[NOS2Go4Me]

Everyone's modding choices are their own. With that said, I've always said (especially in recent years and after my first lessons with the sedan) mod for STEALTH. Make all the power you want, bring up your brake size, run sticky rubber, whatever. But, when you mod the exterior to the point that most of the rolling population takes direct notice of you, you're screwed.

Or, just wait another 5 years and start claiming the hot rod exception for a modded 2000 Focus.

I LOVE the look of properly-done body kits, don't get me wrong - especially the WRC stuff. But you're perpetually running around with your pants around your ankles if you combine that with a loud exhaust, a loud BoV, a loud intake, sounds system blaring 24/7, neons, etc.

If you want that kind of a look and you want any amount of "survivability" on Ontario's roads of late (as it pertains to cops), buy something aggressive in stock form. Make the cops sweat and lose by default for a change.

Honestly, for the life of me I don't know why they don't pull over more garish rice around here alone - there's definitely enough of it, mostly 88-93 Honda Civic hatches and most years of Neons. Ugly, mis-fitted kits, fart can exhausts, garish rims and over-the-top hood scoops and neons. How they're still on the road is beyond me, especially with the anti-street racing stance of late by the cops at all levels.