tom_s

Like a policeman's badge deflecting a bullet and saving his/her life, my front license plate "took the bullet" the other day from a truck's bumper and prevented my front bumper cover from getting scratched. The license plate itself got scratched and bent instead (easily unbent).

Some cars look atrocious with a front plate installed but in my opinion Fioravanti took this into consideration when styling the IS. Without a front plate things appear just a bit unbalanced, as if something is missing. [I am glad, however, the IS does not have busy-looking bumper strips]

Plus I don't present a "cause" to attract "attention" in the front-plate-mandatory state I live in.

Tip: I installed the plate mount myself and used extra short screws for the plate itself thereby preventing two unscreen scratches to the bumper cover.

eric_r_ho

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Still prefer not having a front plate..I only get pulled over for it about once a yr so I mean what's another $10..

is350drive

IMHO, not the best looking, but it saved you a scratch in you bumber!! thats great!

SGMIS3

No front plate is only a $10 ticket? In canada, its $109

mvlbr

Front plate

LEXMAN350

I agree it looks so much better without the front license plate but I have already been pulled over 2 times in the past 6 months....Just got tired of having the cops pull me to the side and write me a ticket. It also spooks me sort of when the cops flash their lights on me telling me to pull over. Now I just keep my front license plate on

huddleston

iTrader: (3)

+1.............

Magellan

There’s no question that our cars looks better without a front plate. But the real reason we should support front plate laws is not to avoid being pulled over, as often mentioned in these threads, and not just to enhance municipality revenue from those cursed intersection cameras, but to add a valuable tool to law enforcement. With front plates, law enforcement looking for criminal activity like bank robbers, kidnapers and even car thieves, can often not only read license plates in their direction, but those in opposing traffic as well, often doubling their chances of spotting a bad guy.

MARINE

Whats a front plate?

Little E

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Glad your bumper was saved by the front plate. Yeah, having a front plate might not look as clean, but a front bumper smashed in would look even worse.

XprincoX

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i don't have a front plate anymore, but my clear bra has saved me a couple times on the freeway. .

Ramon

no front plate for me. I think the IS looks much better without it.

Kaydee

went up to 135 i think...booo

ahha I know what you mean, same thing happened to me and was glad it was there. Luckily the force wasn't strong enough to break the bracket