going to start a project sometime soon.. a 2004 f150 into a pre runner with full suspension system, fiberglass fenders, roll cage, control a-arms, engine mods, frame work and tons more!!!.... but im not sure if i have to notify the DMV about all theese mods for approval??

 

call you local dmv and ask them, it kinda depends what your specific plans are, find out what the laws are then you can decide

 

Well, its easier if you don't

 

I wounldnt think so, but Cali has some strang laws. I'd go ahead and start building any way.

 

In all honesty you would probably have more success posting in the Cali chapter

 

iunno if its legal or not, but I love those types of trucks.. make sure you post build pictures or a build thread

 

Cant give any legal advice, but you have to know that in this case it is probably better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission.
Depending on how extreme you get, you will get flagged at the DMV, and they will send you to the CHP, to have a referee inspection. This will kill you and you will not be able to make it strret legal.
Now there are ways around this, and there are some pretty sick trucks rolling around on our roads.
First of all, the term DOT comes to mind, and there is not a custom fabricated component that meets DOT requirements, so asking for permission to use them will be a disaster. Now factory made kits are DOT approved and carry the DOT requirements to be sold as DOT approved, but your local builder is gonna be limited to off road use only. Not saying that thse fabricated components are not safe, they just do not carry tha approval for legal street use.
Watch the roll cage, if it limits the view out of the windshield. Local CHP loves this, and getting pulled over in a TT can lead to a fairly expensive impound.
Crazy sick trucks out here, and I am willing to bet that he ones with license plates have never been to a referee station for inspection.
Like a ticking time bomb, just waiting to get busted. Too bad. Keep it reasonable and it might never catch too much bad attention from the police.

 

You should be fine...theres tons of them that I know about that haven't notified the DMV that being said..

There are things that need to be done to keep it road legal...lights fenders flaring enough to extend over the outer edge of the tire so on and so forth.

For the most part where you'll run into trouble is with engine mods and being able to smog it. General rule of thumb is avoid changing too much in that regard. Most people don't notify the DMV when it comes to doing all of that, just make sure you have all the regular lights in place and you'll probably be fine.
-Chris

 

Who are you pre-running for?

 

youre going to run a full out prerunner on the street? Please tell me this isnt your daily driver

 

Word on the street is Ford is going to be selling a factory pre-runner soon .. possibly with twin turbos.. might want to wait for that instead

 

STG,

In So-Cal there are thousands of people who have built and drive their pre-runners daily.

The idea behind a true pre runner is a street legal, off road capable vehicle. You may be confusing a pre runner for a race or trophy truck? The main purpose of a pre runner is a vehicle that is capable of going out and running an offroad race course a couple of days in advance of the race.

They have all of the safety features that you need in a race or trophy truck such as cab and bed cages because many times the terrain that they are going through would outright destroy a stock truck...even at low speeds. They are multi purpose and designed to run on the street and off road to better scout the course laid out. They are practical and functional vehicles...suited either on the pavement or off.

Perhaps you should do a little more research on the sport and the vehicles involved before making comments like that? Just some food for thought, no offense meant by it.

-Chris

 

WORD!


The minions need a blender specialist....

Interested?

 

I recently built a pre-runner and in California its kinda a fine line just about everything you do could get you pulled over on the street and get fix-it tickets which are only $10 if you fix the problem and have it signed off which is a pain in the ***. but for the most part you should be fine as long as you keep glass in it and have fenders and bumpers which I am assuming you will with the fiberglass. I finally changed my registration to green sticker for offroad use only. which was about $25 and 4 inspections from CHP and DMV. The downfall to that is that it is not street legal any more. Hope this helped.

 

As much as I like stirring things up...I'm good . Thanks for the offer.
-Chris