The painful truth
The minute you start down the road to a modified motor, you stand a good chance of being in trouble with the Man. It seems like there's almost nothing worthwhile you can do to your car, without breaking some sort of law. so, the answer's not to do it at all, then? Well, no, but let's keep it real.
There is this bunch of vehicle related regulations. It is a huge set of books, used by the car manufacturers and the Department of Transport among others, and it sets out in black and white all the legal issues that could land you in trouble. It's the ultimate authority for modifying, in theory. But only few people (and even fewer policemen) know all of it inside-out, and it's forever being updated and revised, so it is not often enforced to the letter at the roadside - just in court.
Despite its existence, in trying to put together any guide to the law and modifying, it quickly becomes clear that almost everything is in grey area with no-one prepared to go on record and say what is OK to modify and what is not. Well, brilliant. So if there is no fixed rules (in the real world), how are you meant to live by them? In circumstances, all we can promise to do is help to make sense of nonsense...
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