Front License Plate

[Trips]

Probably a good time to put this up.

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Nebraska should be a different color as you can pay a $100/year fee to not have a front plate.

 

[Thomas Edison]

Nebraska should be a different color as you can pay a $100/year fee to not have a front plate.

That's an interesting way of doing it.

 

[Chewy3]

So now w know what front license plate looks like

 

[ccdisce]

We don't use front plates in GA so I bolted a vanity plate showing a road bike against a yellow background to my 2002 Mustang and will probably drop a green background version on the MS100D as it is supposed to come with a plate holder bolted underneath with external torx bolts and double sided foam tape.

The 3s are Hybrid_ed in by a Prius.

 

[melindav]

here's a euro front plate (photo from the Supercharger app, Orange, FR)

 

[insaneoctane]

here's a euro front plate (photo from the Supercharger app, Orange, FR)
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Euro plates have always looked cooler to me. Don't know why, but still true in your photo.

 

[AustinPowers]

here's a euro front plate (photo from the Supercharger app, Orange, FR)

That's how I imagined it will look like on mine.
I don't get what the fuss is about anyway. Coming from a country/continent where no one dares to drive around without a front licence plate, I am so used to the fact that on the contrary cars without front licence plates look strange to me, awkward even, somehow "naked" or incomplete in a way.

 

[flamingoezz]

If theres no holes drilled in the front of the car to mount the plate, im not so sure that excuse would work

Perhaps a "broken" front plate mount is the answer? You could keep it under your seat with the broken pieces and some screws and indicate it just happened.

 

[MarcCBR]

I think I'll mount my Model 3's front plate in the box next to my Miata's front plate where it has been for 14 years!

LOL, I keep my LEAF front license plate in the trunk along with the mounting bracket they gave to install it with. It's been there for 6 years.

 

[MarcCBR]

California. City's parking enforcement is known to write tickets for cars with only the rear license plate. They tend to target tuner cars and higher end brands (Tesla is included). I've heard horror stories of people accumulating thousands of dollars of no plate ticket fines over the lifetime of the vehicle.

Those tow hook mounts that some cars can use is the best option. I have gotten lectured at by an overzealous cop who insisted that the plate had to be squarely in the middle.

Example for BMW / and VAG cars: US Mill Works - Front License Plate Brackets

Good find. I'll keep that in mind if I get a fix it ticket for not having a front plate.

 

[gambit48]

Perhaps a "broken" front plate mount is the answer? You could keep it under your seat with the broken pieces and some screws and indicate it just happened.

If they care, they'll write the ticket regardless. I legitimately had a messed up front plate one time that was damaged in an accident. Cop wrote me up anyways (just for that too) and said I still could have put it up with tape or zip ties. Then recommended I get a new one from the DMV if I felt like it.

 

[gambit48]

Anyone who counts a state that doesn't touch the pacific as a west coast state isn't using the proper definition of the word.

George Strait begs to differ ;-)

I'm proud of the fact that I don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Well, then. I've got some ocean front property in AZ (that West Coast state) I'd like to offer at a great price!

 

[Mr X]

What do you mean? Front license plates are absolutely required in California.

"Required" for what?


No front plate on my car and it drives great without it.

 

[Glamisduner]

It sure looks bad with a front plate, but I'll be putting it on anyway. It's illegal to run without them in California, although allot of people do it anyway. It's like illegal window tint. Sure it's just a fix it ticket, but it's just a constant obvious violation a cop can use to pull you over. No thanks.

 

[ElecFan]

Here's a video with front plate.

 

[TonyPham]

This is a no-drill bracket that I'm designing & making. Still needs some tweaks (tilt, move up 5").

 

[LGA737]

The car came with a stick on bracket in the trunk. I’m told the adhesive on the bracket is industrial strength so when it goes on, it’s not coming off easily. I’m wondering if some arrangement could be fashioned with some super strong magnet on the bracket and behind the fascia? Then it could be applied and removed when desired.

 

[RobertFF]

Was told at Fashion Island, Ca sales office that a front license plate is not required for a model X or 3 because the license plate would be in front of the "bumper". But it is required for the S because it is behind the "bumper". Is this true?

 

[run-the-joules]

Was told at Fashion Island, Ca sales office that a front license plate is not required for a model X or 3 because the license plate would be in front of the "bumper". But it is required for the S because it is behind the "bumper". Is this true?

I've been told it's because the S was crash tested with the bracket, so it has to be there at delivery per federal regulations. The X & 3, not so.

 

[run-the-joules]

The car came with a stick on bracket in the trunk. I’m told the adhesive on the bracket is industrial strength so when it goes on, it’s not coming off easily. I’m wondering if some arrangement could be fashioned with some super strong magnet on the bracket and behind the fascia? Then it could be applied and removed when desired.

I'm going to keep a small amount of clear 3M film in case I ever get a fix it ticket. Then I'll apply film, install bracket, get signed off, leave and undo the uglification and then remove the film.