No Front License Plate!!!
02-07-2008, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by lhdz12
I live in Texas and am required to have a front license bracket...I have seen other cars where they do not have to have a bracket in front....their Tl's look so good without it....real sporty...I have a mind to dump mine and claim that it fell off.....Anyone drive without their front bracket in a state that requires them?
if u notice, most new car don't have one install on it. espcially the luxury brand in texas. and most cop in texas don't look at that area..
02-07-2008, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
Move to Arizona where there's no front plate requirement, and we can have tint on the car (33% on the front door windows, as dark as you want on the rear doors and back window). 
02-07-2008, 08:10 PM
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Got rolled about a month ago in SoCal for this. I actually got pulled over for speeding, 90 on the freeway. Got out of the speeding but he got me for front window tint and no front license plate. I had to donate $204 to the State of California in the end. You're welcome Arnold.
02-07-2008, 08:22 PM
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I got pulled over for some bogus red light/carpool violation. But my buddy who were in the car vouch for me that I DID wait till the light turned green and then flyed away ... then she looked at my front plate and gave me a fix-it ticket, $10 ... plus a trip to the local traffic court .. I really had to bite the bullet and put the plate on 'cuz that's all the cops seem to be doing here in the bay area : minor stuff ...
I really want to do this, my tint's are illegal so why not create another infraction.......
02-07-2008, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JLJL
I live in TX and i been driving without my license plate for over 3 month now and no pull overs.
This is what i do - I put those suction caps (2x) on the licence plate and KEEP IT IN THE GLOVE BOX.
I don't even like putting it on the wind shield it looks ricey. So I just have the suction caps
on and put it in the glove box and if cop pulls me over ill get it out of my glove box and i'll
just tell em
"oh the suction caps fell off while i was driving and i couldn't put it back up cuz i was driving"
and what are they gonna say? ill just say ill put it back on =P
This is what i do - I put those suction caps (2x) on the licence plate and KEEP IT IN THE GLOVE BOX.
I don't even like putting it on the wind shield it looks ricey. So I just have the suction caps
on and put it in the glove box and if cop pulls me over ill get it out of my glove box and i'll
just tell em
"oh the suction caps fell off while i was driving and i couldn't put it back up cuz i was driving"
and what are they gonna say? ill just say ill put it back on =P
quoting myself haha. Try this.
02-07-2008, 09:19 PM
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here in wa we are required to have a front plate. but one question. why do we have to have a front plate anyway? i mean when cops pull you over they only look at the back of the car, not the front. plus its a waste of alluminum too. i say 1 plate on the back of the car will make things easier for everyone =)
02-07-2008, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AZN.M3NACE
here in wa we are required to have a front plate. but one question. why do we have to have a front plate anyway? i mean when cops pull you over they only look at the back of the car, not the front. plus its a waste of alluminum too. i say 1 plate on the back of the car will make things easier for everyone =)
ya but more and more cities are adapting the speed cameras so they take a pic of
ur front license plate
02-07-2008, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AZN.M3NACE
here in wa we are required to have a front plate. but one question. why do we have to have a front plate anyway? i mean when cops pull you over they only look at the back of the car, not the front. plus its a waste of alluminum too. i say 1 plate on the back of the car will make things easier for everyone =)
02-07-2008, 11:21 PM
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I live in Illinois where plates are required. I have had mine off since the day i bought the car and have never got hassled from cops or been pulled over. I work on the North Shore where everyone drives BMWs, Benzs and Bentleys with no front plates...Nobody gets hassled.
The only times i have ever gotten a ticket for it was from a goodamn Meter-Maid in the city of Chicago. Two out of three days i parked in a certain area (with the plate on the dashboard, visible to the outside) i got a $50 parking ticket for "improperly displayed plate". Complete bullshit...now i just dont park in that area anymore. No plate looks SOOO much better!
The only times i have ever gotten a ticket for it was from a goodamn Meter-Maid in the city of Chicago. Two out of three days i parked in a certain area (with the plate on the dashboard, visible to the outside) i got a $50 parking ticket for "improperly displayed plate". Complete bullshit...now i just dont park in that area anymore. No plate looks SOOO much better!
02-08-2008, 10:37 AM
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^^Umm, what's the "intake" looking thing on your front bumper?
02-08-2008, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by hubbard53
how would it look if you mounted the plate off to one side (if you dont have fog lamps) . . that way the ACURA still shows and you have your front plate
02-08-2008, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by LyfeIs
I don’t like it at all. I've seen ppl do it with zip tides and it kinda looks off to me.
02-08-2008, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by LyfeIs
I don’t like it at all. I've seen ppl do it with zip tides and it kinda looks off to me.
02-08-2008, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by darksom1
It's a direct airway for clean flow to the intake!
02-08-2008, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
I live on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro area. We have NO license plate in Kansas !!!! It's so sweeeet-especially having a one month old Type S. Now, if we could just get rid of all the snow so I could keep my car clean for longer than one day.
I live on the north side of the Kansas City metro area and bought my TL in Kansas. The dealer put the temp tag in the back window (it's a full size tag made of cardboard) and low & behold I got pulled over in Randolph, MO for the "improper display of temporary tags" Cop said i had to mount it on the plate bracket however in Missouri you get a little slip of paper that is taped to your back window.
02-08-2008, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
I live on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro area. We have NO license plate in Kansas !!!! It's so sweeeet-especially having a one month old Type S. Now, if we could just get rid of all the snow so I could keep my car clean for longer than one day.
I live on the north side of the Kansas City metro area and bought my TL in Kansas. The dealer put the temp tag in the back window (it's a full size tag made of cardboard) and low & behold I got pulled over in Randolph, MO for the "improper display of temporary tags" Cop said i had to mount it on the plate bracket however in Missouri you get a little slip of paper that is taped to your back window.
02-08-2008, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TLJayhawk
I live on the north side of the Kansas City metro area and bought my TL in Kansas. The dealer put the temp tag in the back window (it's a full size tag made of cardboard) and low & behold I got pulled over in Randolph, MO for the "improper display of temporary tags" Cop said i had to mount it on the plate bracket however in Missouri you get a little slip of paper that is taped to your back window.
02-08-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Grimace Jones
Does anyone know where I can get bumper plugs?
I suggest doing that, or asking a parts guy if they have any laying around. To order them from Acura is, if i remember correctly, $36 for the pair....which is basically rape for 2 pieces of nickle-sized plastic!
02-08-2008, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by lucastypeS
I tried to google it but couldn't get a straight answer. I guess it's just a way for the cops to be able to identify on coming traffic. I live in the Tacoma area and have no front plates. No problems yet(knock on wood). BREAKING THE LAW YEAH!
everyone breaks the law... no front plates, loud sound systems in their car, illegal tints... anything else? haha.. why would they make things like this illegal.. its dumb.
the darksom way. 
02-08-2008, 09:34 PM
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Drive our Pilot around Austin for 5 years with no front plate. Got stopped once while hauling a canoe in some little town near Waco but just got a warning. Been driving my TL with no front plate and just a paper plate for the last two weeks with no problems. Good way to skip tolls for a little while I hope!
02-26-2008, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
I wish I had not front plate, the car look soooooooo much sexier...
Anyone in NYC riding without the front plate? I know for sure the moment I'll take it off, some ass cop will pull me over to give me a lecture.
Anyone in NYC riding without the front plate? I know for sure the moment I'll take it off, some ass cop will pull me over to give me a lecture.
02-26-2008, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 3rdGenHybrid
no i haven't got pulled over...and yes...she scrapes...
god that's a pretty crazy/smart idea. I know a bunch of people who don't have plates in Long Island, but that's Long Island. Dunno how it is for the city people.
I always wondered about this tho, because I always see these crazy ricer kids with their 500 lb front bumpers and no plate. wonder how they get by.
02-26-2008, 10:21 PM
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Ive never had a front plate on any of my 6 cars and have been pulled over more times than anyone i know, and have only had something said about it like 2 times, and both times i said i couldnt have one because it would block the intercooler and the cops were perfectly fine with that...guess ive always been lucky but i definitely cant use that excuse anymore
02-26-2008, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by blipszyc
So for those WITHOUT front plates, how do you accent the "ACURA"? Is there a decal or something? And where would I get it?
Search "Acura Decal" for posts on it.
02-27-2008, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by blipszyc
So for those WITHOUT front plates, how do you accent the "ACURA"? Is there a decal or something? And where would I get it?
02-27-2008, 12:49 AM
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im thinking..nothing compares as nice to not having any front plate at all, but for the people who live in states that require it and dont want to be bothered with cops - instead of using the factory lic plate bracket that holds the plate to the bumper since its so thick and sticks out - using a flat thinner bracket and have it paint matched so you can barely notice it and its flush against the bumper would look a lot better
02-27-2008, 01:21 AM
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Left it off for about a year or so and my wife used to work in Waikiki. That's where most of the rookie cops start off at and got pulled over once and while waiting for her a cop told me to make sure to put it on. My wife said, "Put the damn thing on before we get a $100 dollar ticket!" So, on it went. Looked alot better without it yah?!
02-27-2008, 01:35 AM
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found some pictures from the NY august car meet..notice the thickness in plate brackets..mine is closest with thicker bracket. imagine how the thinner bracket would look once its color matched
