No Front License Plate hassle percentage??
03-23-2007, 12:29 PM
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Cops here have been cool for two years(so far). I figure it's just a matter of time before they hand me the $97.00 ticket. There's a how-to on ****tech. that shows how to build the kind that screws into the tow-hook attachment point. I'm going to fab one this afternoon, before I head up to Seattle for the Golden Gardens Meet. I don't want to meet any of drivesolos ticket-happy tax-men
03-23-2007, 12:47 PM
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I have gotten two tickets here in chicago for no licence plate...one in front of my house while parked on the street and the other downtown while parked at the meter....They have also ticketed me for tint on my driver and passenger door window (not on my Z but on a sedan I use to own). If I rememebr correctly there is no contest to those tickets here.
03-23-2007, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by CEO350Z
just get a z bracket. it clamps on to the grill and no holes are drilled. or the stillen one, it screws into the tow hook.
+1 This is what I'm doing on my new Z, although the Z bracket instruction say you have to drill, just into the grill and not the actual bumper, 40 bucks, The stillen one seems better as it screws into the tow hook but it cost more at around 65 bux.
03-23-2007, 01:13 PM
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21 years with an '85 RX-7 that had no front plate... no probs.
No front plate on my '06 3-fitty Z since August, '06. No probs yet.
Hope I haven't jinxed myself. yah.
No front plate on my '06 3-fitty Z since August, '06. No probs yet.
Hope I haven't jinxed myself. yah.
03-23-2007, 01:42 PM
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Here's a tutorial for a DIY front license plate bracket if anyone is interested.
http://www.*********.com/zwiki/Tutor..._Plate_Bracket
http://www.*********.com/zwiki/Tutor..._Plate_Bracket
03-23-2007, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by driverx2010
Hey guys I'm finally taking out the Z tommorrow with insurance (its been garaged since I got it due to snow). I really don't want to put in the front license plate (don't want to screw holes in the bumper). I was just wondering how many of you guys get hassled by cops for not having a front license plate on?
got one not too long ago, went to the park to play some beer-ball (baseball with beer), came back and there was a ticket on my z for no front plates.
$100 $#@$#
03-23-2007, 04:07 PM
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I got 2 tickets in 2 days parking in the same spot outside my apartment. What stops a cop calling up his buddies and saying here's a car w/ no front plate...and voila 100 tickets? Blah. I got the z-bracket now. whatevers.
03-23-2007, 04:17 PM
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I am in NJ and none of my fun cars have a front plate on them. Years ago I would drive around with the front plate on the passenger side floor. Now it's in the trunk. Never been stopped in more than 10 years. I do put the plate on for state inspection. In Jersey the state inspects vehicles. Plate must be on and secure, it can't be loose.
03-23-2007, 05:33 PM
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In SoCal i have been pulled over 5 times for my front plate and i just BS-ed my way threw it and said i just got the car and it didnt come with the licence plate adapter for the front grille and all 5 times they have let me go if it workes in Glendale it will work every where. knock on wood hehe
03-23-2007, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BornSlippyZ
God forbid any real police work gets done!
Don't like the front plate law, then get out and have the law changed. But don't ***** because someone tasked with enforcing the law actually decided to do so.
03-23-2007, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by HDPD350Z
Because the police wrote the silly front license plate law. God forbid the police actually do their job...
Don't like the front plate law, then get out and have the law changed. But don't ***** because someone tasked with enforcing the law actually decided to do so.
Don't like the front plate law, then get out and have the law changed. But don't ***** because someone tasked with enforcing the law actually decided to do so.
03-23-2007, 09:39 PM
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Never have been hassled in Cali. Been driving here for over 10 years. Unless you drive like a complete fcuktard you will be fine. Or maybe cops in San Diego just have more important stuff to do?
03-24-2007, 07:36 AM
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no front plate for months in maryland, parked within two blocks of two separate police stations everyday, no ticket.
made a trip to alexandria va and was stopped after three hours
made a trip to alexandria va and was stopped after three hours
