Front Lic Plate!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2015
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From: Crowley Texas
Front Lic Plate!
If the State of Texas thinks I am going to drill into the front facia of my car for the front Lic Plate, they are crazy! How may run without even though the state requires it??
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: North Carolina
Unfortunately MD also requires a front plate and the State Troopers don't take kindly to non-compliance. I've found the Top Flight bracket is a good alternative to the factory bracket.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Stoneham MA
St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
No drilling required with the Top Flight Reproductions front license plate bracket 
www.topflightrepro.com
www.topflightrepro.com
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Mass
No drilling required with the Top Flight Reproductions front license plate bracket www.topflightrepro.com
www.topflightrepro.com
Their plate holder design looks better than factory. Easy install. I put a tinted plate cover on from autozone, it blended the plate into the car even more.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Richmond TX
Top Flight is the way to go. I held out until the third warning. When they u turn across three lanes to tell you that you have to have a front plate you come up with something. DPS troopers are the only ones that have stopped me. No other agency gives it a second look.
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Houston, Texas
I have my front plate with me in one of the rear storage areas, but don't display it. I do have a plate holder from Corvette World that attaches with double-sided tape if I am forced to use it though. So far, so good!!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: corpus christi Texas
Top Flight is the way to go. I held out until the third warning. When they u turn across three lanes to tell you that you have to have a front plate you come up with something. DPS troopers are the only ones that have stopped me. No other agency gives it a second look.
Retired & lovin' it!
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From: Jackson NJ
Jersey sure isn't known for "benign" law enforcement on the roads, but I've been running without a front plate for the past ten years without any problem. Majority of our club members do the same (I'm the silver C6 in the pic). I do carry the front plate & frame behind the passenger seat in the event I do get stopped...."But officer, it just fell off!" 
Team Owner
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From: Below the bottom of Berby Hollow, NYS
Front plates are required here in NYS but most guys don't run them because cops generally don't care. At least in my area.
Last edited by Bruze; Nov 14, 2015 at 09:55 AM.
Race Director
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From: Eastern
I feel so fortunate that in our Province, although mandated to 2 plates, have a provision to use seasonal plates (April 1-Nov1) which only require a rear plate. Since most people with vettes, and other seasonal vehicles store their vehicles for the winter, the seasonal plate is very popular. Sure, I could run the car until the end of December, but I don't have an issue putting it away in November.
The C6 just does not look good with a front plate...they ruin the nice lines of the car.
What really bites, is that 7 of our 10 Provinces do not require 2 plates.
If 7 don't need 2 plates, why do the other 3 need them????
That is a bone of contention with me and others.
I've tried to sway the government, the ones about to form government, but they say it's for the safety of the public...really?????
So 7 Provinces don't give a Rat's butt about the public safety?
That's my rant
The C6 just does not look good with a front plate...they ruin the nice lines of the car.
What really bites, is that 7 of our 10 Provinces do not require 2 plates.
If 7 don't need 2 plates, why do the other 3 need them????
That is a bone of contention with me and others.
I've tried to sway the government, the ones about to form government, but they say it's for the safety of the public...really?????
So 7 Provinces don't give a Rat's butt about the public safety?
That's my rant
Racer
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 494
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From: Burleson TX
Top Flight is the way to go. I held out until the third warning. When they u turn across three lanes to tell you that you have to have a front plate you come up with something. DPS troopers are the only ones that have stopped me. No other agency gives it a second look.
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Below the bottom of Berby Hollow, NYS
I feel so fortunate that in our Province, although mandated to 2 plates, have a provision to use seasonal plates (April 1-Nov1) which only require a rear plate. Since most people with vettes, and other seasonal vehicles store their vehicles for the winter, the seasonal plate is very popular. Sure, I could run the car until the end of December, but I don't have an issue putting it away in November.
The C6 just does not look good with a front plate...they ruin the nice lines of the car.
What really bites, is that 7 of our 10 Provinces do not require 2 plates.
If 7 don't need 2 plates, why do the other 3 need them????
That is a bone of contention with me and others.
I've tried to sway the government, the ones about to form government, but they say it's for the safety of the public...really?????
So 7 Provinces don't give a Rat's butt about the public safety?
That's my rant
The C6 just does not look good with a front plate...they ruin the nice lines of the car.
What really bites, is that 7 of our 10 Provinces do not require 2 plates.
If 7 don't need 2 plates, why do the other 3 need them????
That is a bone of contention with me and others.
I've tried to sway the government, the ones about to form government, but they say it's for the safety of the public...really?????
So 7 Provinces don't give a Rat's butt about the public safety?
That's my rant
I remember as a kid traveling to Pa. where inspections were required for any vehicle, but weren't in NYS unless the car was real old, so we were legal in Pa.
And cars from states that don't require front plates can drive legally in NYS.
Who knows what the laws are nowadays, have no clue.
Last edited by Bruze; Nov 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM.
Race Director
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From: Eastern
The way the V & T laws work here (or used to anyway) is if your car meets your state's requirements, you can travel to any other state without complying to their requirements.
I remember as a kid traveling to Pa. where inspections were required for any vehicle, but weren't in NYS unless the car was real old, so we were legal.
And cars from states that don't require front plates can drive legally in NYS.
Who knows what the laws are nowadays, have no clue.
I remember as a kid traveling to Pa. where inspections were required for any vehicle, but weren't in NYS unless the car was real old, so we were legal.
And cars from states that don't require front plates can drive legally in NYS.
Who knows what the laws are nowadays, have no clue.
Maybe once they see we are from Canada, they don't have any legal jurisdiction on the plate law. I do carry, in my glove box, the rules that our province has for plates, just in case I am ever questioned.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Loud, Raw and Dangerous 1968 327 4S in Southern California
Required in CA but just about nobody does.
I have had three Vettes over the last 12 years without the front plates and fortunately never been stopped. Almost all the Vettes you see here do not have them on. Even the dealers do not bother mounting the bracket when they sell them. Of course that one time I may have had a few too many beers my luck will run out.
Last edited by Redvette2; Nov 14, 2015 at 12:37 PM.
Racer
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 289
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From: San Jose CA
Many plate holders, including the GM factory plate holder, are stuck with two sided tape. No drilling is required. The plate holders may leave marks on the paint just from vibrating against the paint as you drive.
I had my factory plate holder on for many years and removed it, there were several marks that fortunately did buff out, but no drilling is required.