RFID toll road tag behind nose cone

[vpblur]

Does anyone know if an RFID tag/sticker for a toll road (like E470 in Colorado) will work when stuck to the inside of the nose cone on an MS?

 

[iRia]

On YouTube there was a guy who took the black, external EZpass and put it behind the nose cone of his S.

 

[DaniK]

I'm in TX and tried several spots for the "sticker" from TXTag following Tesla docs to place it to the right of the rearview mirror to no avail.
I ended up getting the external TXTag, and installed it over the top of the front license plate and it works well. IMHO, I don't mind the "looks" of it, with a minor inconvenience of it covering up the word "TEXAS" at the top of my plate.

 

[tomas]

Does anyone know if an RFID tag/sticker for a toll road (like E470 in Colorado) will work when stuck to the inside of the nose cone on an MS?

Yes. I have done. Use heavy duty Velcro. There’s an obvious metal beam to attach to.

 

[vpblur]

Yes. I have done. Use heavy duty Velcro. There’s an obvious metal beam to attach to.

Awesome. Will try it and report back. Stealth install...

 

[GlmnAlyAirCar]

Yes the service center put it there for me the day I picked up my car new in 2015. Haven't thought about it since.

 

[David.85D]

I had bad luck trying this. Kept getting video tolls (tag didn’t read). Never figured out what was wrong... went back to the license plate position.

 

[chammerbeck]

Same here for Illannoy toll ipass....I put mine behind the bumper and had nothing but troubles. Just ty-wrapped mine to the "grill" under the front plate. No more issues. Must be something in the paint/plastic blocking the RF.

 

[tomas]

Same here for Illannoy toll ipass....I put mine behind the bumper and had nothing but troubles. Just ty-wrapped mine to the "grill" under the front plate. No more issues. Must be something in the paint/plastic blocking the RF.

Hmm. Mine Illinois and works fine.

 

[benaj]

Same here, I used HD velcro to attach the black license plate mount style iPass to the forward edge of the aluminum bumper crash beam behind the nose cone and seems to be working just fine. We have had only 3 or 4 video tolls over the past few years and I suspect those were related to rolling speed through tollbooth vs actual RFID transmission failure.

 

[David.85D]

For the people that had it work, did you pay attention to horizontal or vertical mounting (in which plane did you mount it?) and/or whether it was centered left to right on the car?

 

[benaj]

Horizontal mounting and high up on bumper beam IIRC to get as far away from parking sensor wiring as possible. It has been long enough ago that I don't remember exactly, would have to pop the nosecone off and take a look.