Cool Front plate Idea

[10sec]

This idea has been around for a long time, it can sneak past the passing cop most of the time, but it's not 100% legal. If you're on the street parked, they can/will give you a ticket if they notice it. The only way to avoid a ticket is to just follow the law, no matter how retarded and ridiculous it is. The car I drive every single day and park with NFG is a car that is 100% legal. My other two cars on the other hand are not. That's why I have 1 legal car and just take the risk of tickets in the others. It is what it is, we live in a shitty state with a fuck load of debt, they can and will make as much money as they can on people trying to be crafty. We should all be ashamed for living in IL.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

So you still have the look of a license plate but can't remove it and reinstall it and you can still get a ticket with it. I don't see the point. I have a Craig's custom bracket on my car. It uses some crazy strong 3M adhesive to hold the mounting base to the car no holes and I can easily remove it when I want to.

 

[TommyGloves]

I thought this was a decent idea....

2011 2014 Chrysler 300 SRT Front License Plate Bracket Relocation Frame | eBay

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

I thought this was a decent idea....

2011 2014 Chrysler 300 SRT Front License Plate Bracket Relocation Frame | eBay

I had one on the Mustang and it was no good. its aluminum and plain steel. if you drive the car in any kind of weather it seizes the removable bracket to the base and makes it pointless as a removable option.


I like the one I have on the mustang. http://ccmustangbrackets.com/product/universal-front-license-plate-bracket/

 

[Rebel]

I haven't had a front plate since around 08-09. Only times I've gotten a ticket for it has been when I originally get pulled over for speeding. Cop downgrades from speeding to a fix it plate ticket. I just tape my front plate on, take a photo, walk into the courthouse and take the plate off. It's happened maybe 2-3 times.

 

[turtleman]

Has anyone ever cut off the bottom quarter of the front plate? Basically trim off all the space right below the actual numbers - probably talking an inch or so. It may seem silly but the way it hangs on both my cars, it'd be worth it to me.

 

[sickmint79]

i'm sure that's not legal.

 

[10sec]

People fold the plate so there's just the numbers showing, 100% not legal. It has to be the full plate, if it isn't, they can give you a ticket.

 

[Euro]

A guy on the w-body page did that. Although, he has a white Yukon Denali...and Ontario plates are white w/ blue lettering. He just did the lettering, which looks better than the BMW in the OP

 

[Euro]

I dropped the front plate on the Regal not that long ago, haven't gotten troubled with it yet. I feel it varies by town. Out by work and in Roselle, it seems as though police DGAF about not having a front plate. I see a ton of cars without it. But in places like Schaumburg, I got eyed by a couple squad cars for not having it last night. That was also the only place I've ever been pulled over for it (and ticketed)

 

[Lead Pipe]

I had a suction cup, zip tie set up for my 5th gen so I could attach it when I went down town. Since then I have stopped giving a shit. I haven't had a front plate on my fun car and have never been hassled. Same goes for tints. If you don't act like a dick bag, chances are the cop doesn't car. I was pulled over in my T/A with illegal tints and no front plate, was nice to the cop and he never mentioned either of them.

 

[greasy]

I was pulled over for no front plate and tints out by my parents place last year. Wasn't getting on the gas at all, pulled into a Vato Zone to pick up some stuff, cop comes in lights flashing, and blocks me in.

Walks up to my car, asks me if I know why he pulled me over. I said no and he said because you have no front plate. He the proceeds to have me roll up my front window so he can check my tint. Goes back to his car and comes back with a warning for no front plate..........My saving grace? I had both of my kids in the backseat lol

 

[Lead Pipe]

Do you have to legally roll up the windows? Isn't that incriminating yourself?

 

[Yaj Yak]

do you really want to tell a cop no to rolling up the windows?

 

[Lead Pipe]

Yes I do. Switches don't work, it's a hobby car.

 

[Yaj Yak]

wow

 

[greasy]

If I told the cop no to rolling up my windows I would have walked away with something way more expensive than a warning.

That's a dumb move.

 

[Yaj Yak]

If I told the cop no to rolling up my windows I would have walked away with something way more expensive than a warning.

That's a dumb move.

agreed.

a tint ticket is just an equipment violation.

givemedat

 

[Primalzer]

That's just asking for the cop to find and cite you for every single petty equipment violation...take your licks and call it a day...no reason to refuse a cop for stupid shit like that

 

[Lead Pipe]

I'd roll the dice. It's not like he can get your a moving violation after pulling behind you in a parking lot. I wouldn't take the chance of having to pay another $100 for no reason.

 

[boostedguy05]

That's just asking for the cop to find and cite you for every single petty equipment violation...take your licks and call it a day...no reason to refuse a cop for stupid shit like that

inb4someonesayswhygivecopsthatpower/theydonthavetherite

 

[10sec]

Could just have legal tints and front plate, doe.

EDIT: didn't make sense.

 

[greasy]

I'd roll the dice. It's not like he can get your a moving violation after pulling behind you in a parking lot. I wouldn't take the chance of having to pay another $100 for no reason.

You would roll the dice for what? You would avoid the tint ticket but get one for no front plate, loud exhaust, and whatever else he wanted to pimp you on?

Stop talking tough and use some common sense.

 

[10sec]

Weird that the cop asked you to roll up the windows, but whatever. I'm usually nice AF, and I got that clean ass driving record, so that usually is more than enough for them to just give me a warning. *knock on wood* I haven't been pulled over in a long time.

 

[Primalzer]

Weird that the cop asked you to roll up the windows, but whatever. I'm usually nice AF, and I got that clean ass driving record, so that usually is more than enough for them to just give me a warning. *knock on wood* I haven't been pulled over in a long time.

Never got pulled over or hassled for tints in the Volvo...but like you, my driving record is very clean...only time I got pulled over in that car, my front windows were down, and I was going well over the speed limit...cop was looking for speeders coming down the bridge over 83 on Palatine Rd. I was late for Easter, and well there was no getting out of that I'm sure he could've given me a tint ticket, the higher MPH ticket he should've given me, or more if I was a dick or refused stuff. But I was nice, honest, and didn't give him an excuse to be a dick.