ok, so i've been planning on buying a new grill for my 92 camaro since mine's pretty much had it's run.. but the grill i'm getting doesn't really have a place to put the plate.. and it would look very tacky to have a chrome grill with the plate on it..

the great state of washington requires you to have the front plate.. does anyone have any ideas or somthing i could do with my plate to fix this issue?

 

i have seen little brackets that mount under the front end that stick out some in front of the bumper and goes up to hold the plate. im not sure who had it but there are people on this board that heve them... sorry i dont have pics but just wait for them to chime in -Matt

 

my uncle has a 01 ss that he bought some kind of plate holder for from SLP but i never saw it so idk what it looks like.. or how it'd look on my car.. i just really wanna keep it clean looking

 

you could also, just to the ol' red neck way, like my uncle, and put it in the passenger side of the windshield on the dash.

 

haha, i like that way, but is that legal?.

 

im about 75% sure its legal, in WI. but if you get pulled over, you don't know me. but seriously, i think that it is legal, if you don't have a front licence plate holder, ive seen it a few times on some trucks.

 

guess i'll give that a try and hope i don't get pulled over by the small town cops in west richland (i swear their the most bored PD ever.. they've giving sooo many tickets over stuff they made up) lol, i could go on and on about them.. but i'll give it a try.. i looked on SLP's site, and i didn't see anything on the license plate holder, i'll get on in a bit and look again

 

ok i have been lookin for pics but no luck yet... what im talking about is a plate holder that has these 2 flat bars that are bolted to the front bumper impact bar (under the nose the flat metal) it goes under the ground effect and curves up. Then a piece of metal the size of the plate which mounts to the bars. The plate then mounts to that metal. This makes the plate sit in front of the car about 2 inches and it doesn't touch the body of the car at all. I have seen pics of this on this board and ill keep an eye out for you. -Matt

 

Yea i'd like to see some pics so if you find them it'd be apperciated.. you'd think it'd look kind of tacky tho having 2 bars come up from under the car wouldn't you? just IMO...

 

you can barely see it.. You could proly paint it black to hide it more then just silver

 

alright then.. i looked on SLP and found one for a 4th gen, but no luck for 3rds.. so i'll keep looking too.. lol, kinda like playing hide and seek isn't it?

 

here is a pic that might give you an idea... still havn't found that pic tho. Here ya go tho

 

if your cars lowered at all wouldn't it scrape?

 

well i would say that the air dam scrapes on curbs anyways but yea it prolly would... i still wish i could find that pic for you.. i swear i seen it here!!

 

i've seen one that i think Stephen made for his firebird.. but i havn't seen anything for the camaro's.. ive been thinking of ways to do it all day, but still havn't come up with anything good..

 

That was me....

Hidden Front License Plate Holder

 

I don't have any good ideas for mounting, but I may be able to chime in re. front window. I live in Oregon, and my old Toyota's mounting brackets broke off, so we went to the DMV and they said that having it in the passenger side windshield would be fine, no problem. A few months later, a cop pulled me over and gave me a ticket for having it in the windshield instead of the bumper.

I don't know if Washington works the same way, but in my experience Washington and Oregon are pretty similar on things like that. So it may or may not work.

 

If the DMV says the windshield plate is legal, get it in writing, on official letterhead. Without that, you have no defense in a court. I'd sspect, a judge would dismiss the ticket, FOR THAT ONE OFFENSE. And tell you no, it's NOT legal, the DMV employee was wrong. Next time your caught, it wouldn't be dismissed.

 

I'm in MD and I see that quit a bit.

Well, I've asked a few cops about it, they all say it's illegal. And I know people that have gotten tickets for it.

Next time you see a cop, just ask him.

I'm sure you could get away with it. But all it takes is that one cop that is having a bad day, and your getting pulled over and having to go to court. At least have the plate in the car, and tell the cops you have already ordered a bracket, just waiting for it to come in.

 

It wasn't dismissed, seeing as it was just a fix-it ticket, which is likely the most anyone will get. I was just posting to say it wasn't as legal as others were saying.

I seriously doubt that any judge would care enough to convict someone for a license plate that is in the wrong place, the most I could ever see is a fix-it ticket, if not just a warning. It really isn't that big of an infraction.

 

Heres a way to beat all those problems.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y0TS3SInyoY

 

that is a sick idea, if only i was good at fabing stuff..

 

that is bada** that is sweet. hell i dont need a front plate but i would almost want one just because lol

 

Here's what I made for my car:

 

Hey Boss: This is basically what i was talkin about but a little farther from the front... doesn't hurt your car but it doesn't really stick out bad either! thanks BretD i have been lookin for this design for a bit lol thanks alot -Matt

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/82-83...QQcmdZViewItem


ok.. that grill was what i was talking about..

(minus the cool headlights, if anyone knows where i could pick me up a set of those also feel free to post and tell me where)

my car will pretty much look like that (the black part anyways)

so could someone photoshop a pic maybe?

 

http://hawksthirdgenparts.com/index....ROD&ProdID=110


black88cam has 1 on his car heres a couple of pics

 

gotta say those are some sick rims.. anyone know what kind they are?.. and $170's too much for me.. teh ebay one was like $100 less shipped..

 

Looks just like what I made fir my GTA, that I posted above. Except I made mine shorter, and can't be seen. Just the plate itself can.

Why'd you mount yours off-center though?