Refreshed Model S Front License Plate Holder

[Robert_Phoenix]

I took delivery of my Refreshed Model S on Feb 18th at the Scottsdale, AZ delivery center. The car was in almost perfect condition with only a minor left front beltline trim misalignment which will be fixed by Mobile Service.

I am thinking about leaving the front license plate holder on due to its affect on the crash test results. The back of the holder has a compression zone which I assume helps with the crash results.

What are the communities opinions on this?

Thanks!

 

[cwanja]

Unless you hit something so lightly and so squared on the front bumper that the license plate holder takes all the impact, your bumper is getting effected.

I removed mine.

 

[askewed]

I removed mine to wrap the nose. Did not put it back on but my state requires a front plate so I got a SnapPlate which is working very well.

 

[hotsoup]

+1 to SnapPlate. My county stopped enforcing the front plate law officially as well, so that was nice.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Unless you hit something so lightly and so squared on the front bumper that the license plate holder takes all the impact, your bumper is getting effected.

I removed mine.

I agree. I think the effect of the license plate holder on crash tests is a 0.0004% difference. IOW, it doesn't matter. I haven't had a front plate on my cars for 20+ years.

 

[Rikster]

I definitely prefer the look of the MS front end without the plate! In Nebraska, there's an option to pay an annual $40 fee to delete the front plate requirement (highway robbery, I think, but still worth it).

My PPF guy said he could easily remove my front plate when he does the PPF and Ceramic coating (right after I buy the car).

 

[cwanja]

I definitely prefer the look of the MS front end without the plate! In Nebraska, there's an option to pay an annual $40 fee to delete the front plate requirement (highway robbery, I think, but still worth it).

My PPF guy said he could easily remove my front plate when he does the PPF and Ceramic coating (right after I buy the car).

Super easy to remove and any halfway trained detailed should be able. $40 / annually to remove a license plate requirement sounds like highway robbery.

 

[Proppilot]

I do not believe that it affects the crash test result but more the discussion has been that the car was crash tested with it on so SCs will not remove it.

 

[chickensworth]

I do not believe that it affects the crash test result but more the discussion has been that the car was crash tested with it on so SCs will not remove it.

The bigger issue is drag… I heard it reduces 0-60 by .01 and decreases range by 10 miles depending on how you drive it

 

[TheMarsMan]

I removed mine almost immediately, I think it looks terrible.

 

[Sbaimo]

Front plate takes away from the looks of the cat. But I have visited Santa Monica a few times and I receive a ticket from the meter maids every time. I bit the bullet and my car now wears the front license plate

 

[darstar007]

Curious, how hard/easy is it to remove the front license plate holder? I haven't had a front license plate in California for the last 30 years.

 

[cwanja]

Curious, how hard/easy is it to remove the front license plate holder? I haven't had a front license plate in California for the last 30 years.

Heat up the tape and slowly pull it off. Plenty of YouTube videos on it. Which is to say, it is easy but have patience.