IX front plate mount options and ideas?
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IX front plate mount options and ideas?
Well I searched but didn't find to much.
I just picked up an IX and there are no holes in the bumper and I would love to keep it that way. Does anyone have any front plate mouting options or ideas?
My state requires a front plate.
I just picked up an IX and there are no holes in the bumper and I would love to keep it that way. Does anyone have any front plate mouting options or ideas?
My state requires a front plate.
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yeah Washington does require a front license plate, but half of the time when you see BMW's and Mercedes dealerships they never put the front license plates on ever. My buddy bought a brand new 135i from a dealership and they never gave him a front plate they never drilled anywhere at all
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i live in washington (seattle area) for about 10 years before, and regularly go home to visit the parents. i leave my Z32 in my parents garage which hasn't had a front plate on it since 2002. i drove it for 6 years without once getting pulled over for not having a front plate. so unless your state really enforces that law i wouldnt even worry about it.
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Here in MD we are required to have front plates. I haven't had a front plate for a little over a year now, been pulled over 3 times for it. Got a $60 ticket once, the other times I got warnings.
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My only advice if you choose not to run a front plate would be to make sure your not breaking the law in any other serious way because your giving the cops a reason to pull you over. IE - don't have an open container, bag of weed, dead hookers in the trunk, etc etc Just make sure your good to go and the cops usually let you off with a warning.
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In Manitoba we require front plates and the custom guys are doing just that, no plate<front plate.. its a given but the police enforce it a little bit harshly here, its $106 ticket but guys would rather pay that then deface the front of their pride and joy with a big ugly piece of metal. Me personally I do 1 of 2 things, put it in the front windshield (wedged into the dash on the passenger side, stays and doesn't look too bad) ORRR my personal favourite.. Take 2 elastic bands and fold down the passenger sun visor and secure it to the front with the 2 elastics and leave the sun visor down when you drive put it up when you are parked, laws don't enforce licence plates when vehicle isn't in motion (yes we found a loop hole! haha)
When/If the po po pull you over and ask why the plate is not mounted on the front bumper according to the law you answer (my answer EVERY TIME) is that you are "waiting for the dealership to get in the licence plate bracket, should be in soon so this is just a temperary thing, i'm trying to put an effort into having it but this is the best i can do for the next week or so." -------> memorize that! lol
seriously, elastic band it to the sun visor its the thing to do up here!
When/If the po po pull you over and ask why the plate is not mounted on the front bumper according to the law you answer (my answer EVERY TIME) is that you are "waiting for the dealership to get in the licence plate bracket, should be in soon so this is just a temperary thing, i'm trying to put an effort into having it but this is the best i can do for the next week or so." -------> memorize that! lol
seriously, elastic band it to the sun visor its the thing to do up here!
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damn my fellow Washington guys have gotten off lucky. I have been pulled over 7 times because of no plate and all seven times i was not speeding/doing anything wrong. More than half of those stops was a cop at an stop light in the other direction and pointed at \me sitting at a red light to pull over..than they give me the "you know why i pulled you over?" and i say "no front plate" they say "yes that is right".....man what a pain in the ***... plus why the hell would you want to drill into your front bumper when there is no where to really put your front plate anyways....dumb...
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cops are dogs no matter what state, country, planet or universe u live in.
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damn my fellow Washington guys have gotten off lucky. I have been pulled over 7 times because of no plate and all seven times i was not speeding/doing anything wrong. More than half of those stops was a cop at an stop light in the other direction and pointed at \me sitting at a red light to pull over..than they give me the "you know why i pulled you over?" and i say "no front plate" they say "yes that is right".....man what a pain in the ***... plus why the hell would you want to drill into your front bumper when there is no where to really put your front plate anyways....dumb...
that sucks. now that i think about it. i've been pulled over twice in my Z. i got a speeding ticket once and then a warning for speeding the second time. both times the officer made no mention on me not having front plates...
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In Manitoba we require front plates and the custom guys are doing just that, no plate<front plate.. its a given but the police enforce it a little bit harshly here, its $106 ticket but guys would rather pay that then deface the front of their pride and joy with a big ugly piece of metal.