Would it be illegal to armor plate yur car?

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#1 Iridionprime
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Jus to buy groceries and stuff

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#2 metroidprime55
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I don't really understand why you are asking this.
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#3 JustPlainLucas
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I don't believe armor plating your car is illegal at all...
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No, can't be, because different cars are build better. For example. If I hit you in my Honda Civic I'm fawk'd but if I hit you in my 67 Polara I'll slice any car like butter.

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#5 dercoo
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As long as the car reamains street legal(aka parts won't fly off & armor won't abstruct vision), then I don't see why not.

Gas milage would be ***** though

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#6 xXShortroundXx
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It might be against the W.O.F regs... Not to sure.

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#7 lorddaggeroff
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Yeah it's legal armour plating your car, when cops pull you over and notice all that weight waying down on those tires they'll let you off, plus it protects your car also and insurance company's will try real hard making your premium vip level.

So yeah it's legal :P

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#8 3eyedrazorback
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Yeah it's legal armour plating your car, when cops pull you over and notice all that weight waying down on those tires they'll let you off, plus it protects your car also and insurance company's will try real hard making your premium vip level.

So yeah it's legal :P

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#9 Kurushio
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They sell "armored cars" all the time to rich and or famous people. You could have low grade of just bullet resistant glass that can stand up to 9mm or high grade that can withstand an RPG. Same for body panels. The tougher the armor though means more weight which will slow you down and make the car handle far more differently than normal.
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#10 junglist101
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No it's not. In fact there are companies that will armor plate and even blast proof a vehicle.

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#13 Pirate700
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I'm pretty sure it is legal to a point.

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#14 brickdoctor
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As long as the car reamains street legal(aka parts won't fly off & armor won't abstruct vision), then I don't see why not.

Gas milage would be ***** though

dercoo

Pretty much this. It'd be highly impracticle, but as long as it isn't a safety risk I'm pretty sure you'd be fine. Just resist the urge to load it full of guns and go on a rampage.

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#15 worlock77
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Why do you need an armor-plated car to buy groceries in?

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#16 comp_atkins
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nope.. will fkuc up your fuel economy though....
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No. You will get terrible gas milage though.

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#18 dercoo
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Why do you need an armor-plated car to buy groceries in?

worlock77

Maybe he lives in Afghanistan,Somalia, or Detroit?

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#19 Iridionprime
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I don't really understand why you are asking this.metroidprime55

You don't have to understand if you don't wanna

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#20 Iridionprime
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[QUOTE="worlock77"]

Why do you need an armor-plated car to buy groceries in?

dercoo

Maybe he lives in Afghanistan,Somalia, or Detroit?

nah, nyc. The drivers here make it just about as dangerous

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#21 Riverwolf007
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of couse not, here is the company i use.

http://www.armormax.co/

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#22 James161324
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of couse not, here is the company i use.

http://www.armormax.co/

Riverwolf007

Holy crap you can legally turn your car into a rolling humvee

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#23 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

of couse not, here is the company i use.

http://www.armormax.co/

James161324

Holy crap you can legally turn your car into a rolling humvee

pfft, a humvee is like tissue paper compared to what they make.

you can pick the lvl of protection and upgrade the suspension to handle the added weight and upgrade the engine to move the whole thing.

they do the whole package.

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#25 James161324
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[QUOTE="James161324"]

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

of couse not, here is the company i use.

http://www.armormax.co/

thegerg

Holy crap you can legally turn your car into a rolling humvee

Not exactly. Humvees are not legal for road use for civilian purposes. Commercially available Hummers is as close as you can get.

I know, i was just saying they can make a car as bullet proof as one.

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#26 Ravensmash
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Jus to buy groceries and stuff

Iridionprime
I wouldn't have thought so. Although if you need to armour plate your car 'to buy groceries and stuff', you are definitely doing something wrong.
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#27 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="thegerg"][QUOTE="James161324"]

Holy crap you can legally turn your car into a rolling humvee

James161324

Not exactly. Humvees are not legal for road use for civilian purposes. Commercially available Hummers is as close as you can get.

I know, i was just saying they can make a car as bullet proof as one.

humvees are NOT bullet resistant, they added a bit of armor to shield occupants from i.e.d. shockwaves and heat a tiny bit but a 7.62 fired from an ak would most likely go through one side of the passenger compartment and out the other with very little resistance.

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#28 NVIDIATI
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[QUOTE="James161324"]

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

of couse not, here is the company i use.

http://www.armormax.co/

thegerg

Holy crap you can legally turn your car into a rolling humvee

Not exactly. Humvees are not legal for road use for civilian purposes. Commercially available Hummers is as close as you can get.

It may not be a Humvee, but we have these things rolling around on the streets of Toronto

Made in Canada...

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#29 Jackc8
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Just don't weld steel plate over the gas cap. That can be kind of embarrassing when you pull into the gas station.

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#31 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="thegerg"][QUOTE="James161324"]

Holy crap you can legally turn your car into a rolling humvee

NVIDIATI

Not exactly. Humvees are not legal for road use for civilian purposes. Commercially available Hummers is as close as you can get.

It may not be a Humvee, but we have these things rolling around on the streets of Toronto

Made in Canada...

yeah that is the conquest knight, i think it is made in toronto.

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#32 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

[QUOTE="James161324"]

I know, i was just saying they can make a car as bullet proof as one.

thegerg

humvees are NOT bullet resistant, they added a bit of armor to shield occupants from i.e.d. shockwaves and heat a tiny bit but a 7.62 fired from an ak would most likely go through one side of the passenger compartment and out the other with very little resistance.

No. My Platoon Sergeant shot his own truck with a confiscated AK to settle a bet that it would stop the round. It did.

well that's good news, i was used to the old models that had canvas doors and the jury rigged armor panels that were just kind of slopped together from items laying around in the motor pool.

are they coming off the production line armored these days?

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#33 Treflis
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Depends on your idea of Armor plating your car. If it's done by a company that does armor plate cars for diplomats, politicans and otehr VIP's then no it's not illegal. If it's to get sheet metal and nail it to the outside of your car then you might have the cops stop you on several occassions.
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#34 NVIDIATI
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[QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] Not exactly. Humvees are not legal for road use for civilian purposes. Commercially available Hummers is as close as you can get.Riverwolf007

It may not be a Humvee, but we have these things rolling around on the streets of Toronto

*Knight XV*

Made in Canada...

yeah that is the conquest knight, i think it is made in toronto.

Indeed, they look rather ridiculous in real life. Not exactly suited for the city streets.

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#35 Riverwolf007
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[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

[QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

It may not be a Humvee, but we have these things rolling around on the streets of Toronto

*Knight XV*

Made in Canada...

NVIDIATI

yeah that is the conquest knight, i think it is made in toronto.

Indeed, they look rather ridiculous in real life. Not exactly suited for the city streets.

it cracks me up that they are bio-diesel, that's what good people you guys are, your armored vehicles are totally green. :P

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#37 Riverwolf007
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for anyone interested in an everyday driver type of armored vehicle i recommend this one.

http://shadowhawkvehicles.com/hawks/vehicles/steelhawk

The Street Hawk is the best on-road performing Super Terrain Vehicle. Taking advantage of its active suspension and 62 inches of rubber, the Street Hawk, takes hold of the road and delivers a vehicle that craves switchbacks. With 1,100 horsepower and 1,805 foot pounds of torque, the Super Terrain Vehicle cries to have the throttle opened and devour the roads. The 3/16 titanium construction allows this Super Terrain Vehicle to weigh in at approximately 4,800 pounds giving it 4.3 pounds to every horsepower. Using all of these features in harmony, the Street Hawk accelerates from 0 to 60mph in 3.5 seconds and has an estimated top speed of 208mph.

;)

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#39 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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In New York it can be if the car isn't registered properly.

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#40 Fightingfan
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Canadians must be getting ready for taking over the world at the zombie Apocalypse.
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#41 Big_Bad_Sad
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I'd imagine it would be up to a point. Once it gets too heavy though I'd imagine you'd need a LGV or HGV licence to drive it.