Aftermarket Front Bumpers-What did you do with your license plate??

[SonoranGen3]

Hmm, on the floor, or in the door pocket?

I just KNOW I'm gonna get a fix-it ticket if I don't have a plate on, or at least on the dashboard like I've seen others running. Maybe I'll make an actual dashboard mount that fixes it in place on the left front dash? Then at least I'll have a pot to **** in when I get pulled over

Oh, love your Avatar TomDirt, lets Make California Great Again !!

Sacramento is one of the worst places for no front plate tickets, or at least it used to be. Back in the 00s, they had a big problem with red light runners and all the traffic light cameras for red light runners needed a front plate to ticket. So if you were driving around, you'd get stopped for no front plate. Only ticket I ever got for no front plate was in Sac.

 

[FishFreak]

That's no surprise. For a while there were red light cams EVERYWHERE here in Sac, then for a few years, none. Now they're back again :/ . I'll have to find a police officer to give me the low-down on rules for front plates....

 

[Muchmore]

Kinda weird OP asks for aftermarket bumper license plate ideas and all we've provided is advice to remove it?

I wish I could but my local PD would set at my driveway handing tickets out everyday.

 

[dillard09]

I have mine stuck to skid with 3M sticky tap. Been there for years with no issues.
Just grabbed a pic i could find. Can barely see it when close up but from distance it visible.

 

[Chewie]

My bumper had extra light mounts which I fabled some brackets to mount the plate. I believe Cali is the same as TX as the front plate must be displayed on the front most portion of the vehicle. Mounting it on the skid plate seems legit way of doing it. I saw a this on the internets, but not in California to confirm if it’s allowed as of yet

https://www.motor1.com/news/585925/california-front-plate-wraps/

 

[FishFreak]

My bumper had extra light mounts which I fabled some brackets to mount the plate. I believe Cali is the same as TX as the front plate must be displayed on the front most portion of the vehicle. Mounting it on the skid plate seems legit way of doing it. I saw a this on the internets, but not in California to confirm if it’s allowed as of yet

https://www.motor1.com/news/585925/california-front-plate-wraps/

Good article Chewie, valuable info!! So, if we CAN use a sticker in CA, then I'm sure it can be black, and to me it looks like having it on the skid plate at a slight angle can't be that big of a deal! That's GREAT to know!!

Here's the sticker co's site: https://licenseplatewrap.com/

 

[FishFreak]

Kinda weird OP asks for aftermarket bumper license plate ideas and all we've provided is advice to remove it?

I wish I could but my local PD would set at my driveway handing tickets out everyday.

It's okay Muchmore, they can't resist the dig, I've done it too! Occasionally they're really funny ! I often see 'vettes and sports cars with no plates, but I tire of dealing with the law and going to the courthouse more than I have to, so I'll comply when it comes to plates. Other stupid mandates, not so much !

 

[Augster]

I am in CA as well, and have not run a front plate on any vehicle for 30 years now. Never got a ticket for it (yet). Definitely not putting one on my SVC bumper.

Personally I would not run a small motorcycle plate or any non standard plate, I think that is much more of an issue and likely to get you pulled over than no plate at all. They are cracking down on the recent fad of "wrapped" license plates to change the colors or make them look carbon.

On the bumper in your picture, you could easily make something to mount a plate to that angled cross member off to either side which would be legal and keep it mostly out of harms way.

This^^^

Note: I keep the front plate lying on the floor, as I have to show it every time I drive on the scale at the local transfer station (aka "the dump").

Although I've primarily lived in SoCal for most of my 40 years of adult driving life, I've lived in Washington and Texas for a few years, all three of which require front license plates, and for most of my vics, I haven't run a front plate for one reason or another.

I either throw on a novelty plate (i.e. Marine EGA), the mount wasn't there (bought vic used and didn't bother buying an OEM plate mount), and in one of my trucks, a hidden front winch installed in the place for the plate.

In all of those years, I've only been busted once, in Cali by a CHP. This was in my 1991 300ZX TT and he caught me doing a speed burst to pass some cars but I then back down to the flow of traffic. He crept up behind me, came along broadside, passed in front of me, before dropping back and hitting his lights. He zapped me for speeding, tinted windows and no front plate. Yea, I got words this kinda of nickel-and-diming. And I was in full desert cami's heading home from CPEN. The last two were minor fix-it infractions that I had a CHP friend sign off on.

In Texas, got a speeding ticket through San Antonio, but wasn't ticketed for my front novelty plate.

On my current G1, I have a ADD Venom bumper and no plate, which I've also driven through Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. So far, no heartburn from LEO's.