iphilips

Anybody know about this?

a) how bad does it look on our cars?
b) who's getting booked in Cali with the new rules and no front license plate?
c) Is this legit? What's the process to get on the pilot? Just send Money and don't ask questions?

I live in San Francisco and don't street park the GT3. When I street park the Macan I get fix it tickets - at least last year but, I hear the fine is larger now?

RDCR

You gotta love SF when it comes to this kind of stuff! Seriously though that looks like a great way to get it signed off when/if one get's cited, just buy a bunch of those and remove once you're cleared. Down here in Santa Cruz the CHP doesn't seem too interested in citing anyone. They've got plenty to do with expired plates around here. I've had them watch me drive by, driven behind them etc and no issues so far. I'm more worried about getting hassled for my exhaust then front plate Maybe if we had some bridges . . . .

FourT6and2

Ivan, the higher fine the dealer told us about when I picked up my RS was a half-truth. It's a $1,000 fine. But not for the driver... it's for the dealer. If customers get cited for no front plate with the temp tag from the dealer, the dealer gets hit. They told us we would get fined just to try to scare us so they wouldn't get fined.

Also, just use the tow-hook plate mount. But you've got your tow hook perma-installed cuz you want errrrbody to know you're a track bro lol

iphilips

So what's the fine these days for no front plate? Is it still just a fix it ticket?

How else do people know that I track unless I leave my tow hook mount attached? I need them to know I'm fully sic and this is the best way to do it.

FourT6and2

The fine used to be like $160 or something like that. Hasn't changed as far as I know. I don't see anything online about a higher fine now.

ThEnder

Also in SF. I got pulled over twice in prior cars for no front plate and just don't want to deal with the hassle of having that happen again. Looked at the carbonio solution but heard that it caused rubbing and color loss on the mesh so decided to run with a tow hook setup. It's an easy install and easy removal. Guess I'm losing out on that track cred though.

JS

No way, no front plates, no stickers.

iphilips

If this is the case then yeah, I'll pay the fix it ticket. I was confused about the fine situation - seems like the fine is hefty for the dealer if you don't affix their temp tag to the front. But once you have your actual license plates and you only run a read then the fine is just fix it ticket scale.

iphilips

You could always remove your rear plate and leave the tow hook in for track cred though :P

RDCR

I see lowered Honda Civics with half cages all the time down here with the same tow hooks. At least ours are technically authentic!

AllAboutThatP

I really hate the front plate nonsense. They require it in WI too, but I’ve never run one on my Raptor or my GT3RS and have never been hassled.

arty.pa

I've been driving for 8 years without front plates and finally got a front plate ticket in January. It was simple fix and only $50 to get it signed off with additional fees. I bought a tow hook plate thingy from amazon for $15 and did the trick. Once I got home, I removed the plate and back to rocking no front plate again.

chris2

I thought most people don't run a front plate for aesthetic reasons, but this wrap and the tow hook plate defeat the purpose, so I never understood it. If you're going to put something on your bumper, you might as well just drill it and put the real plate on.

FourT6and2

Hell no. Drill holes in the bumper. You're crazy lol.

I keep the tow hook plate in the trunk. If I ever get pulled over I'll just say oh I took it off to clean the car and forgot to put it back on. See, it's right here.

Maxi_z

I am in Monaco (europe) so I know about nothing on the us laws about numberplates etc...

In Monaco as in the rest of europe the front numberplate is mandatory but in Monaco the front numberplate is quiet small

On many nice cars or supercars most people would fit the front numberplate on the front bumper without any kind of plastic numberplate holder as the ones for other european countries would look too big and ugly

Others will make a custom sticker version of the numberplate similar to that offered in your link (not completely legal but tolaretad often, sometimes police could argue that if it s too well made it could be considered falsification of an official plate so careful at local laws)

You could even for looks make a smaller scale version of the sticker numberplate (still not really legal but at least you got a front number and looks better but again look at local laws to see fines etc)

Other people in monaco with supercars just do not fit the front plate wich is illegal and just deal with a fine if they get stopped or carry the plate behind the front window

Drill the front bumper is not too nice but here we are used to do it... and depending on the car and plate location could be looking better and also leave better cooling to intakes compared to other way to fit front plate

If in your state you can usually drive without a front plate at all thats of course the best solution.... If not too bad legally (just a fine) I would do the front sticker wrap as in the link but custom made to a smaller size

What about fitting the legal front plate with very good quality double side tape?