assetts91

Mr. Wa State Patrol pulled me over today to give me a warning... I need mud flaps???? Kiss my @$$, im only running 3 inches on 31's. My tires do stick out about an inch though. He mentioned something about my axle and size blah blah, but I didnt want to make him mad by telling him to talk louder. I mean c'mon its only I-5 with a bunch of cars driving by on a wet road, making everything louder. Worst part is I've got a 4.5 RC lift coming in next week, which means mud flaps is a a must? what the heck is the law around here???????

541_halseth

Wow, your set up sounds the same as mine, im glad i havent got pulled over yet, I live over in Walla Walla Wa, and 1 block from our State Patrol Office, and nothing, did they happen to mention what the fine was without the warning?

assetts91

He didn't tell me at all. He pulled me over to tell me to "slow down" and added in those little tid-bits. Imagine what it would have been if I WAS speeding...
Anyone know the laws for this stuff? If I get ANY more tickets, i cant join the army...

highwater

that trooper must been having a bad day . Or a damn rookie lol

Brett

i dunno about washington but down here in oregon there are plenty of rig with tires sticking way out and i dont see them gettin puled over so im guesing it was jst that cop being a D-bag

Destination XJ

You must have been speeding some, try avoiding the extra attention like speeding and all that other crap. I dread being pulled over because Im sure they will wanna give me a hard time.

Google some of the laws, Mud flaps, fender flares etc.

trans_am7935

in washington you are required to have mudflaps if your bumper does not cover at least half the tire in the rear. usually they will not mess with you if you have flares that cover your tire. i have bushwackers on my jeep with 35" tires and a 7 inch long arm kit on it. i have been pulled over for "speeding" (yea right) and he didnt say anything about mudflaps to me cause my tires dont stick out past my flares. so just get some bigger flares and you should be fine.

there is a law in Washington about the mud flaps to, if your tires sticks out more then an inch from your original style fender flares, you can get a ticket.

assetts91

Looks like I'm getting Fender Flares next than. Gotta do anything I can to prevent being noticed by WSP. Fender Flares are expensive... Such an expensive but fun hobby! Hard to find the space to do all these mods too, jeez!

azxj99

First off, you got lucky. Getting off with a warning is nice not a dbag move. And hes only doing his job and looking out for you. Cause down the road if you dont get it fixed or didnt know (because the cop didnt tell you) the real dbag cop could pull you over and ticket you for everything. Just sayin. And really how hard is it to put mud flaps on? A piece of rubber self tapped into the wheel well. Sure it wont look as good but it will keep you legal.

assetts91

Totally agreed, the more I think about it. Cop is just earning his money. Sadly I walked into all this un-aware of my state laws.. Big mistake but got off easy, not easy being 19

highwater

Check out on here there is a guy that made them from supplies from home depot out of like that garden edging black plastic ,looks pretty good and real cheap

azxj99

Your thinking flares. He needs mud flaps

highwater

Yeah ,but he said up there couple up he was going to get flares and they wasn't cheap but your right mud flaps is what he needs

JuhJuhJeep

Looks like your flares need to cover your entire tire and mud flaps must extend to the center line of the axle.
Found here... http://www.liftlaws.com/washington_lift_laws.htm

BigDog/CJ

Very true he could have been a lot wores on you about it all but none the less I think you might have found a trooper that was board. For the most part they really don't pay much mind to that kind of law here in Oregon or in Wash but I would have to say though your speeding most likely didn't help none lol.