don't need one here in New Mexico either although the license plate would pobably distract ones attention from all the dings, cracks and messed up paint on the front of my car

 

Only one tag in NC!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta love this state! I sure don't miss upsate NY at all!!!!!

 

Front plates are required in Ontario Canada. Going to buy one of those stow-n-go.

As for the video that Stephen posted....It's a CCFBG club member (and TGO mod). He uses a power window actuator to raise and lower the plate. It looks VERY cool in person.


Great link..thanks

 

I live in Ontario, Canada as well. I've also been awarded a ticket for no front
plate. I decided to make the front plate part of the grill.
These pictures suck, but I fabricated that front grill out of aluminum sheet.
The license plate is 100% intact, just bolted in from the back side.
So far the police have not objected.

 

Front plates in Wisconsin. I don't have one on the Camaro though. The only thing bad about this state. As long as we don't have emissions I have no reason to leave.

 

Never had a front plate on my GSX, 89rs or my current 88. No problems here, my uncle works for the local PD and said the cop would have to be a total D*ck to bother you about it.

Besides the cops should be busting ppl with expired plates or no plates instead of messing with someone who's car only has one NON expired plate :/

Id take it to court, the judge would probably laugh.

 

In Minnesota they normaly require a front plate but for some reason if you
have collector plates you don't have to run the front one if you don't want to.

 

I live in TX, and we run 2. But AFAIK, the front one can sit in the windshield. I haven't been pulled over in the 4th gen camaro.

 

texas has to have them it sucks but i got two suction cups and put my plate on my front winow

 

And TECHNICALLY, the front widow doesn't satisfy the letter of the law. Although most cops will not care.

Lucky me.....I found the local one that does.....

 

here in ct we need em, i believe, but i've never run em, hell i drove my first camaro home without any plates on it at all,
i simply refuse to drill holes into the nose of my camaro simply for another plate

 

i've heard that here in ny, you cant even get an inspection sticker if your front plate isnt on

 

Don't need a front plate in Indiana

 

When I had my first Firebird in Chicago I didn't run a front plate for a few months, never got pulled over for it but on my way to work in a suburb I got a ticket for it. It nearly killed me to drill holes in my front bumper

Now I live in a rural area and considering running no plate since I will drive my TA maybe 3k miles a year and mostly around my town, don't think the local police will bother me about it. If I can't patch the holes I'll have to run the plate though, nose covers for 91-92 firebirds are a bit too expensive to just replace lol.

On a side note. A family friend is a chicago police detective and said that if there isn't factory provisions already mounted/available for a front plate most chicago cops won't harass you about it and 99% of the time the judge will drop it in court. Just be careful in the burbs as those cops will nail you for it every time.

 

In Kansas you actually have to pay extra for the front plate, if you want one...

Years ago when I lived in Iowa I refused to hang the front one and got several tickets for it and received a little more "attention" from the local law enforcement...

 

They should do that in all states. Very smart. Cut state costs by not producing near as many plates and make profit on the people that want front plates. Better than what Nebraska is considering - raising the costs of vanity plates and doing nothing about the unnecessary front plates.

 

this is my flip plate




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqUSWCdVIoY

 

Never had a problem with it in ohio, unfortunately it already has the holes in it, and so i keep the plate in the back, and if i ever get pulled over for it im gonna make up a BS excuse for not having it on.

 

They all ready do that up here in Massachusetts. Plus now they don’t even send out a notice that tells you if your license has been revoked or is going to expired. They want to suck your wallet!! Blah!!

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/vide...150/index.html

 

I so wanted to get one of these. But my car already has the front mounted license plate. Right in the middle of the bumper. That is one impressive TA you have there. Oh well I still need to polish the front bumper yet. It has bug etchings in it. When I used Meguiar M105 polish it really improved the look of the bumper. I did it with just a hand wax pad. The results were very good. I'm going to use my Dual Action Polisher on it, when spring comes.

 

you think i have a nice Trans am
but do you know any cleaner/buff ball that would remove some paint residue/road grime off my rims thanks

 

I was commenting on 86ta's car. I have'nt looked at yours yet. So I don't have a opinion on it yet. Well I just looked at that Daytona and that is great car as well. I wish I knew what to use to polish the wheels on my car as well. Checkout http://www.autogeek.net/
They have a forum there and those people on there are detail aficionados. Make me pale into comparsion. I'm still a padawan when it comes to detailing yet.

 

Forgive me if this already been posted...

Ohio reasons for front plates:

It was voted on to do away with the (IMO) useless front plate in Ohio. It would have saved the state hundreds of thousands dollars per year but it didn't pass b/c, one, it gives the cops a place to shoot radar so they can tax collect. It gives a nice, flat, white surface that is perfect for radar. Secondly, they use it to identify oncoming cars. Supposedly they have nabbed tons of crooks that way so the plate law has stayed.

My personal DD cars (Jeep, truck, civic) all have front plates. The IROC and C6 do not, will not. Looks like crap and I will pay the $25 or so fine if I get stopped whatever. I am 32, been driving since I was 16, so... hey lookie there 16 years most of which i have not run a front plate and I have been stopped twice for this. Once the cop told me to appear in court with photos of the car with a plate. Ok... jimmy rigged plate, took photo, took it off... off the hook. Second time I just told the cop I was from another part of the state and i would put it on... I didn't. No ticket for this one.

Moral of the story... the cop has to be a real richard to stop you for this and actually give you a ticket. I can see if he wants to "check you out" but if you don't have a warrant or are not drunk or anything... they should let you go. Just IMO. I will probably get stopped next time I drive the IROC or Corvette now!

 

Not required here. Glad I moved out of NY and don't habe to put up with that front license plate BS anymore.

 

Beat me to MN. Yep, I have run my 93 Dodge Stealth without a front plate for 9 years now and been stopped once or twice and given a ticket that had no fine and simply required you to put it on and have an officer sign you did.

Of course it came back off minutes after each time.

It's funny with the collector plates because when you apply for them (as I recently did for my Bird) you can even check a box for how many plates you want. I put two and asked if that would mean I need two, they said no, so one will go on the wall in the garage.

 

Yeah, NC doesn't have a front plate but I have my car registered in FL so again no front plate for me. When I retire and move back to south TX I had planned on either putting it in the windshield or mounting it to the airdam. I don't plan on drilling holes in the nose of my 'Bird.