Do you run a front plate?

jc43089

I bought the "no plate" OE front trim piece on my e36 and never got pulled over for it in 6 years and it was never noticed or mentioned the one time I got pulled over for a tail light out. If I were you I would not drill the bumper. Maybe you have to pay a fine once in awhile but I wouldn't think you would get bothered much in a car like that. But if you get stupid with an officer they might look for everything possible.

Just say there was nowhere to put it on this car, get a tow hook mount if you get a "fix it" ticket and need to get it inspected that you installed one.

KaiserRolls

I don't run one. Was pulled over for it. No ticket.

Gf doesn't run one. She was pulled over for it. No ticket

WickedM4

jc43089 said:

Just say there was nowhere to put it on this car, get a tow hook mount if you get a "fix it" ticket and need to get it inspected that you installed one.

Oh if I do get pulled over I plan to play stupid and say I bought the car out of state they didn't don't require them so they never offered it LOL .. don't know if it'll work but thats my story (which is legit, I did have to go out of state to find it) and I'm sticking too it.

B C

I run a front plate because

I like to avoid any undue attention from Officer Friendly.

Like everyone else, I like the look of a car without an ugly US front plate but it doesnt affect my driving enjoyment.

Also: cant get pulled over in my own garage.

B C

WickedM4 said:

jc43089 said:

Just say there was nowhere to put it on this car, get a tow hook mount if you get a "fix it" ticket and need to get it inspected that you installed one.

Oh if I do get pulled over I plan to play stupid and say I bought the car out of state they didn't don't require them so they never offered it LOL .. don't know if it'll work but thats my story (which is legit, I did have to go out of state to find it) and I'm sticking too it.

Just tell him the front fell off

Earl

I don't run them and neither does the girlfriend. I never have any issues and haven't had it mentioned during any traffic incidences other than being pulled over in High School once in my then 87 Mazda B2200 for having no rear plate lights.

REKIII

I don't run one on any of my vehicles. Was pulled over once by a state in the e39. Gave me a warning, no fix it. Depends how bored the cops are.

I will continue to refuse. If I ever get a fix it, I'll install one using one of those tow hook mounts, go get it signed off, them promptly remove it.

straight6pwr

never have. got pulled over once (in 15 years) by a statey for it, just a verbal warning.

m42b32

Never had a front plate on any of my cars and I haven't had any issues. I think living in the Milwaukee area helps as the police have a lot more to do...

B C

People in Milwaukee dont run rear plates either and they seem to drive around just fine.

i_love_cars

yea fuck that. I've never run one and got pulled over once in my life specifically for that - got an equipment failure notice so I had to get it "fixed" which lasted for like 5 minutes once I had them sign off on the plate.

My M3 does not have holes drilled in the bumper for the front plate, and if I ever get pulled over, I do have the JDM-Yo' plate hook that goes into the tow hook hole that the prior owner used because the NASA rent-a-cop threatened to report her to real cops if she didn't put the plate on.

The retarded thing is that 50% of the states in this country already don't require a front plate. Why the rest don't just follow suit is beyond me.

wasnt m3

I generally don't run a front plate on anything I have. The only exceptions are vehicles that I've had with front plate brackets that aren't easily removable. I have never been stopped for not running one and usually put on over 25k miles per year.

KaiserRolls

I believe WI was thinking about it for a while, to save money

B C

They would probably save 11%

suspenceful

I haven't ran a front plate on any of my cars since I got my license.

I was pulled for it in my Miata once. It was on a Friday night downtown and the officer said it was a good reason to pull me over to check for drunk driving. He could tell I was sober, gave me a verbal warning and I drove off.

I've also been pulled over for it in my 1 series - by state troopers each time. First time I just received a written warning. He also measured my tint and gave me a warning for that as well. The second time (different trooper), I was given a $200 ticket for it and got another written warning for window tint and loud exhaust. I paid the ticket and said fuck the police. Was pulled over a third time by the same previous trooper. He saw I still didn't have a front plate and this time wrote me a $300 ticket for front window tint. Gave a written warning for no front plate, rear window tint, and exhaust. I paid the tint ticket and said fuck the police again.

I have since bought a front tow-hook mount for a plate. I never use it but if I get another ticket, I'll mount it and go to court. I recently drove all the way to Texas and back without an issue.

My car is not loud. The tint is not that dark.

Jdesign

I have been pulled over 3 times for it. 2 warnings and a fix it ticket. I only have a front plate on my daily. everything else I do not now.

The one time that I got a ticket, I had to take a 10 min drive to the cop shop and zip tied the plate on and a they dismissed it. I cut the zip ties and drove away LOL.

REKIII

The reason the state would get rid of the plate is to save funds. It would cut the cost of plates (for them) in half.

The police are very against getting rid of it The reason they tell us is to more easily identify stolen cars. If a car doesn't have a front plate, they assume it's stolen, because thieves only bother to steal a rear plate then ditch the front plate.....OK. The REAL reason they want to keep front plates is because it is a perfect spot to bounce the radar/laser off your car. 9 times out of 10, if you get pulled over for no front plate it's because they couldn't get a decent radar of your speed and they are butthurt about it.

patsbimmer1

I haven't been pulled over for no front plate since I started driving BMW's and I never put one on my wife's Volvo. With my 240sx I was pulled over frequently but it was typically something that was tacked on to the exhaust ticket.

REKIII said:

The reason the state would get rid of the plate is to save funds. It would cut the cost of plates (for them) in half.

The police are very against getting rid of it The reason they tell us is to more easily identify stolen cars. If a car doesn't have a front plate, they assume it's stolen, because thieves only bother to steal a rear plate then ditch the front plate.....OK. The REAL reason they want to keep front plates is because it is a perfect spot to bounce the radar/laser off your car. 9 times out of 10, if you get pulled over for no front plate it's because they couldn't get a decent radar of your speed and they are butthurt about it.

Please don't tell me you actually believe that's how those systems work.

WickedM4

Thanks for all the replies, I feel a little safer that I'm not going to get dicked with for no plate .. fingers are crossed.

REKIII

patsbimmer1 said:

I haven't been pulled over for no front plate since I started driving BMW's and I never put one on my wife's Volvo. With my 240sx I was pulled over frequently but it was typically something that was tacked on to the exhaust ticket.

Please don't tell me you actually believe that's how those systems work.

Do enlighten me, please share how laser and radar systems work. You better fvcking say that it works with some technology other than sending a signal out to a moving object and getting the signal back then measuring the time difference between cycles.

WIBIMMERS

Do you run a front plate?