Front Plates....on or off?

[chemicalstylez]

I've noticed very few f-bodies in NJ without front plates. I recently took mine off my z28 and WS6 and i haven't been bothered at all. I must say, the front of the cars look A LOT better without the plates. I know that in NJ you get a $42 ticket for not having one, but i think the look is worth the risk. (I've been pulled over once so far, and the cop didn't mention it)

Anyone else agree?

[Savage_Messiah]

I agree, had mine off for a while but then figured my car's no show car and I've got enough other stuff to get pulled over for (any reason's a good one in north jersey) so put it back on.

[hardline_42]

F-bodies definitely look better without front plates but it isn't worth it IMO. I got pulled over three times and got a ticket each time before I finally decided to put it back on.

[camaro2you]

im gonna be running with it off but im going to have it in the car someplace.

[Rich189]

i put mine on....i got pulled over twice for it on the way home from work (and i still had temp tags on) damn cranbury cops just thank god for the fop and pba cards i carry :P

[hardline_42]

i put mine on....i got pulled over twice for it on the way home from work (and i still had temp tags on) damn cranbury cops just thank god for the fop and pba cards i carry :P
Most of the tickets I've gotten have been in Cranbury. What's up with that? They're pretty heartless. I had my plate in the windshield and they still gave me a ticket every time.

[WayFast84]

my plates are riged onto my grill with them twist things that cam on loafs of bread, so I can take them off in seconds.. I need a whole new plate set up and its not worth the money for something i dont need..I just need some zip ties and ill be set!

[hardline_42]

my plates are riged onto my grill with them twist things that cam on loafs of bread, so I can take them off in seconds.. I need a whole new plate set up and its not worth the money for something i dont need..I just need some zip ties and ill be set!
Believe it or not, zip ties are illegal also. Plates have to be attached by a metal bolt. I only know this because, you guessed it, I got pulled over for it.:rollseye:

[Savage_Messiah]

I went thru inspection the first time with my front plate held on by string and they passed me :lol:


well they didnt pass me, but i passed the front plate hahaha

[deadtrend1]

Believe it or not, zip ties are illegal also. Plates have to be attached by a metal bolt. I only know this because, you guessed it, I got pulled over for it.:rollseye:


aint that some ****. I never knew that

[hardline_42]

aint that some ****. I never knew that
It really depends on the cop. I had one of my rear plate bolt holes on my pickup strung up with a zip tie and they didn't mention it when I went to get it inspected. The jack-hole that gave me a ticket for it while driving my camaro gave me three at once:
1)expired inspection sticker
2)improper display of plates
3)improper mounting of plates
It's probably one of those things where they can't stop you for it but if they already got you and they wanna stick it to you...well there you go.

[Rich189]

cranbury cops are mostly ******** its a well known fact apperently.... i did however have one let me go doing 86 in a 55.... mostly because i had 2 fop cards and 2 pba cards with me but he also has a 95 z28 so we started talking cars

[Oddball]

My car looks great with it on....

You live in Jersey. The front plate is required. There are bigger things to fight about.

[BonzoHansen]

Someday I will put one on the front of my 77. I gotta find an NOS bracket. :)

[Tsar]

i agree the car looks better without the front plate and 42 bucks isnt that much to pay. However after it becomes 84, 126, 168 thats kinda alot for stupid lisence plate. I had the same problem when i had my wondows tinted, 45 bucks wasnt much. However when i got pulled over twice in 3 days by the same cop and got two tickets i took it off.

[WayFast84]

Believe it or not, zip ties are illegal also. Plates have to be attached by a metal bolt. I only know this because, you guessed it, I got pulled over for it.:rollseye:
WOOT Im legal now!!!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/Wayfast84/Picture193.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/Wayfast84/Picture192.jpg

[Savage_Messiah]

:roll:

[ar0ck]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/Arock301/My%20Camaro/Camaro1206012.jpg

I haven't had a plate mounted in the front for almost 2 years now. Ive only gotten one ticket for it and one verbal warning. The one ticket was much better then getting a gathering on a rest-stop/street-racing ticket I could have got! Right now its not even in the front window! (*knock on wood*)

Right now its mounted on a home made frame that I keep in the back seat. My excuse is "I was taking photos of the car so I removed the front plate, and due to the cold weather I haven't had a chance to re-mount it ;-)

[chemicalstylez]

Yea i don't think i'm ever gonna put the front plates back on. I guess i'm just lucky enough to have no cops around here care. I have a completely custom 88 Monte Carlo SS i almost never drive, and thats how i've gotten my only front plate ticket. I drive my 95 z28 everyday and NEVER get bothered. Go figure how that works eh? My WS6 is getting some paint/bodywork done, and i bought the front insert with the T/A emblem on it, front plate won't be going back on that one either. And keeping the plate in your car doesn't work, i tried that when i got pulled over with my SS.

[slasherbarb]

front plate= :barf:

took the bracket off as soon as i bought the car...

[maroman88]

i got a ticket for not having it on, while the car was parked at 7-11 lol, so instead of that ugly braket, i cut the plate to the size of where it says CAMARO on the grille, drilled holes in it and bent it to fit the crease in the middle and screwed it on, they didnt say anything with about an inch cut off each side at inspection:) but i failed emmisions and cuz my shift indicator doesnt move!

[qwikz28]

jon's dad has a motorized thing for the front plate on his plymouth i think. i'm actually thinking about mounting it on my air dam so when the cops can see it when i pull the front tires coming out of a toll booth

[coldkilla]

you need to beware and ask your insurance company about it first. long story short: i had mine off for over a year and then all of a sudden i was pulled over twice in one week. got off the first time, not the second. got the 42 dollar ticket, paid it, and when i had to renew my car insurance shortly thereafter, they knew about it and it hurt my premium! i asked why and they said thats how it is, its considered a moving violation, just like driving without registration, plates, inspection, license etc. so i got beat and now they are on. yes 42 bucks aint much but itll get you in the back end.

[Brando56894]

i have mine on but then again i dont have the front "cap" for the bumper so it would look just as bad.

[BonzoHansen]

Based on growing up at the beach, where local cops have nothing to do, here is the big problem with no plates, bad inspection stickers, tint, lights out, etc. It is a reason to get you pulled over (what do they call it, probable cause?). If you have nothing to hide or whatever, then roll the dice. But if your goofy friend has something in his pocket that might not be legal, or you had ½ a beer at dinner, look out. You are sending out the welcome mat. And yes, your friend (or his friend who came along for the ride) the one with the 1/8th that you didn’t even know about, is the one that will screw you in a second, dumping it out on your floor or under the seat.

I never liked having conversations with the local boys, at least ones I didn’t initiate. So I learned to stop inviting them over. And I never liked stupid tickets that cost me money.

I’m rolling the dice with the 77, but I’m older, I have QQ plates, and I have a clean license, so I think I could talk my way out of a ticket. ‘Sorry sir, I am trying to find the right bracket – not easy to get for a 30 year old car’.

Just a thought.

[Teds89IROC]

Had it off, got a ticket after like a year, so its in my windshield now..havent been bothered.

"no front plate pelase"
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/teddyhello2/DSCN1593.jpg

~Ted

[ar0ck]

Based on growing up at the beach, where local cops have nothing to do, here is the big problem with no plates, bad inspection stickers, tint, lights out, etc. It is a reason to get you pulled over (what do they call it, probable cause?). If you have nothing to hide or whatever, then roll the dice. But if your goofy friend has something in his pocket that might not be legal, or you had ½ a beer at dinner, look out. You are sending out the welcome mat. And yes, your friend (or his friend who came along for the ride) the one with the 1/8th that you didn’t even know about, is the one that will screw you in a second, dumping it out on your floor or under the seat.

I never liked having conversations with the local boys, at least ones I didn’t initiate. So I learned to stop inviting them over. And I never liked stupid tickets that cost me money.

I’m rolling the dice with the 77, but I’m older, I have QQ plates, and I have a clean license, so I think I could talk my way out of a ticket. ‘Sorry sir, I am trying to find the right bracket – not easy to get for a 30 year old car’.

Just a thought.

You are absolutely 100% right though about rolling the dice.

I see it like this:
1) I have absolutely nothing to hide
2) If your not doing anything wrong I.E obeying the rules tint is considered a secondary offence they need to get you on something else.
3) I have a perfect driving record
4) I dont drive my car alot, I stay REALLY local so I know the area.
My car only goes to:
A) My Driveway
B) Day Job
C) School (one class at night)
D) Hollister @ The mall (Night Job)
E) Friday nights with the North Crew
F) My Girlfriends house a town over (when shes home from school)

My car spends 75% of its time at A & B.

[Savage_Messiah]

Had it off, got a ticket after like a year, so its in my windshield now..havent been bothered.

"no front plate pelase"
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/teddyhello2/DSCN1593.jpg

~Ted

Bennigan's?

[Shrek]

Funny thing, my car is originally an out of state car, and i refuse to drill the ****ing holes in my bumper...so its in my windshield, went through inspection with it like that yesterday with no problem...i plan on keeping the damn thing off too...not drilling any holes in my car, like my rear bumber, the people i bought the car from, decided to drill two holes in it, and then rivet an aluminum name plate there, i want to kill those bastards....

Shrek

[Teds89IROC]

No, Jose Tejas..remember this? :lol:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/teddyhello2/DSCN1588.jpg

~Ted

[Tsar]

ohh **** i was there!

[maroman88]

i love the custom rolled front lip spoiler mod:)

when i put the new 92 front GFX on it gave the front of the car a whole new shape lol

i also have the sweet gutter guard grilles infront of my aftermarket fogs

no plate

http://image56.webshots.com/56/7/64/54/2818764540074167970cpnFKg_ph.jpg

"custom" cut front plate with no braket(best pic i had of it)

http://image60.webshots.com/60/0/1/15/2493001150074167970QHBAkc_ph.jpg

[Tru2Chevy]

i love the custom rolled front lip spoiler mod :)]

What's this?

- Justin

[Savage_Messiah]

Yea, I remember, there was that cop waiting up on teh hill for like 2 hours :lol:

[maroman88]

tru2chevy....uve never noticed the front chin spoiler curls under and years of abuse and air pushing on it, my new spoiler is nice and erect lol

[Savage_Messiah]

tru2chevy....uve never noticed the front chin spoiler curls under and years of abuse and air pushing on it, my new spoiler is nice and erect lol

Yea he woulddn't know that, that doesn't happen when the car spends its entire life on jackstands in the driveway :rofl:


and uh... I guess you like em nice and erect... whatever floats your boat

[Teds89IROC]

tru2chevy....uve never noticed the front chin spoiler curls under and years of abuse and air pushing on it, my new spoiler is nice and erect lol

I dunno man, I think the pre 91-92 front GFX are made that way. I had a 92 RS before the iroc and its a totally different design and actually comes down lower than the pre 91-92 models. The 89 also has less miles than the 92 did. Got any pics of your 91-92 front GFX that work? I'm still debating whether or not to get just the front and leave the stock GFX on the rest, or to convert all of them, or to just leave it the way it is.

~Ted

[Koll]

When I register my car in FL, they only give me one plate to use.

[JL8Jeff]

Yeah, it's not worth the risk of getting a stupid ticket. It's just an invitation to get pulled over and if the cop is having a bad day you could be in for some fun. No front plate, expired inspection, too dark of tint, all dumb things to get tickets for. And with most of you guys being under 25 it could really hurt on your insurance too.

[maroman88]

yea heres a link, i duno why the pics stopped workin

http://community.webshots.com/album/546618066qJZPaq

[Teds89IROC]

ah, looks good. I think I may have to do the front GFX conversion as well ;-)

~Ted

[SSport]

when my fiance still had the bimmer...i think he got pulled over atleast a dozen times and he would always use the same excuse. My car just got out of the shop and they told me to wait a few days to put the plate on. It always worked except for once in Spotswood where all the cops are **** heads

[qwikz28]

when my fiance still had the bimmer...i think he got pulled over atleast a dozen times and he would always use the same excuse. My car just got out of the shop and they told me to wait a few days to put the plate on. It always worked except for once in Spotswood where all the cops are **** heads
**** head?

[SSport]

**** head?


yea sure why not

[BonzoHansen]

**** head?
yea sure why not
He could have called you **** wrinkle. Or **** hair. :laugh:

[SSport]

yea he could have.......it happens

[maroman88]

bimmer? lol who drives those

ted - thanks, i think it looks like a million times better then my old one, someday when i have some spare money ill do the sides and rear bumper with the aero GFX

[saint]

looks 1000x's better. ive gotten ticketed once for it, and pulled over maybe 3-4 times. im out in cop infested route 37 almost every nice weekend too, so far so good. whatever tho. i dont give a ****, it looks like crap wit the front plate. i like my bird :)

[LS1Hawk]

I think it really depends on the cop. Last summer I was out in the Firehawk and the plate off. I went through 3 towns and passed a cop in each town and nothing happened.

Then this past weekend I was out in my Dad's new GTO. He didn't get the front plate mounted on it because they drill three holes in the front of the car. I was driving down a long road in Franklin Lakes, and a cop was parked waiting for speeders on the other side. So naturally I'm driving very slow and he's got all the time in the world to look at the front of the car. Drove by him, nothing happened. My dad's friend is a retired cop...I should have him ask him.

[ar0ck]

I think it really depends on the cop. Last summer I was out in the Firehawk and the plate off. I went through 3 towns and passed a cop in each town and nothing happened.

Then this past weekend I was out in my Dad's new GTO. He didn't get the front plate mounted on it because they drill three holes in the front of the car. I was driving down a long road in Franklin Lakes, and a cop was parked waiting for speeders on the other side. So naturally I'm driving very slow and he's got all the time in the world to look at the front of the car. Drove by him, nothing happened. My dad's friend is a retired cop...I should have him ask him.

Same exact thing happened to me at least 4 times this week in Fair Lawn, I drove by normal (late at night) and have made eye contact each time and not once has a single cop moved, and thats with the windows up!

[enRo]

Most of the tickets I've gotten have been in Cranbury. What's up with that? They're pretty heartless. I had my plate in the windshield and they still gave me a ticket every time.

My theory... if they see it in your windshield, they see your not following rules and choose not to follow or abide by them, but thats just my theory. If I were to have no plate on my front bumper, it wouldnt be put anywhere else.

Ive been pulled over twice in three days for it after i installed my billit grill, and since i know most of the cops in my town, they "warned" me, basically almost saying "Its all fine and dandy here, but other towns will ticket you" kinda deal. So whatever, I rigged something up that can be removed no less than 5 minutes when i go to carshows/cruise nights .

[BonzoHansen]

Most of the tickets I've gotten have been in Cranbury. What's up with that? They're pretty heartless. I had my plate in the windshield and they still gave me a ticket every time.
My theory... if they see it in your windshield, they see your not following rules and choose not to follow or abide by them, but thats just my theory. If I were to have no plate on my front bumper, it wouldnt be put anywhere else.

Ive been pulled over twice in three days for it after i installed my billit grill, and since i know most of the cops in my town, they "warned" me, basically almost saying "Its all fine and dandy here, but other towns will ticket you" kinda deal. So whatever, I rigged something up that can be removed no less than 5 minutes when i go to carshows/cruise nights .The smaller the town, the less they have to do.

[WildBillyT]

The smaller the town, the less they have to do.

As witnessed in Clinton Twp. They pull speeders over on an off ramp from 78.

My advice is to keep your plate in the back with two rusty broken bolts. Then if you get pulled over, tell him it just fell off and you are going home to put it back on.

[BonzoHansen]

As witnessed in Clinton Twp. They pull speeders over on an off ramp from 78.That bites. Off-ramps are like the only fun you can have anymore. Like a personal skidpad.

[Brando56894]

is there any place i can get the "caps" for my firebird (where the liscence plate goes) the chick i bought the car off of didnt give them to me

[Savage_Messiah]

go to the towers youll get lenty of "caps" :lol:

[crazyl]

i got pulled over last friday for not having a front L plate. on top of that at the time my firedept tags werernt registered yet either. got away scott free. just dont be a dick to the officer and you get away . how i get outa all my tickets. then again i do throw cops names i no and say there my uncle and ****.

[lt14mla]

got a ticket for not having one, and still dont have it on lol

[BonzoHansen]

Ha, I thought about this today. The Bordentown boys had a spot inspection setup on 206S at the weigh station.

[IcemanSS]

I'm so glad we don't have to worry abou tthat BS here. If I had to put any holes in my SLP grill I would shoot myself.

[enRo]

The smaller the town, the less they have to do.

Actually u'd be surprised at the size of my town. Population is 30,000+

[crazyl]

thats nothing we have like 53,000 in my town. hell let alone my hs has 3000 sumthing

[enRo]

For a town 40+ miles away from a "large city" , 30,000+ is alot .

[Mike]

if you dont have the plate on the bumper DONT put it in your window, that just shows that you know it needs to be displayed and blatantly dont care...

do as alex mentioned and have it in the back seat so you have the "took it off to clean/photograph/got hit/etc." excuse

one time i was with a bunch of buddies going down the pine barrens on quads/4x4's....the cop waited till we pulled into the woods then followed us and pulled me over (probably the only street legal truck amung us) asked where my front plate was and i proceded to freak out running down the trail looking for it.... told him it was there till i hit the bumpy trails and he believed it

[Teds89IROC]

if you dont have the plate on the bumper DONT put it in your window, that just shows that you know it needs to be displayed and blatantly dont care...

do as alex mentioned and have it in the back seat so you have the "took it off to clean/photograph/got hit/etc." excuse



It's legal to have in your front window, it just needs to be visible from the front.

~Ted

[Savage_Messiah]

It's legal to have in your front window, it just needs to be visible from the front.

~Ted

Negative, there's a height limit on it and i believe windshield is flat otu illegal

[Teds89IROC]

I dunno, I guess the cop that told me windshield is fine was wrong. I've passed numerous cops and haven't been stopped once for it

~Ted

[Savage_Messiah]

Well honestly what cop enforces every law?

[Teds89IROC]

I didn't get pulled over by him and he said he'd let me go, he was telling me that having your plate in your windshield isn't illegal, telling me thats what I should have done. He was a friend of my boss at the body shop and I was talking to him about it the day I got pulled over for no front plate at all.

~Ted

[Teds89IROC]

plus, what cop is going to give you a ticket if you have the plate in your windshield and tell him you just got the nose repainted and need new brackets. That is to say that you get pulled over for having the plate in your windshield to begin with.

~Ted

[BobonaStick]

Well honestly what cop enforces every law?

You have to watch out for the damn newbies... they try to save the world...

[Mike Something]

You know guys...if you're really concerned about it, they make a L bracket that bolts underneith your bumper and pushes out away from the grille so it'll look better...

http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=59388

[jimmyboy8301]

i gots mines off!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jimmyboy8301/out%20back/DSC00233.jpg

[Savage_Messiah]

i gots mines off!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jimmyboy8301/out%20back/DSC00233.jpg

but, youse a cop!! :lol:

[r0nin89]

I've had mine in the same place as Ted for 2 weeks now and nothing has happened. And I live in a town where all the cops are douche bags...

[crazyl]

i have my front one in my front window, got stopped for it but i use the good on line. Sorry officer I order it and it hasnt came yet. Or i just bs my was outa it. PLus it helps I have gov. tags.

[Scorched SS]

Ive had mine off since i put my billet grille on - only been pulled over once for it in Ogdensburg... i handed the guy my PBA card, he then took it AND gave me the ticket - douchebag