Front Plates....on or off?

[Teds89IROC]

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

"no front plate pelase"


~Ted

[ar0ck]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

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

"no front plate pelase"


~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?



~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



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

[Tru2Chevy]

Originally Posted by maroman88

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

[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]

Originally Posted by 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

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


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

[Teds89IROC]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by 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

**** head?

[SSport]

Originally Posted by qwikz28

**** head?

yea sure why not

[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by SSport

yea sure why not

He could have called you **** wrinkle. Or **** hair.

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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!