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Car Forum / BMW Cars / May 2008Front License Plate
Well....... we were cited for no front plate while parked at the curb in Westwood, CA, USA. At first we thought it was a parking meter vuiolation, but.....N-O-O-O-O)!!!! Pretty petty stuff, but have to figure out how to satisfy the citation without permanently disfiguring the front bumper.... if possible. Any info about 'removable' brackets that will satisfy the authorities (ie- no holes in the bumper)??? Or any other solution/advice??? Thanks. >Well....... we were cited for no front plate while parked at the curb in >Westwood, CA, USA. At first we thought it was a parking meter vuiolation, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Thanks. which car do you have?? You can find some plastic wire tie's and run them around the bumper and through the grill. This is just premliminary. I don't know which bumper you have. My friend fabricated someting on his 97 M3, but I'd have to get more details. It worked just fine when he went up to the CHP inspection place up near Altadena/Pasadena. I'll post back here.. ok? > which car do you have?? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I'll post back here.. ok? Sorry. Wasn't thinking. Car is a 2001 330i Convertible with Sport Package. >> which car do you have?? >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Car is a 2001 330i Convertible with Sport Package. I see.. that's nice. Take me to In and Out, get me a combo and I'll do it for you. LOL >Well....... we were cited for no front plate while parked at the curb in >Westwood, CA, USA. At first we thought it was a parking meter vuiolation, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Any info about 'removable' brackets that will satisfy the authorities (ie- >no holes in the bumper)??? Or any other solution/advice??? Got cited twice. Once while parked on Sawtelle, near Olympic Blvd. The other time I actually got stopped by a cop for the sole reason of not having the front license plate. Not worth the trouble, so I put the plate on permanently. -- Marcio Watanabe What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. In the rest of the world a front licence plate is normal.. (I did notice that in some parts of the US cars sported rear plates only.) DAS  SignatureFor direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- > >Well....... we were cited for no front plate while parked at the curb in > >Westwood, CA, USA. At first we thought it was a parking meter vuiolation, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Marcio Watanabe > What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. > In the rest of the world a front licence plate is normal.. > > (I did notice that in some parts of the US cars sported rear plates only.) Purely a "styling" issue; front license plates are required in virtually all US states, too. If the OP doesn't have a front LP holder and such, he's bought some other trim pieces from a custom parts supplier. Of course, the US has un-cool 6"x12" plates, rather than 4"x18" (or so) EU type plates. Floyd > What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. > In the rest of the world a front licence plate is normal.. > > (I did notice that in some parts of the US cars sported rear plates only.) > > DAS It IS a style issue, most definitely. I'm not sure what else makes many Us car enthusiasts so adamantly oppose front plates when they "spoil" the look of their car's front end. I've owned a late-model Corvette, too. That car actually has a space built in for the front plate (you remove a trim cover), but the plate REALLY degrades the aerodynamic look of the nose of the car. > It IS a style issue, most definitely. I'm not sure what else makes many Us > car enthusiasts so adamantly oppose front plates when they "spoil" the look > of their car's front end. I've owned a late-model Corvette, too. That car > actually has a space built in for the front plate (you remove a trim cover), > but the plate REALLY degrades the aerodynamic look of the nose of the car. Fow what it's worth, I've NEVER seen a late model Corvette with that cover removed and a front plate installed. SO > Fow what it's worth, I've NEVER seen a late model Corvette with that cover > removed and a front plate installed. > > SO Well........ consider yourself lucky. I see one very so often and the look is not pretty, especially when the plate is some strange color that clashes with the body color. If you spend any time on CorvetteForum, you see posts where people velcro the cover over the plate and tell the police they've just come from a car show and forgot to remove it. I've seen posts there from someone who will paint the GM plate frame to match the body for you.... it helps a little. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >from someone who will paint the GM plate frame to match the body for you.... >it helps a little. There is a lexan replacement for the cover that takes care of the aerodynamic issue. They even come with a colored tint to match quite a few of the factory colors. Not sure were he got it but my neighbor has one on his and it's either a 2002 or a 2003. You have to be straight on to read the plate, the rest of the time it's pretty well hidden. > What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. > In the rest of the world a front licence plate is normal.. Being used to UK plates I find it odd to look at cars from areas with dinky little plates and think it just looks downright wrong to have no front plate! SignatureScott Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket? > >>What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > dinky little plates and think it just looks downright wrong to have no > front plate! Looks wrong?? I think its downright beauty to not have a front plate on a BMW. Thank goodness I live in a state that does not mandate a front license plate! Tennessee, USA. I have lived in states that do require a front plate. In those states I put one on because the law says I must. But, I don't have to pretend to like it. It's a control thing and not a form of beauty. SignatureBrZ 2004 BMW 330 Ci Cabriolet 1993 BMW K75s "It is all right to decorate construction but never construct decoration" --Pugin It also depends on the plate shape, as fbloogyudsr pointed out further up. Ours (old UK and current EU) are long and thin, i.e. very rectangular. DAS SignatureFor direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- > >>What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. > >>In the rest of the world a front licence plate is normal.. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I put one on because the law says I must. But, I don't have to > pretend to like it. It's a control thing and not a form of beauty. I have been driving my BMW for two years with no front LP, and have never been cited or even warned for it. The fine is less than $20 and not worth the officer's pen ink...I just get the speeding ticket ;-) John '02 M3 SMGII > >>What a funny local problem. Get a non-US bumper. > >>In the rest of the world a front licence plate is normal.. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I put one on because the law says I must. But, I don't have to > pretend to like it. It's a control thing and not a form of beauty. >Well....... we were cited for no front plate while parked at the curb in >Westwood, CA, USA. At first we thought it was a parking meter vuiolation, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Thanks. That's strange you would get a ticket for not having a front license plate on your car because we see millions of vehicles with no front license plate and the cops do nothing about it. One guy calls them in all the time and the cops say it will take them three days to come out and look at the vehicle even when it is parked right in front of the police station. We have seen the same vehicles without a front plate for ten or fifteen years and they never get a ticket. Someone said they are only after certain people and it could be something called mobbing or gangstalking that you could be a victim of. Check it out. There is a lot of info about this on the Internet. We know of only one person who got a ticket for having a clear license plate cover on their front license plate and yet we see hundreds of those every day, too. Seems strange. |
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