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Old 04-28-11, 10:02 AM
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hey guys i have a quick question, as you know some of our cars dont come with front license plates and no front mounts. if we got a fix ticket for no front license plate what do we do O.o do we have to add our own front plate mount ourselves or ***** at the cop hahaha
Old 04-28-11, 10:21 AM
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California Laws & Regulations mandates that front license plate is a must regardless. I know, it sucks.
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My IS has the bracket and mount. Some dealerships do not put the front plates on. If you get a front plate fix it ticket, you should take it to CHP and have them sign it off then you pay the $15 fee (I think..)
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yeah i no but we do i tell the chp? that some cars dont come with front license plate mounts and mine was one of them? hahaha u think they will still sign it off?
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The cost is actually $25 to process. The CHP station near downtown LA verifies your front plate by looking at the car from their office window. Try out your luck because it's worked for me in the past.
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My IS has the bracket and mount. Some dealerships do not put the front plates on. If you get a front plate fix it ticket, you should take it to CHP and have them sign it off then you pay the $15 fee (I think..)
Don't even try that. They're just going to laugh at you.
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yeah i no but we do i tell the chp? that some cars dont come with front license plate mounts and mine was one of them? hahaha u think they will still sign it off?
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just zip tie it to the lower grill in the bumper.
the cops will just check to see if its secure. if it is, they'll sign off.

look what i did to mine.
flipped OEM bracket upside down, played around with zip ties and small plastic tubes to make it so i'm happy with it.
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Originally Posted by LilMan23
yeah i no but we do i tell the chp? that some cars dont come with front license plate mounts and mine was one of them? hahaha u think they will still sign it off?
Won't matter what you tell them. They won't sign it off until there's a plate secured to your front bumper.
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Yup, dont drill holes in your bumper just put double side sticky tape and you should be good.
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zip ties.

i remember hearing a story where some lambo owner got a no front plate ticket. he used scotch tape to hold the front plates and the police wrote the ticket off.
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It depends on the cop guys.

I went to go get my ticket signed off on my old car with the license plate zip tied down and the officer got REALLY pissed and basically told me to GTFO before he finds reasons to ticket me more. There's always those cops that take it very seriously, and if its not bolted down they will not sign it off. Gotta be careful, heard the same issue with people using double sided tape too. Might want to do something like 09starfire did, looks like it hides the way you "temporarily" have it mounted to get it signed off.
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