CaymanMatt

My plate has been attached to the front of my GTS for 2+ years now using the OEM Porsche plate mount attached to T-nuts held in place with 3M trim tape. This is on top of XPEL PPF. No holes in the bumper.
The only issue for some is that it's not easily removable for the clean front end. Others have gotten around this by using Neodymium magnets bonded inside the bumper fascia and Porsche plate mount.
MOO & FWIW

flytosail

Does the GTS 4.0 have the front “third” radiator?

dnimi123

Two weeks and several hundred miles and a few washes and my weather strip thingy working great!

Zeus993

For me, this is the cleanest, most unobtrusive way of attaching a front plate. You can position it nice and low as well.

SpeedySpidey

Here is my solution:

https://rennlist.com/forums/718-gts-...l#post17288281

juicedus

Did you give this a try yet? I'm debating on doing the same thing. Considering it was designed for a mustang, and looking at the photo from the vendor, it doesn’t appear there is much PPF surface area and it's right at the edge/seam of the PPF which gives it a high likelihood to pull off or delaminate the PPF. I don’t believe the risk is the same on the GT4/Spyder considering how much surface area there is and how far back the PPF seam will be.

DP8

I didn't end up getting the Craig's custom bracket. I've been going no front plate and leaning towards the US Millworks one just to get for inspections and temporary use.

Last_935

I have the US Millworks bracket and really like it. One recommendation is that you get the quick release option. It makes removing the plate much easier. Without it you have to take the license plate off and loosen the allen nuts each time you want to remove it. I didn't purchase the quick release with the bracket but added it later. Makes going from front plate to toe hook much quicker.

drcollie

Virginia passed a law in 2020 that Police can no longer stop you for things such as no front plate, tinted windows, loud exhaust or any other equipment issue as a primary reason for pulling you over. Now, they can still ding you for no front plate if you are speeding, as the speed is the primary violation.

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/leg...202+sum+SB5029

halfmonkey

I wish CA would do something like this. To take it a step further, if CA and other states are going to require front plates, I wish they would offer options in terms of smaller sizes of front plates. Many times, it's not that we're trying to skirt the law by not installing a front plate, it's just that the large front plate looks hideous on the front end of many sport cars that aren't really designed to accommodate a large front, aesthetically. I wish they would just make a small rectangular front plate. I think more people would be willing to install them if they were smaller.

Last_935

Thank you for sharing this link.

VVG

Doesn't Virginia has some really harsh penalties for speeding? Like loss of license for 10mph over or something like that??? I read a story where a guy from out of state was driving in Virginia and got pulled over for 20 mph (?) over. This was considered reckless driving and as such he got his license suspended in his home state, even though in his home state, it would have been a simple ticket. Obviously somebody is making money off of Virgina's harshest in the country speeding laws.

drcollie

Yes. Reckless Driving if speed is 20 mph + over the speed limit OR 80 mph + regardless of the posted speed limit. And here's the problem, it's no longer a traffic violation and is heard in criminal court, not traffic court. It is classified as a Misdemeanor with up to a $ 2,500 fine, a year in jail and up to 6 months suspension of your D/L. Having lived in Virginia since 1986, you want to be really nice to the cop and polite, and ask him to write you for 1 mph under Reckless if you get tapped. If you're not a jerk, most of them will then write it at 19 mph over and you have a simple speeding ticket.

If you still get a Reckless, then you lawyer up (about $ 1,000) and your lawyer can usually plea bargain the case with the local DA to "Improper Driving" and you avoid the criminal offense on your record, get 4 points and pay appx a $ 250 fine.

Jason Werth, Washington Nationals baseball player, got popped for Reckless driving his GT3 RS on an entrance ramp onto I-495 (Georgetown Pike) at 105 mph and was put in jail for 5 days (he did it on the weekends and reportedly got the rock star treatment in jail) and a 30 day driver's license suspension in 2015. So yes, its very real in Virginia and if you are out of state you don't ignore those, hire a lawyer and get it taken care of. Most the time you have to appear in court, too. If out of state, keep that in mind when traveling through the state.

Last_935

With the risk of being flamed, I think the the whole "speeding in Virginia" thing is over hyped. I have lived in Virginia most of my life, having most recently returned to the state over 30 years ago (granted I do not live in NoVA). During that entire time I have had a Valentine One in all my cars and motorcycles, and currently have four units mounted in four of them. In those 30 years, I have been stopped for speeding but have never been stopped for the radar detecters, nor have I received a citation for having one. My wife and I both own and drive fast cars which we drive spiritedly. With that said, we both have perfect driving records with bonus points on them. I do not feel that Virginia is any more draconian in their traffic enforcement than any other state. In fact, when I had my house in South Florida, I felt more at risk of receiving a speeding ticket there than I do in Virginia. With that said, several of our cars will be positively affected by the new primary offense law.

I do agree with drcollie that you should be polite to the police officer and that will go along way to reducing the negative consequences of the stop.

VVG

So whose political butt is being kissed to say that over 80mph is reckless driving and should be heard in a criminal court? This is quite draconian, no? In what way, shape for form, is it reckless to be driving 80mph when the speed limit is 70?