North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles § 20-135.4. Certain automobile safety standards

(a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the term “private passenger automobile” means a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed principally for carrying passengers on public roads and highways.

(b), (c) Repealed by Laws 1975, c. 856.

(d) Prohibited Modifications.--A private passenger automobile shall not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the front fender is 4 or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. For the purposes of this subsection, the height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from and perpendicular to the ground, through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the fender.