Question for our Canadian Friends...

[RaveDigger]

Last time I went up to Canada, I had a radar detector with me. I didn't know they were illegal, so it was confiscated and I received a $175 ticket. I'm planning another trip to Ontario, this time without a radar detector, but now I'm driving a lifted Explorer which I was not driving last time I went.

Canadian friends, should I expect to be stopped by the police for driving my Explorer into Canada? It's just a 3" body lift, 33" tires, TT, and shackles.

I just don't want to be caught off-guard again.

Thanks for your help!

 

[c0rtney]

I didn't know they were illegal either... I thought they were just frowned upon because they sell them in the stores... but I don't see why you would get pulled over for having a lift, there are a lot bigger lifted trucks were I live. Unless your tires are sticking out past your fenders you might get a ticket if your already getting pulled over I guess.

 

[corkey]

Last time I went up to Canada, I had a radar detector with me. I didn't know they were illegal, so it was confiscated and I received a $175 ticket. I'm planning another trip to Ontario, this time without a radar detector, but now I'm driving a lifted Explorer which I was not driving last time I went.

Canadian friends, should I expect to be stopped by the police for driving my Explorer into Canada? It's just a 3" body lift, 33" tires, TT, and shackles.

I just don't want to be caught off-guard again.

Thanks for your help!

I would say don't worry about it being lifted , i have lift and 35 inch tires on my 96 and drove all over Ontario, with no issues.

Laws on tires and bumpers are a bit sketchy ,. but as long as the tires don't stick out 2 inches further than the fenders or flares you should be good,

 

[jmdirk]

What corkey said. Technically you're also supposed to have mud flaps. But I've never been pulled over and ticketed.

And the legality of radar detectors is on a per province basis.

 

[Joe Dirt]

They do have signs announcing the legality at the border crossings... I don't remember if they have them at main provincial crossing points...