Tesla + EZPass = uglified. Need ideas!

[HankLloydRight]

Word of warning with EZPass (NY/NJ).. use black tape or water based paint. Years ago I spray painted two EZPass tags... and when I had to send them back to be replaced with the smaller, newer versions, they dinged me a $35/each "defacement" fee for painting the tags. They were still totally operational, and they obviously weren't going to be reused (they were being phased out), so it was just a greedy money grab which I tried to fight, but got nowhere fast.

 

[navinsiri]

Word of warning with EZPass (NY/NJ).. use black tape or water based paint. Years ago I spray painted two EZPass tags... and when I had to send them back to be replaced with the smaller, newer versions, they dinged me a $35/each "defacement" fee for painting the tags. They were still totally operational, and they obviously weren't going to be reused (they were being phased out), so it was just a greedy money grab which I tried to fight, but got nowhere fast.

I used plastidip on my tags so I can peel off the paint if I ever have to return it.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Good idea. Plastidip wasn't a think 15 years ago when I first painted my tags.

 

[Marsnaut]

I used plastidip on my tags so I can peel off the paint if I ever have to return it.

How does this work? You spray it with plastidip and then it leaves a peelable layer? I've never used it before so I'm curious.

 

[tensoneu]

How does this work? You spray it with plastidip and then it leaves a peelable layer? I've never used it before so I'm curious.

Yes, some plastidip parts of their cars (usually emblems and wheels)

 

[davedavedave]

Just bought some Rustoleum FlexiDip. Will post pics when done.

 

[John Lamoureux]

Just bought some Rustoleum FlexiDip. Will post pics when done.

I just did this! I have to do some touch up on the pass, and the paint isn't an exact match to the "gunmetal" gray of the back on the screen, but I think it's better than white and up near the mirror.

John

 

[ranova]

The Cali fastrak responders can be read in the arm rest center console tray. As a backup, cali will just charge based on plates without a fee

 

[davedavedave]

I just did this! I have to do some touch up on the pass, and the paint isn't an exact match to the "gunmetal" gray of the back on the screen, but I think it's better than white and up near the mirror.

John

Nice!

 

[davedavedave]

Here’s mine:


I opted to go black and mount on the windshield with a suction cup holder. Not invisible, but close!

 

[PoitNarf]

Here’s mine:
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I opted to go black and mount on the windshield with a suction cup holder. Not invisible, but close!

Just an FYI, I had my NJ EZPass mounted vertically as well and kept getting failed reads at tolls. When I put it back to a horizontal orientation it worked all of the time.

 

[ℬête Noire]

Y’all sure are backwards up on the east coast. In Texas we have a very small sticker with a RFID chip that goes inside the windshield by the rear view mirror.
https://www.txtag.org/en/about/basics_installing.shtml

Downside is that there isn't really any camouflaging that white rectangle on the windshield. At least that I know of? Maybe you could permanent marker the adhesive before sticking it on but not sure how that'd work out?

P.S. I've never seen anyone do it but I expect you'd be able to stick it to a stiff plastic card if for some reason you wanted it as a temporary thing. I did that for our HOA gate, which uses them. I peeled it off a car I was trading in and stuck it to a laminated card I had laying around. I carry it and use it for opening the gate when on a golf cart a bicycle.

 

[davedavedave]

Downside is that there isn't really any camouflaging that white rectangle on the windshield. At least that I know of? Maybe you could permanent marker the adhesive before sticking it on but not sure how that'd work out?

P.S. I've never seen anyone do it but I expect you'd be able to stick it to a stiff plastic card if for some reason you wanted it as a temporary thing. I did that for our HOA gate, which uses them. I peeled it off a car I was trading in and stuck it to a laminated card I had laying around. I carry it and use it for opening the gate when on a golf cart a bicycle.

Did you see my pics above?

 

[Marsnaut]

Does anyone know if holding the EZ Pass up or leaving it in the center console works? I've seen sporadic cases across the web of it working and really seems like a "your mileage may vary" situations.

 

[PoitNarf]

Did you see my pics above?

He’s talking about some other kind of toll transponder used in TX. Apparently it’s just some sort of RFID sticker that adheres to the windshield.

Anyway, you guys have inspired me. I’ll be plastidipping my EZPass later this week!

 

[PoitNarf]

Does anyone know if holding the EZ Pass up or leaving it in the center console works? I've seen sporadic cases across the web of it working and really seems like a "your mileage may vary" situations.

I doubt it would work all the way down in the center console. I had issues with it reading properly even mounted in certain spots on my windshield.

 

[ℬête Noire]

Did you see my pics above?

In TX we have EZ-tag stickers. They're really compact so I doubt they'd be seen from inside, certainly not from the driver's seat. But you sort of see them from the outside stuck against the window, though you can get them up nice and over what's usually the tint line.

 

[ebmcs03]

The Cali fastrak responders can be read in the arm rest center console tray. As a backup, cali will just charge based on plates without a fee

Not reliably. I gave up and stuck it on the window

 

[davedavedave]

In TX we have EZ-tag stickers. They're really compact so I doubt they'd be seen from inside, certainly not from the driver's seat. But you sort of see them from the outside stuck against the window, though you can get them up nice and over what's usually the tint line.

Ah - gotcha. In VA we also have mandatory inspection stickers, that seem bigger than the EZ-tags. One would think they could just build all this into the license plate renewal stickers...

 

[davedavedave]

Not reliably. I gave up and stuck it on the window

Same here - I checked online and my EZ-pass was only registering about %50 of the time from the center console, and they have some rather stiff penalties for I66 in VA.