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Minnesota requires a front plate, but I have made it too seasons without one. I see quite a few nicer cars skipping them. Just in case I keep a Zip removable in the trunk LINK
Not sure if I could whine my way out of a ticket or not, but willing to take the chance.
I live in Texas where it is required to have a front license plate. I really hate the idea of putting on the front of my GS. I know Texas has had several attempts to get rid of front plates in the legislature, but it always gets shot down for some reason.
What is the fine for not having it? I have seen some put it in there windshield, but I don't think that meets the requirements.
Anyone here in Texas (or any state that requires front plates) go without? What ideas do you have as an alternative?
My son in New York State has his front plate mounted very low with a bracket on the splitter of his car. You barely notice it, and there's nothing to worry about. (Actually, it is probably illegally low, but odds of any LEO getting out a tape measure are likely less than zero.)
I'd just mount it like that and worry about something else.
I agree. Insulting any officer who pulls you over is not the path to being let off with a warning!
Here in California we are required to have a front plate. When I bought my GS, the stealership made me sign a form acknowledging that I was aware of that fact, and they were providing, but not going to install the front plate holder for me. In other words, it's the buyer/owner's responsibility and they were covering their A.
That having been said, I've owned two Corvettes now since January of 2010 and have never installed a front plate. On the days I drive my Vette to work, I literally go right past the police station and have never been stopped.
I respect LEO and am a law abiding citizen... except for this one thing! If I were pulled over for this reason, I'd just accept my punishment. Although, I truly hope the police here in the SF bay area have, as the old saying goes, better things to do with their time than run down scofflaws.
I live in the Eastbay and haven't had a front plate on any of my six Corvettes since 1985. I only got stopped once and that was in my first year in 1985. I joked with the officer about it being a slow day and he laughed and said "Yeah." He was nice and just gave me a fix-it ticket which didn't cost anything at the time.
My son in New York State has his front plate mounted very low with a bracket on the splitter of his car. You barely notice it, and there's nothing to worry about. (Actually, it is probably illegally low, but odds of any LEO getting out a tape measure are likely less than zero.)
I'd just mount it like that and worry about something else.
Oh, see post #100 above for photo examples.
I think in Texas the fine can be $200 now. I just use the aero plate bracket trimmed down..
I'm probably jinxing my self, but this is my 7 Vette over 30 years and I never have run the NY mandatory front plate. I have been asked a couple time during a "roadside chat" with LEOs Where is your front plate? I tell them in the trunk and normally thats the end of it & occasionally get told put it on.
Never had a problem going out of state in this regard. As far as in my state it appears the closer you get to NY City the more Mickey Mouse the cops are. Up North where I live they do not seen to be too bad about the missing plate. My LEO shooting buddies I have talked with say they normally do not consider it that bad of a problem. A couple of them drive the cars that have the plate reader on them and they laugh and say something like "well if the front sensors do not grab your plate the back one will most times''.
Sorry, Texas. I live in a small county. This was on the hiwau to home, no way to hide. It was DPS, not worth it anymore. Made it almost 2 years.
I think you can get by with no plate with some local police but the state troopers take it seriously... It just amazes me how many people will go to great lengths to install removable plates or just not put one on, when the aero plate mount looks fine.
A removable solution like the Sto-N-Sho that I posted above on my car, costs $75 or so, and only requires removal of 2 OEM undertray screws to install and less than 5 minutes of one's time. After that, it's on and off in 2 seconds.
I don't call that "great lengths." It also looks better not blocking the grille.
Originally Posted by woodsguy
Doesn't sound like this works on the Grand Sport?
Yes, it will. They have a model that fits the Z06 over the splitter, so it will most certainly work on the GS.
I think you can get by with no plate with some local police but the state troopers take it seriously... It just amazes me how many people will go to great lengths to install removable plates or just not put one on, when the aero plate mount looks fine.
The aero - or any other mount - on a C7 doesn’t look “fine.”
20 years in CO where a front plate is required and not one ticket. I’d be fine if I did get a ticket occasionally and still wouldn’t put a plate on the front.
The aero - or any other mount - on a C7 doesn’t look “fine.”
20 years in CO where a front plate is required and not one ticket. I’d be fine if I did get a ticket occasionally and still wouldn’t put a plate on the front.
This kind of post is becoming one of my pet peeves. Just because you live in a state where LE doesn't care about or enforce the front plate requirement, doesn't mean squat for those of us who don't.
In my state, you WILL receive many, very expensive citations if you don't run a front plate. It just screams, "PULL ME OVER NOW" in this state and many others.
There are no fix-it tickets, and you almost never see anyone running without one. Those who do for a short period get them on very quickly. Many have tried with the same defiant attitude as yours and given up. You could easily be talking $500 or more a month for your no front plate fetish.
Why is it so difficult to understand that things are not the same in all places?
12-13-2017, 05:58 PM
