not in most states......problem is finding something else localy to replace them with
Big bumpers and side-markers...
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Hey! I am the guy in Cali that you sent bumpers to!! Twice!
I got a third set from someone else in Australia as well. Yes, people gag when I tell them how much I've spent on stainless bumpers over the years, but it's usually the first feature everyone remarks on when they see my cars. Not only are the black bumpers ulgy, but they weigh 75 or so pounds each!
When I do the full resto on the sedan, I plan on blocking out those side markers, they drive me nuts! They are so very wrong...
As someone pointed out, it is technically illegal (in CA at least) to alter the original safety equipment of a road car from it's original state as sold. However, obscure foreign makes are not on most people's radar, so it's quite easy to say "it came that way" and they won't have any back up literature to prove otherwise. Technically, my '75 was a 49 state only car, banned from being sold in CA new until the '76 model year with the air pump was introduced, but I smuggled it in and when they inspected it, they didn't know what they were supposed to be looking for and cleared it with no questions asked.
I got a third set from someone else in Australia as well. Yes, people gag when I tell them how much I've spent on stainless bumpers over the years, but it's usually the first feature everyone remarks on when they see my cars. Not only are the black bumpers ulgy, but they weigh 75 or so pounds each! When I do the full resto on the sedan, I plan on blocking out those side markers, they drive me nuts! They are so very wrong...
As someone pointed out, it is technically illegal (in CA at least) to alter the original safety equipment of a road car from it's original state as sold. However, obscure foreign makes are not on most people's radar, so it's quite easy to say "it came that way" and they won't have any back up literature to prove otherwise. Technically, my '75 was a 49 state only car, banned from being sold in CA new until the '76 model year with the air pump was introduced, but I smuggled it in and when they inspected it, they didn't know what they were supposed to be looking for and cleared it with no questions asked.
I don't know why anyone in thier right mind wouldn't blank out the US side marker lights on spider's ANYTIME they are going to do a respray? Would be FIRST on my list, of things to do. Bumpers too. Then carello headlight covers, then Cromodora Daytona's. NICE look!
That is precisely the how it's done here as well. It's based on how they left the showroom floor. Again, the average American doesn't even know what an Alfa is, let alone will be able to date it correctly, so it's quite easy to say "it came that way" and no one is going to challenge you. Additionally, even if a cop does see something illegal about your car, it's highly unlikely you'll be pulled over just for that (though you may get an add on to a speeding ticket, if you piss him off
). That said, I've twice been pulled over for my '79 being "too loud". I just played dumb and was given a short lecture each time.
As a native Californian, I can't speak about inspections (thank God), but emmissions on '76 and newer vehicles is very strict, and fast becoming a good reason not to own late '70's cars. Hopefully, they'll continue to allow '75 and older vehicles to be exempt from emmissions testing, but one never knows when the tide will turn again.
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