2 things I can tell you with 100% fact. 1. Learn the law and stop saying yes when the cops ask for your permission to take you out of the vehicle and search your car. 2. If your car is registered to California and you know mods are illegal STOP doing those mods or you give the police every right to give you state refs and citations. The only way around this is to move to another state that has less laws around mods or create a corporation in another state and transfer the vehicle to that company. Then you’re just an employee driving the car for work. But learn the laws around how long a out of state vehicle can be in California before it needs to be registered. Get an attorney to give you your options. As for the cops. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. You need to learn the game. Best of luck.

Gotta love how the state goes after car enthusiasts while literally letting criminals free from jail.

I have a heavily modified Jeep Wrangler in Minnesota (hoping to get a wrx soon), and I had the exact situation. The same state trooper pulled me over multiple times citing me for bullshit laws. It got to the point where I had to take it to court and explain that the state trooper was legitimately stalking me. For example, he knew which Target I worked at, and would park in the trees right by that road and pulled me over multiple times. What a joke!

"You gonna get him too?" DUDE that was ballsy! balls of steel. You handled this very well and I hate to see that this is happening. Moments like this that make me slightly pessimistic about moving back to California

File a complaint so IA (Internal Affairs) can get involved at this point It's cleary abuse/harassment. He for sure watches your vids and is keeping tabs on you. Chris brush up on the law he doesn't have the right to search you or your car that's BS. He even called you take this serious. Get his badge number and name asap!

It’s concerning how often officers use their power to bully and intimidate people

That’s Officer Marquez I believe, today I got pulled over by him unfortunately. I was given a warning luckily for tint, exhaust and lights. He’s no longer in Chula Vista area but he is in North County area (Escondido) as well as Poway and Ramona

I drove an Evo 9 for years and was harassed by my local sheriffs all the time. I sold that car and bought a Porsche Cayman and now I'm in a Corvette and I haven't gotten pulled over once in the last 10+ years. The captain even admitted to me that they absolutely target tuner cars over everything else and that's how it's always going to be.

He’s picking on the wrong guy for other people’s mistakes. Keep your head up bro.

Honestly I would file a complaint on that police department for abuse of power and harassment, at this point it’s straight targeted pullovers. The fact that he also called 2 other cops for back up is unreal. I wish you the best of luck with this Chris and for an amazing outcome on your end! ❤

As a car dude this hits hard. You want to express yourself and build your car to your vision. California is hard. I buy pre 75 vehicles when I want to dump all the goodies. On my newer cars, I buy all CARB approved goodies just for this reason. I wanted a Whipple, but only Procharger had it's product approved. So Procharger it was. That's the way to play it safe. Best of luck!

If you do file a complaint, be sure to mention that you suspect he is stalking you on social media and that you feel uncomfortable. That last part should trigger some extra attention from the PD. They don't need stalker perps on their force. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger bro!

He’s targeting you bro, he watches your videos… the fact he called your PHONE, took a PICTURE OF YOU AND “somehow” know every mod you have is NOT a coincidence. Be safe out there homie ❤️ I promise you things will all work in your favour! But definitely take this seriously, you’ll have to really expose and go after this cop bc This is a HUGE abuse of power

I would definitely brush up on the laws and contact a lawyer to see if you can take any legal action against the cop or the police department. I would strongly suggest having a personal lawyer that you could call in a situation like this. My buddy has a lawyer and has gotten pulled over a few times for crap like this and whenever he asks the cop if he can call his lawyer the whole situation changes, and the cop just let's him go with a "warning."

Hope your doing okay bro. There's always new avenues you'll find your way back better than ever don't give up.

Daily Driven Exotics gave you the best advice. I applaud you for staying calm.

I bet that cop has all the merch drops lmaooo

As a man who lives in a family involving many different military personnel and members who work within a police facility, Chris YOU NEED to hire an attorney and get this settled asap. I hear about stuff like this all the time. If it’s 4 times this same cop has recognized and stopped you, that’s straight up harassment/targeting. I guarantee he watches your videos. Get an attorney so they can get him released, serve a penalty of some kind. Police harassment is very serious, especially when you have evidence of the same guy coming for you. Also try to get that misdemeanor thing revised, because that’s bs and no one wants some shit like that on their record fr.

First step is filing a FOIA request for their body cam footage. That can also clear you if he had no reason to stop you.

If you don’t already, get a dash cam and record EVERYTHING. This will help you in in court if need be, as well as your traffic stops. Good luck man and stay safe!

“I could arrest you and impound your vehicle but I won’t” sounds a whole lot like he can’t but he’s trynna scare you to me.

It speaks volumes that you're able to remain respectful throughout these interactions. I'm not sure I could. I'm proud of you man, I'm wishing you the best and know that things will work out in the end.

Went through this years ago with my 600+ whp evo 9 and now its a dedicated track car. Last year i had problems with my 21 sti and had to completely un modify it. I put the stock intake, TMIC, downpipe, and all exterior parts all stock. Only mods now are invidia q300 single exit, grimmspeed dry con drop in filter, grimmspeed 3 port, grimmspeed uppipe, and accessport. Car now looks bone stock.....its slower than before but still makes good power and I dont get hassled anymore. Nothing you can do in California bro. Your car the way its set up is asking to be pulled over. Good luck in the future man.

basically with the 350z passing by your point was thinking “ hey i got pulled over and a ticket he should too “ when he had nothing to do with what you got going on lol

Hire a lawyer asap is what I would advise you. I’ve seen you around my area a few times, I hope to god he’s not near where I live. He’s a rookie who wants to just screw people over.

Almost every day I’m reading storylines about horrific crimes committed in CA. Yet the LEO’s have nothing better to do then harass a car enthusiast on his way to work. Crazy.

You handled that extremely well my guy , & is it me or does it seem like the cop is car shopping ? 🤔 lol

Cop would have a heart attack if he looked under my hood 😂

He knows who you are and you’re being targeted and harassed that’s obvious but… you know how California is. Get a lawyer to drop the misdemeanor and move out of CA please. You’re a nice kid and you deserve to do your thing in peace. Make a move to make bigger moves. Keep going Chris!

dude this cop is obsessed with you at this point! he is on a power trip and he keeps going after you even though you are extremely patient and nice in every interaction you have with him or other cops. guaranteed he would pull you over in a bone stock kia just to harass you further. cali laws for car mods are insane. keep up the grind man, you'll make it through all of this nonsense!

The Officer has restless nights thinking about pulling you over again 😂

As a long timer viewer, Chris you are the least problematic car youtuber and more like a role model in the community. Seeing things like this happen almost back to back is problematic since the cops are not really keeping the peace, but in it to generate revenue. Like people have mentioned in the comments, probably the first choice is to file a complaint and then follow it up in court. Best of luck to you dude and keep it real brother.

Never understood a man putting so much energy into another man like this. Watching videos at home..tracking his areas, writing down mods. Waiting for him to drive so you can get him. Calling his personal phone, waiting for him to drive his other car early af to not give him a ticket anyway. That’s wild head fam.

bro all because of a car, thats crazy bro. mad respect for keeping ur chill in everything though. hes definitely targeting u, i would take the to court or something cuz thats so crazy. and that cant be cheap on ur part either.

mentions the loud 350z driving by but if that was you who seen someone getting pulled over driving by in your loud car, you wouldn’t wait them to bait or point you out either lol

You should get a lawyer for the misdemeanor because he only gave you a misdemeanor in retaliation for a court order, the court order being that you only need to pay the fine.

Lawyer up bro for the misdemeanor, along with getting consulted about the whole harassment situation. Nonetheless dont let it put you down or stop you, stay POSITIVE as you always have been Chris. YOU got this 💪🏼

He literally gave you specific instructions to get a state ref certification before you start driving the car again and you decided to just pay the ticket and ignore everything else …………. Bro what😂

1:29 for the intake I understand he ask for the CARB sticker you supposed slap in on when installing. This had happened to me before luckily I had the sticker inside my car I showed him & he just told me to slap on and its all good.

He’s keeping tabs on you. Now he knows you have 3 cars and what are done to them and now he’s given you multiple chances to “fix” them seems like he’s building a case on you. I’d be careful bro Cali officers on some bs

this dude is definitely on a power trip. i respect cops but this seems really excessive. stay up bro and don’t let this man take away your passion!🙌🙌

Move to Maryland. For 12 years i drove my honda civic around without getting pulled over. Catback exhaust with twin loop muffler, lowered 2 inches, 16 inch wheels, boomin sound system. Also drove alot to Pennsylvania with no problems, Delaware no problems, Virginia & West Virginia no problems. I even had police compliment me on my car. Maybe its the west coast vibe out there. I have never been to California. Goodluck on everything. I like your vids.

Man so much crime and other bs happening in cali an then you wander why nothing gets done! 🤦🏾 keep doing you bro!! Salute

Push through, bro. You got a whole community behind you!!

Bro I’ve never watched any of your stuff but you come across as such a nice guy. It’s really sad that this is happening to you. There are so many good cops out there but this small number of bad ones ruins it for everyone. Such a shit situation

That cap need to get his bands up and stop worrying about you😂

As long as you have the carb sticker for the intake and you place it on there your in the clear for the intake

Fellow Cali resident. Your content is dope bro. Sucks that we can’t live here with the cars that we want to have and have fun without this shit happening. Bright side is great content. However, you are doing a great service for a lot of people and reducing anxiety in the bad case this happens to one of our fellow Californians. Stay head high and keep us updated on this. Keep it pushing brotha.

We should no doubt start a petition to get this checked. Cause this is complete bs. Bro we got your back. You can do something. You have followers. You have people that support you. A change can be made

I hate when cops are assholes and give you tickets for mundane things then act like they're cutting you a huge break and they're such a great person for not taking you to jail over an intake.

Traffic ticket turns to weapons searches everytime with this guy.

Seeing this hurts me cause there’s way worse things going on in the world and cops just have find the smallest things bigger then it should. Good luck with everything king I hope everything starts working out for you

man, it’s a shame that such bogus laws exist man. glad youre okay tho and keep up the grind man, love the vids🔥

Always got pulled over for anything in my ‘91 MR2 back in the day. They’d practically make shit up just to have a reason to write a ticket.

You need to file a complaint on that cop asap and also get his badge number and his name he’s just targeting you for no reason and he doesn’t have the right to search your car and you that’s bs.

bro props to you for keeping it cool, if the same cop was harassing me like that I’d probably get frustrated and just mouth off a bit 😭

I am once again asking Chris Borges to stop consenting to police searches and talking to cops

Didn’t give you a ticket for the catless frs, but gave you a ticket for a cold air intake sti. And every time he pulled you over it’s the same “I could take you jail but I’m not”

File a complain, similiar thing happened to me and the cop had already a bunch of complains in his name. I would've never known if i didn't file one.

absolutely crazy chris, i don’t live in cali but they really are strict over there good god over an intake is crazy but like you said you gotta take Ls in life and pick yourself back up wonder what vids are coming next and for the future hope you can figure everything out ❤️

Keep your head up brother we’re always here supporting you homie 🙏

He definitely got the hots for you bro. He wants that longaniza 😂😂😂

I feel yah I had fix it tickets for lic cover. Yeah I know but everyone has em. The license plate in the front. The light bulb on lic plate. So when I had my windows tinted I did ceramic 5% on back and in the front clear ceramic. I just don’t what to deal with shit. It’s time consuming af.

Stay strong brotha shits a struggle and that cops a sore loser bro 🤙🏼💯

Your lady was right when he pulled you over the 2nd time, this guy definitely watches your KZfaq or even stalks your IG. Because what are the odds of him pulling you over in the FRS not even 48hrs later? He most DEFINITELY has it out for you. And the way he talks about your modifications is like he knows what you have and what he’s gonna get you for. But I gotta give it to you, as much as that POS harasses you, you ALWAYS maintain calm and respectful about everything. Hats off to you for that man! As you said, take these L’s as lessons. Keep your head up champ, you’ll get through this🙏🏼🤙🏼❤❤

hope everything in the long run works out for u bro 🙏🏽 dont let this keep u down ur doin amazin !! hope to see a update soon

No wayyyyy. This is insane, almost like he’s stalking?!? No way he’s the only one pulling you over ….

Got three state refs it I noticed it’s only at NIGHT LATE NIGHT, got to enjoy car during day nowadays no more night drives sadly or early morning lol

this is mind blowing hopefully this cop stops messing with you man keep your head up don’t let it get to u👑

Keep us updated brotha , always here to support you

Stay lowkey and out the way, that’s what I been doing it’s beautiful. No bs or drama.. but to each is own

Insane bro sorry you have to deal with this BS

That sucks bro. I’m sorry that happened to you. I’ve been state refd & I didn’t listen to everyone who said I could just pay it because I knew my vehicle would still be flagged in the system. It takes care of the fine but it doesn’t take the state ref off your vehicle in the system. So I said fuck it and put it back to stock, got the state ref cert, re-modified it and I was able to play it off everytime I got pulled over because I had the cert. and the cert should be valid in the cops eyes for a year or so depending on the cop. Some are smart and can be like oh well you just modified it again etc. but sometimes you can play it off and be like my exhaust is below the state law decibel. That’s why I passed. Wishing you the best brotha!

Don’t worry bro he just loves your channel and wants to give you more content 😂

619 area correct? Olympic parkway sign is showing.. it was a Chula vista cop? Just asking cause someone on tiktok posted a video about a cv cop out to get people with modified cars

you need to move to Texas bro we chillin with no emissions test not even a smog test here lol!!!!

Don’t let this effect ur channel Chris . 96,000 people got ur back. ❤️

That whole donut thing was fightable imo, mans had no proof.

it's definitely where you live. My friend with a sti gets pulled over all the time for mods, and I have never gotten pulled over in any of my cars for mods and we're both in California.

The amazing EV State, you can steal $800 but an Air filter is illegal hahaha

Love being a car enthusiast in Cali 😂

It’s crazy how often they pull us over even when we drive perfectly safe and do nothing wrong. But they start watching us like a hawk the second they see your vehicle even looks modified. I been pulled over like 10 times in half a year

We went through the same thing back in the late 80s and early 90s with mini trucks… move to AZ and enjoy.

im just curious, where is this vehicle registered? If it's registered in California, I can understand the carb stickers and fix it tickets. However if not registered in California, California cannot enforce vehicle code to your vehicle, except with movement infractions.

Stay strong brotha, the amount abuse this cop have on you , gladly to see you’re not giving up❤️

Should find someone who lives out of state and get them to register your cars there. It’s pretty easy

What part you stay in SD bro??? I live in the I.E ain’t that bad but still crazy out

I live in NY, so don't have this problem. I used to drive a 76 Trans Am 455 with a Chevy LS6 454 full race engine, no cats, 3 inch turndowns with sonic turbo mufflers. The car had steel fender flairs with big wheel and tires. (3rd place, modified stock class at auto show) Obviously modified. The only time a cop stopped me (in PA) was to ask me 'what I had' and "Was it fast." My question is: In CA, can they just pull you over without cause. Then give you an 'on the spot' motor vehicle inspection? That's messed up.

damn…. might be worth moving or something instead of letting this single cop harass you and ruin your passion. Keep your head up man, hope you can figure something out !

it’s no coincidence, this guy is jealous and probably watches your videos too 😭

Soon, I'll need to fix an engine light on my mk4 supra to smog in north California, hopefully it won't cost me an arm and a leg.

I got pulled over and vehicle checked with 3 cops swarming my car for modifications, they never said anything to me for a cold air intake That cop must be hella bored

Absolutely ridiculous, this is just the officer abusing his power to bully you at this point. Don’t let it get to you and just keep going bro ❤

when he said "be me" you can tell he is very power hungry

Homie ripped one and acted like nothing happen and no one would hear it 😂

He must watch your vids man ain’t no way it’s just always the same cop 👮🏾‍♂️ everytime. Most definitely would file a police report and state that your being targeted and harassed. You’ve been the most chill and humble laid back guy since I’ve been watching since the mustang. It’s all love 💕 man I hope things get better . Cali laws suck I’m glad that I don’t have deal with state ref in Louisiana .( Ps man that hoodie looks so dope 🔥 gotta get so merch now and support)

5 police officers for a young guy enjoying his car he worked hard for? makes no sense. there are a lot of other things 5 cops can do instead of haggling you. hopefully everything goes good from here bro 🙏🏽

Stumbled on your 3 videos. I'm literally proud of how you handled yourself. How you held your composure is incredible. Stopped video at 9.22 with you on the way to work in your other car. Not sure of the outcome. Hopefully you got an attorney and you got huge payout. I'm too mad to go on your channel or finish video. DVR is the key 3 letters my friend. DVR mirror to catch interaction before you pick up phone and record. This way the police story will most definitely never match what they say. I'm talking about bad cops for anyone who reads this and thinks i'm anti police

That's ridiculous brother. You did it right though. You are polite to the cops and didn't resist. 👍 Screw that state brother

I think the problem with paying it off is that it stays on your record, so any cop that runs your plate will see it and can use it as an easy cash grab, its a good thing you video your encounters because this could be harrasment/targeting