53guy... Does VA have a "multipurpose vehicle" spec?? The rest of the laws so far, that Ive heard in this thread, seem really close to PA law regarding bumper height. My friend got nailed by a bored cop recently. His rear bumper is at 29". And teh cop told him he had to be at 22". Anyway, he talked to some people and a few inspection stations, and one of the guys works with the state police on inspection cases.
He said the jeep technically falls into the category of a multi-purpose vehicle. And he listed all of the specs that make a vehicle qualify as such. All said and done, the bumper height regs for a MP vechicle are 24 front 26 rear. WHich is easier to achieve than 22...
Lee, my friend, then talked to a cop from the same county about what he found. THAT cop said "you are correct, and as long as you can prove that it is used as a MP vehicle, you are ok...at 24/26" He also admitted that they dont pull people over for bumper height usually, and said he thought it was funny that the cop hammered him about that, but not about his tired sticking out.
It all boils down to the cop.... Is he bored, bad mood, a book rider, etc.. Im at 27 in the rear, and my tires stick pretty far out in the front, and Ive been followed by state cops, sat next to state cops, passed by them, had them talk to me about my jeep...nothing. No problems.
Good luck!
Justin