him where he read that?
- Location
- Torrance, CA
I swear, where do people get this stuff. He must have read it on the internet.
Funny how a lot of those same fools have headlights so blue they *are* illegal because they think tinting their headlamps the color the human eye has the hardest time perceiving improves lighting performance.
jeeperjohn
NAXJA Forum User
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- Temecula, CA
I would think a nice exocage would get you positive attention unlike those hondas with the space shuttle wings and fart can exhausts you can hear from 3 blocks away.
souske
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- The land of competition
This thread title sounds like MMA/WWF matchup
X2 on what John said, I got out of a ticket on the way home from the Rubicon because the officer liked my stickers.
X2 on what John said, I got out of a ticket on the way home from the Rubicon because the officer liked my stickers.
boostamante
NAXJA Forum User
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- los angeles california
What's this got to do with cages ????
souske
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The land of competition
A well built exo would not attract unwanted attention,
Now if it looked like a danger to others, you might have some problems.
Now if it looked like a danger to others, you might have some problems.
jeeperjohn
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- Location
- Temecula, CA
A nice schedule 20 sprinkler pipe exocage will get you big points with the mallrats!
Trail Ready
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- Cerritos ca
Go ahead and splurge for the schedule 40 hahaha
I asked my friend who told me this where he got his info. He said while at pismo beach there were a few guys in toyotas with exo cages that got pulled over as soon as they hit the street. The officer said that exo cages are not street legal. This is why I asked. I figured if anyone would know it would be the Naxja so cal chapter.
- Location
- Torrance, CA
My friend's cousin's boyfriend totally drank coke with pop rocks and died!
The_Admiral
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Mesa, AZ
Are Exo/ hybrid cages legal for ultra 4 stock class vehicles? Ive seen a few that sort of look like a hybrid cage and i was wondering of there were any rules against running more of the tubing on the outside or if it was just a preference?
xDUMPTRUCKx
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- highway to hell
i thought yellow was the hardest color for the brain/eye to process?
Yellow and blue ben......
xDUMPTRUCKx
NAXJA Forum User
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- highway to hell
then why not green!
i remember reading a study about prisoners shanking each other in a yellow room.
wow....
I am trying not to be a dick or anything but this is the WORST place to be asking that question. Naxja hasn't been relevant on quality builds for years....it is more on how to build cheap as possible.... lol
http://ultra4racing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2014-rules-v4.1-wlogo1.pdf
That link is your friend.
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
use sch40 pipe, then if you roll you can poo in it
- Location
- WA state
There was probably more than a "exo cage" being wrong with their vehicles, and they were probably being douchebags. Just like most of the other tourists that ruin things in Pismo.
88trailcrawler
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- OC SoCal
I swear, where do people get this stuff. He must have read it on the internet.
What's legal or not isn't an issue on what we do. Some states have lift laws, that effect headlight height or bumper height, but that's mostly it. All this DOT approved crap is just that, crap. There are few, if any, parts that you will buy and put on your Jeep that are DOT approved. It's a non-issue.
Ask him where he read that?
Not trying to fuel the fire. Just wondering if you have any first hand knowledge or have researched the CVC for this?
I know there are some fairly loosely worded sections in most codes that are up to interpretation. So if the CVC has some section regarding modification to factory safety or crash performance systems, I could see that being a reasonable interpretation.
I understand that new car designs are incorporating things like pedestrian safety into bumper designs (I know sounds crazy) and I have come across a few articles recently criticizing off-road bumpers for causing excessive damage or increased injury in traffic collisions.
Not saying I agree or dis agree - but I could see an officer making an interpretation and letting the court decide.
