Before you start spending $$ and time. What VC section did he cite her for, and what agency wrote it? "Bigger than stock" is not written anywhere in the vehicle code as being a violation.
Here is the section that he probably wrote her for:
Fenders and Mudguards
27600. No person shall operate any motor vehicle having three or more wheels, any trailer, or semitrailer unless equipped with fenders, covers, or devices, including flaps or splash aprons, or unless the body of the vehicle or attachments thereto afford adequate protection to effectively minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle and all such equipment or such body or attachments thereto shall be at least as wide as the tire tread. This section does not apply to those vehicles exempt from registration, trailers and semitrailers having an unladen weight of under 1,500 pounds, or any vehicles manufactured and first registered prior to January 1, 1971, having an unladen weight of under 1,500 pounds.
Amended Ch. 215, Stats. 1970. Effective November 23, 1970.
Was it raining or was the roadway wet enough to cause spray? If so, I guess supercop couldn't find a semi or a bus blowing spray all over the place to write up and picked your dear wife.
If not, he had to write for the "wide as the tread" portion. I think I have seen your new tires and I don't remember them being that wide. Sounds like a b.s. ticket to me.
What exactley did Ponch write in the description section?