majority of cars on the road dont have stock rims do they? but pits can tell u to put stock ones on to pass..
my experience: the guy at the pits said to me i need permits and then goes on to tell me there is a 2 month waiting list.
meaning: if i dont put it back to stock, by the time i get permits and fix a few other things, high chance car would be un registered.
not all mod's are 'illegal' per say, u just need permits and depending on which inspector u talk too, they will tell you some police officers will hand out yellow stickers wether u have permits or not.
in saying that, now yellow sticker is off im looking into getting some permits - the way i see it, the engineers should be a bit happier to give me permits without a yellow sticker on my window