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04-17-2017, 06:14 PM | #1 |
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Any advice on this? I'm still waiting on my custom plates so I can still enjoy a plateless front bumper. But good ol' California requires them. And I'd rather go with the law (Don't mind my illegal tint lol)
My options are: Drill a normal center holder in Offset tow hook holder Attach it to the lower grille section???
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I would take a chance; after all, it's only a fix-it-ticket. |
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04-17-2017, 07:43 PM | #3 |
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+1 and get a tow hook mount, so if u do get a fix a ticket, you put the plate on show the cop and then take it off...will cost you $15...
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04-17-2017, 08:43 PM | #4 |
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I just don't even want to get pulled over once haha. I'll go with it for a little while and see how uncomfortable I get.
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got a ticket 2x 1) my e39 was parked in SF in the Haight Ashbury district for approx 10 hrs, even though i left that area to meet friends, my car stayed there in a 3 hr parking spot for 10 hrs (I kept re-upping the meter via the app on my phone). This is like getting a fired on my day off...and i've heard of SF cops doing this shit, giving you tickets for stuff while parked. 2) On my f10, in June 2016, i was driving down 101 (or as you all call it THE 101) from SF to SJ, and the cop couldn't get me on radar, for speeding (there was a point where i was overtaking someone and i hit 90) he pulled me over for no plate. Basically looking for a reason to pull me over both times fix a ticket for the e39 i'd just tape the license plate holder to my front bumper using double sided tape and then show the cop and remove it .... for the f10 i decided to get the tow hook mount (as i had to buy a front license plate holder anyways), and leave it on to show the cops, and then pull it off god i miss that 540i sorry i had to whore a pic of her... |
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It all depends on where you live and what you are comfortable doing. Like other people said, you can and will be pulled over just for the missing plate. I personally thing the tow hook is a little JDM. I have the plate center mounted and never had an issue with it. In Seattle/Tacoma, they'll give out missing front plate ticket just if car is parked on the road so better safe that sorry.
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I suppose I could just double-side tape the holder to my bumper no?
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i think the tow hook would look cooler too if you MUST run a plate, also there are just TOO many w/o front plate for the cops to worry about .......But if you are the unlucky one Dont tape it on, the officer will look if you did that, they're not stupid....
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04-18-2017, 09:53 AM | #11 |
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I have PPG on the front bumper and used 3M mount tape. No profile to stick out and holds up forever. Last car had the same tape and lasted over 7 years.
It can also be removed. |
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Then again we went to a Renaissance Faire at Balboa Park (around 1980) and the parking lots were full so many, many, many people were parking on the grass. I figured they couldn't tow all those cars so we parked along side everyone else. I was right about that, but they had no problem issuing parking tickets!! |
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04-19-2017, 11:11 AM | #14 |
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No front plate.
I'm in CA also, and have my front bumper clean. In 3-1/2 years with my F10, I've gotten tickets for no plate twice. I've not been pulled over for just missing the plate, only gotten the tickets when it's been parked on the street. It's a $15 fix-it ticket. So I then attach the plate to the lower mesh grille with zip-ties, find a cop, he signs off on it, and then take the plate off again. So I only need to keep the plate on for a day.
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for the 40+ years i lived in San Diego i only got pulled over once for a no front plate. and that was in my Geo Storm lol!
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