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Front license plate options?
- Thread starter Todd Burch
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I made a request before my Leaf was delivered to have them NOT drill the holes, but the dealer did it anyways.
Then they had me sign an acknowledgement that I accept the car with the holes drilled.
I guess the alternative would have been to wait another year to get one that hadn't been defaced.
My "clean look" recessed plate is marred by two hole plugs down on the bumper below. :redface:
Then they had me sign an acknowledgement that I accept the car with the holes drilled.
I guess the alternative would have been to wait another year to get one that hadn't been defaced.
My "clean look" recessed plate is marred by two hole plugs down on the bumper below. :redface:
You sure that's legal?I did something a bit like that on my Leaf:
V C Section 5201 Positioning of Plates
Tommy
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I think what TEG has is a SHIELD over his license plate, that is permitted provided it doesn't block reading of the license plate visually or electronically.
The pictures I posted were of the first mounting experiment. I have since made a rectangular cutout for the plate numbers that is clear, so it is completely readable (although less cool looking) in all sorts of lighting now. So far no tickets or hassles... I think I am OK with it, but we shall see.
Nik
Got there eventually :-)
See attached for UK registration plate configuration on the Maserati Quattroporte and the Audi A7.
I think the Maserati front end is the closest to the Model S, and I don't think that the plate detracts from it at all.
I think the Maserati front end is the closest to the Model S, and I don't think that the plate detracts from it at all.
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I think it does. I think the Audi looks good in regards to the license plate anyway, and the Maserati it looks like it came as a shock for the designer he needs a license plate and spent around 10 mins "designing" that solution. It doesn't ruin the fact that the Maserati is a good looking car, but it sure affect the design, in my eyes anyway.
Cobos
Cobos
Not to mention that European license plates have (more intelligently, in my opinion) a wider aspect ratio than U.S. license plates--which helps a bit with this sort of thing.
here is a comparison between two (better IMO) shots of the Quattroporte (one Euro and one Canadian)
http://www.autoblog.nl/gallery/0_Reviews/Maserati/Quattroporte_Sport_GT_S/Maserati_Quattroporte_Sport_GT_S_07.jpg
http://www.madwhips.com/upload/images/maserati_quattroporte_sport_gt_opp_cop_car_1.JPG
strider
Active Member
Woah, what the heck are you all doing in Canada? Cops in a Maserati? Down here we find it wasteful when cops are in Camaros.
Don’t think they are standard issue.
I believe it was a publicity gimmick with the commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police.
edit: more digging reveals that it was part of a fundraiser in the Ferrari Sick Kids Rally in 2008.
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NigelM
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Less on the Mounties and more on the License Plate Mount: I think the front end is still being tweaked; has anyone seen a Model S with fog lights yet?
So it looks like mounting the plate down low--perhaps covering some of the air intake--is the winner. (Given Tesla gives that position the O.K).
To me, this rendering suggests Audi style placement of the front plate in the center of the "grill" (for Euro style plates at least).
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
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