I ordered my stickers as soon as my standard plate arrived, and have had them on my vehicle for 2 months now. It took 40 days from order date for them to arrive. I can’t say they have helped all that much, since most of the HOV lanes in the Bay Areal are getting converted to FasTrak Express lanes. Even the 50% discount with the sticker seems overpriced most of the time, so I find myself just avoiding them.
Mine took about 4.5 months.... Early December order and received mid-April.
Correct. I doubt the program will be extended beyond 9/30/2025 due to the number of toll roads now replacing HOV lanes.
Magnets will not stick to the plastic bumper (front or rear).
Thank you...looks like it's Decal+PPF on the PPF.Magnets will not stick to the plastic bumper (front or rear).
Here are the locations to stick them on (large ones on the rear sides, small ones on the front bumper; see Clean Air Vehicle Decals for Using Carpool and HOV Lanes - California DMV ):
If you are wanting to apply them with magnets so that you can immediately remove them after your drive (which you should to avoid theft), there is no place on the front bumper of the Model 3 that will work. For the rear side stickers, magnets will work on the quarter panel above the bumper seam.
Yes, that is how I did it on my wife's M3. On my MS, I put it on the black plastic below the bumper. No PPF there.Thank you...looks like it's Decal+PPF on the PPF.
No problem at all, comes out just as easy (assuming the bottom PPF is applied to a surface already). Just apply some soapy water in between the layers (getting the water in as a corner is lifted) and it comes off fairly easily. Where it becomes really hard to get PPF off PPF is if both tacky sides stick to each other (which might happen before application).
Just curious as to what plate number you put down on the paperwork. Did you use the paper plates, did you know your metal plates, or did you leave it blank?
I used my Paper Tag numbers/letters. Based on the paperwork I have now - my metal plate registration was issued on 7/03 - car picked up 6/17. The CAV HOV decal card was issued 7/13. So the 10 day overlap between Metal Plate issuance and their processing of my decals must have been enough that they just used the new plate information. I sent in the application within 3-4 days of when I picked up the car. When the check cleared the DMV, I knew I was ok.
Did you put them on? If so what did you use? PPF, Magnet, or just straight on the car?
Yes, put them on fully using the PPF backing first. Basically, I didn’t want to give the police another excuse to pull me over. Used a wet application method and lined them up accordingly. Happy with how it came out - and every time I commute in the HOV past traffic, they(stickers) bother me less and less.
