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Old 03-01-2019, 05:18 PM
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I had ordered the front license plate version of the toll tag as I did not want to put one on the windshield.

the license pkate version is pretty big, I had been dreading putting it on in the front.

last night had a thought and put it behind the front license plate, luckily it fit. I had seen tesla owners put these in their front bumpers. Figured it should work and will report back if I have any issues.

Using the Skene brackets helped the idea
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Front licence plate ???
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What's a front license plate??
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I just spray paint my IPass flat black, and it disappears on the windshield by the rear view mirror.
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Originally Posted by Penn4S
What's a front license plate??
What's a toll road?
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Originally Posted by LexVan
I just spray paint my IPass flat black, and it disappears on the windshield by the rear view mirror.
I bought a black silicone cover for mine off of eBay; as you say it just disappears. I have given thought to spraying my garage transponder flat black.
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License plate EZ Pass may not be readable because it is too low. I had this happen when there were still gates.

Not sure in NY area that you even need to mount any toll transponder. I keep mine in my glove box. As long as you register you transponder to your license plate, once you pass the gateless toll area, pictures of your license plate is taken if no transponder signal is received. Once they find that you are subscribe to ezpass through your plate number, they bill you.
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Originally Posted by Porsche_nuts
License plate EZ Pass may not be readable because it is too low. I had this happen when there were still gates.

Not sure in NY area that you even need to mount any toll transponder. I keep mine in my glove box. As long as you register you transponder to your license plate, once you pass the gateless toll area, pictures of your license plate is taken if no transponder signal is received. Once they find that you are subscribe to ezpass through your plate number, they bill you.
true, I have the plates registered. I am still hoping it will work anyway.

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Originally Posted by anythingbuttime
I bought a black silicone cover for mine off of eBay; as you say it just disappears. I have given thought to spraying my garage transponder flat black.
Can't you teach your Home Link the garage code and just ditch the transponder? Yeah, HL sucks, so don't be afraid to tell me the truth.

Oh, and IPass freaked out a couple years ago when I went to return an aging & expiring transponder painted black! LOL. Now, I just paint over it with white before returning. No issues, just did this in January.

Originally Posted by Porsche_nuts
License plate EZ Pass may not be readable because it is too low. I had this happen when there were still gates.

Not sure in NY area that you even need to mount any toll transponder. I keep mine in my glove box. As long as you register you transponder to your license plate, once you pass the gateless toll area, pictures of your license plate is taken if no transponder signal is received. Once they find that you are subscribe to ezpass through your plate number, they bill you.
It used to be like this in Illinois and IPass.....but they changed the rules a while back, and will/can fine you for not having the transponder visible & working.
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Cyber bug can you post a few shots of your stripes ?
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LexVan can you show a pic of your ez pass painted flat black attached to windshield ? Thanks
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Originally Posted by LexVan
I just spray paint my IPass flat black, and it disappears on the windshield by the rear view mirror.
I did the same and then found a black holder for the windshield Thais basically invisible from the outside.
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Originally Posted by orclean1
LexVan can you show a pic of your ez pass painted flat black attached to windshield ? Thanks
Maybe in late March. Car is under cover in heated garage for the winter. You can't see a thing from the outside, being black and in the tinted section of the windshield. From the inside it just looks like part of the rear mirror base trim.
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Wow, that thing is crazy! I use the windshield sticker here in Colorado. It's maybe 1"x2", so it doesn't bother me.

I heard that the new Audi vehicles have a built-in universal transmitter that can be set up for the various toll tag/EZ Pay systems around the US. I'm sure it's coming to Porsche too....


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