Redundant front marque plates, stupid or no?
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See, your car and that Mazda and Lexus IS, front plates would look terrible. I see zero area for one where it would look clean. That's just these newer designs with the large grilles. I think your S-Class would look stupid with a front plate.
And I do feel you guys in different states, my spouse got several no front plate tickets in California when we were there. I never changed my TN plates lol. I remember people with G-Wagens with the plates upright in the windshield since the windshield is vertical.
I think on my LX it looks very clean. But yeah, if the holes weren't there in the bumper I wouldn't have gone out of my way to put it on.
Hah, I have a UT Alumni rear plate frame on my LS430.....it's so old and worn (bc I put it there when I graduated ages ago) but I love it.
Absolutely I'm NOT touching the front bumper with any vanity plates on my LS430 once it's repainted.
And I do feel you guys in different states, my spouse got several no front plate tickets in California when we were there. I never changed my TN plates lol. I remember people with G-Wagens with the plates upright in the windshield since the windshield is vertical.
I think on my LX it looks very clean. But yeah, if the holes weren't there in the bumper I wouldn't have gone out of my way to put it on.
Absolutely I'm NOT touching the front bumper with any vanity plates on my LS430 once it's repainted.
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Sorry, I just don't care for how that looks, don't be so sensitive.
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For the topic of a front plate, I do think it depends a bit on the vehicle. They are required in my state. The front plate on my Tundra and on my Highlander don't really bother me. I hate it on the GS350, so I'm running without one on that car. I may end up with a fix-it ticket at some point but I'll deal with that if/when it happens.
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I don't like that at all, it's just not clean. Would never go out of my way. But like I said the holes were already there in my case and I personally think it looks good on my vehicle, the choice of plate I used. If it was a full sized plate with a huge chrome Lexus logo it would look absolutely ridiculous, like this plate.
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