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hey guys just wondering if any of you guys out here in ipswich have been hassled by the cops for carbon hoods.?

what are the ippy cops like here for defects as i havent been back here for a while and i no that in melb they were always onto any import

any bad experiences with the men in blue guys/girls? defected? or are they not to bad in the switch

thanks

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they're no different here in the switch to anywhere else mate.

I drove around for 12 months with a cf bonnet and never had an issue.

I did not hang out in the usual boy racer haunts tho. lappin the switch is a guaranteed way to get your arse caned on a regular basis.

You fita cf bonnet and ya takes ya chances. My mate from logan just got done and had to have it cleared but as he said, its no biggie.

Hook up with us some time and we'll show you the ropes in the switch.

What was the fine for beeping? My brother got booked for that (and a plethora of other things, lol) many moons ago and it was something like "inappropriate use of an emergency device" if I recall? That was also in Ipswich incidentally.

Yeh drive around with the Carbon hood but I would be packing some lube. Its like swimming in a tank of sharks and thinking.....could I get bitten.......It might not happen overnight but it will happen.

The only bonnets they are letting go is the BLITS fibreglass bonnets as they are ADR approved.

Goodluck.....especially in Ippy

Cheers

Imtorqing

What was the fine for beeping? My brother got booked for that (and a plethora of other things, lol) many moons ago and it was something like "inappropriate use of an emergency device" if I recall? That was also in Ipswich incidentally.

It was really funny because it was a $60 fine and for the description on the fine he wrote "Toot toot toot toot, telling her friends she was here"

The lady at the Dept Trans when I paid for it lol'd.

It was really funny because it was a $60 fine and for the description on the fine he wrote "Toot toot toot toot, telling her friends she was here"

The lady at the Dept Trans when I paid for it lol'd.

Haha well at least it sounds like he had a sense of humour :blush:

lol the high way patrol dude pulled me over last week on the way home.. he was ok lol.. to bad he didnt really know to much as far as i could see.. wen i was asking him alot of questions.. he loved my carbon hood haha.. but yeah he did ask all about it an stuff is it complied n stuff.. got around it some how >_> luckily i got gift of the gab :P but yeah cops will pretty much be the same anywere man :blush: gl

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