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Old 10-02-2007 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Smelt_1
....that Jeeps are exempt from this law. Well, I thought everyone knew.

That would be great but where do you get that from?
Old 10-02-2007 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BaltChief
The law is the same in MD, but it is meant to control cars and trucks with air lift kits, Lowriders....
tis not the same here in Maryland... the law here is that the truck's bumper may not exceed 28" with the gross vehicle weight being less than 10,000lbs.


No trucks or multipurpose vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less can be taller than 28 inches. More than 10,000 pounds but not more that 18,000 pounds cannot go beyond 30 inches.


and btw, technically, the law in codo is that the OE suspension system can not be altered. Guess what, a Rubicon Express Kit (or any other) (regardless of height) has parts that are "original equipment" to that lift kit. In other words, you are not allowed to alter "a" lift kit (i.e. using springs from a different kit while keeping the track bars or cutting the springs, etc). So as long as the lift is a complete kit from a genuine company, all parts to that lift are OE for that lift. its one of them tricky laws.

I think its a safety thing to make sure people buy a complete kit and not screw something up due to mixing and matching parts.

If you keep reading the laws for codo, you'll see that the real lift law is that your head lamps may not be higher than 44" and tail lamps higher than 72"
Old 10-02-2007 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 4JEXEP4
That would be great but where do you get that from?
Come drive the streets of Durango.
Old 10-02-2007 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 4JEXEP4
I guess you can look at it any way you want to, to suit your needs but until Mopar makes a lift then any lift is going to be illegal. A lift kit is not heavy duty. It's basically the same parts engineered in different dimensions to give you a lift. Now if you put Mopar one ton springs of the same size on your JK that would be heavy duty but not lifted. They may not hassle you about it but it starts a dangerous precedent for other laws to sprout up to hinder the enjoyment of you rig.
You are not reading everything. You are trying to read into the law. There are thousands of lifted vehicles in CO. They are not againstthe law.
Old 10-03-2007 | 08:21 AM
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Hah! i found a hole in this law...

..****** A Factory Lift *****...
Old 10-03-2007 | 09:30 AM
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I live in CO. My old Jeep had a 5.5 lift on it. I got a ticket once, and this was the law they used against me. I spent a few days talking to a few other off-roaders who had gotten similar tickets, and turns out one of them actually carried a copy of an addendum to that law that allowed for lifts to be installed. He gave me a copy of the law, I went to court and 5 minutes later I was walking out with no ticket and no problems. The addendum to the law says something about you can alter the suspension so long as your headlights aren't more than 44 inches high, and taillights reach their legal limit at 72 inches.
Bottom line - Lifts aren't illegal in Colorado, it just takes a little work to convince the cops of that sometimes.
Old 10-03-2007 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Caboose
Hah! i found a hole in this law...

..****** A Factory Lift *****...
The factory doesn't make a lift????
Old 10-03-2007 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BaltChief
The law is the same in MD, but it is meant to control cars and trucks with air lift kits, Lowriders....

Yeah it is more the same in Ga the laws point toward the tuner cars and lowriders verse people who lift their vehicals!
Plus it is more or less Redneck country down here not that thta is a bad thing cause it allows me with getting away with lifting my jeep as high as I want!!!
And when I get a different daily driver I plan on taking full advantage of that with a nice long arm kit!!




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