Which cars are ruined the most with front plates?

"EL_ULY" (uly) 10/01/2014 at 10:44 • Filed to: porqueeee??? lopnik

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My vote is Solstice. It looks like a baby with a pacifier :'( Also, what is the law in your state.

I think we are supposed to have it here but police usually don't say anything. I got pulled over for speeding once a long while back and he just advised me to try and get a front plate. I never did though.

Ford Focus ST and Fiesta ST also.

Diesel > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:46

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My F1 car looks absolutely stupid with front plates. Mostly because of the dick nose, though.

EL_ULY > Diesel 10/01/2014 at 10:47

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lol well dick nose is as bad as front plates I think :]

JR1 > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:48

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E30Joe drives a Subaru > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:49

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MN requires front plates, for now. Apparently they are on the way out. I hated the way my E30 looked with front plates.

macanamera > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:49

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All cars. I don't do front plates. I just don't care, I don't do it.

Diesel > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:49

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I've started putting my business card on the end of my dick, so that girls know who I am.

Corz > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:50

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HAI GUYZ

Alfalfa > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:52

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To my understanding, Utah is basically the same. Technically you're supposed to, but no one (including cops) ever seems to care. I don't even know anyone who's been advised on it after being pulled over.

EL_ULY > Diesel 10/01/2014 at 10:53

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lol, now that is just smart business.

lol dork

EL_ULY > Corz 10/01/2014 at 10:54

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oh yeah... the C6 :'(

505Turbeaux > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:54

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the 96+ XJ8's. I risked a ticket on mine cause it looked like shit

EL_ULY > JR1 10/01/2014 at 10:54

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2 C6 so far. No me gusta!

EL_ULY > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/01/2014 at 10:55

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I guessing it looked something like my e28 form back in the day. Yeah, not too attractive. Hopefully they reverse it

EL_ULY > macanamera 10/01/2014 at 10:55

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that's right!!!

EL_ULY > Alfalfa 10/01/2014 at 10:57

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right? One guy came into parts wanting a frame for his Vantage. He said a cop walking by told his to get one. I told him not to lol :]

E30Joe drives a Subaru > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:57

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According to the last cop I was stopped for a front plate by, the first of Jan. 2015 it will no longer be required.

EL_ULY > 505Turbeaux 10/01/2014 at 10:58

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oh man, it just kills that rad front end big time. It's like a CEO with a name tag

EL_ULY > E30Joe drives a Subaru 10/01/2014 at 10:59

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505Turbeaux > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 10:59

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oh yeah it does. Especially on a Vanden Plas. As Ford as that damn thing was...

EL_ULY > 505Turbeaux 10/01/2014 at 10:59

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lol :]

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:02

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I always thought the lines of the fatstang were broken up too much... good thing the license plate bracket is hidden under the bumper and requires no modification to add/remove a tag. The rarely seen Ford foresight.

EL_ULY > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/01/2014 at 11:04

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oh dang, but yeah that's true

Bob > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:07

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Front plates are required in Colorado but me and this Corvette owner are like, "nah." I've been ticketed three times for it since 2009. Still not doing it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:07

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For added fun, the rear bumper is the same way. You can drive the car the way it was meant to look by removing both license plates. :)

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:08

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European plates look okay. US plates look stupid. Thank god Connecticut doesnt require front plates.

EL_ULY > Bob 10/01/2014 at 11:10

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Yeah I think whatI am thinking that yeah your "supposed to " have it but it's no biggie. I'm not sure how a plate can go on a C7. Awesome G8 dude! The other day I saw and M6 Grand Coupe, and SLS, and a clean blue G8..... my thoughts were "wooow, that is one rad G8"

EL_ULY > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/01/2014 at 11:11

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do it, do it!

EL_ULY > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/01/2014 at 11:13

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sweeeet! I'm glade they offer european style plates here

Sam > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:27

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Wait, where is this an option?

LappingLuke > Bob 10/01/2014 at 11:30

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How much does that ticket run you? Curious...

TheRallyStache > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:30

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Michigan: no front plates FTW.

Rico > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:36

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NY requires a front plate but I never put one on my C300. I've been through numerous police check points, drive past numerous cops every time I drive and have stopped to talk to cops for directions and none of them ever mentioned it.

I believe to really get them to say something about it you have to have been pulled over for doing something else like speeding, running a red light, illegal turn. As long as you're not a douche they don't care.

FrankAtlanta > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:37

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All of them...

.jdb. > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:39

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The answer is always...

(first one I found in a GIS - sorry for the crappy quality). I had my Miata in NC. Front plates look AWFUL on that car. Later generations don't look as bad with one, but the NA ... it's awful. So sad.

trmoore09 > Sam 10/01/2014 at 11:41

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Looks like a Texas plate.

EL_ULY > Sam 10/01/2014 at 11:42

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I've seen them here in Texas a bunch of times. I think every state has them right?

EL_ULY > TheRallyStache 10/01/2014 at 11:42

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WHOOO!!!!

EL_ULY > FrankAtlanta 10/01/2014 at 11:42

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EL_ULY > Rico 10/01/2014 at 11:43

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Exactly. I feel if you get pulled over and give to cop a hard time, he'll start picking things out like plates and other car upgrades and such.

EL_ULY > .jdb. 10/01/2014 at 11:44

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lol it looks like when you go to a water park and someone has a nose plug :]

Brian Silvestro > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:49

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My poor, poor Fiesta...

Sam > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:50

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I've never seen them in Indiana.

EL_ULY > Brian Silvestro 10/01/2014 at 11:50

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dude, i told you since forever to take the plate off! I you happen to get on $120 ticket in 3 years... i call that worth it!

EL_ULY > Sam 10/01/2014 at 11:51

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dang, maybe on the DMV website perhaps. I've seen them here on cars front and back

Sam > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:53

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You may be able to get away with it if you put your normal plate in the back window. I may try that with a few of my Euro cars.

Brian Silvestro > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:53

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I do too...

JUST LOOK HOW IT'S RUINED THESE TRACK SHOTS

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/soon-163976634…

PatBateman > Diesel 10/01/2014 at 11:54

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Is that really a good idea? The girls you "date" knowing exactly who you are, and how to contact you in the future, I mean...

EL_ULY > Brian Silvestro 10/01/2014 at 11:54

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take it off, take it off!!!

Brian Silvestro > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 11:57

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[laziness intensifies]

Diesel > PatBateman 10/01/2014 at 11:58

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I'll gladly pay child support, but I'll also fight for joint custody and/or visitation. Most of the girls I 'date' would balk at that and disappear. I'm more likely to get a bill for rotor rooting services.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 12:05

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None. I don't really mind front plates.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Corz 10/01/2014 at 12:08

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Can't you place it above the intake? Most European/foreign owners do it.

Other option is to fit it below the intake, which does make it look more aggressive, but that's rarer.

EL_ULY > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 10/01/2014 at 12:08

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weird!!! But i can respect that

Corz > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 10/01/2014 at 12:10

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I thought we were doing factory versions

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Corz 10/01/2014 at 12:12

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We are, and the one I showed is too, but I was just asking. Can you move a front plate, e.g. under the excuse the plate is covering an intake?

Corz > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 10/01/2014 at 12:14

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I honestly don't have an answer to that, my car is exempt from running a front plate

Bob > LappingLuke 10/01/2014 at 12:17

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$50 each time. I no longer park this car at a street meter. Garage or other car.

LappingLuke > Bob 10/01/2014 at 12:21

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150 bucks over 5 years isn't so bad to say fuck front plates.

The Compromiser > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 12:31

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Yes.

CaptDale - is secretly British > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 12:37

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The Fiero

with one it has a tooth

so much better without!

EL_ULY > CaptDale - is secretly British 10/01/2014 at 12:42

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Better by a lot! Oh man I've never seen this. Dang!

Saracen > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 12:43

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Only been ticketed once in 13 years of not running a front plate in So Cal. It was by a bored motorcycle cop. In general, cops really don't care.

Also, the worst is the RX8.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 12:47

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With the Lada Niva's thin bumper, the plate (three times as tall as the bumper) looks goofy, sticking straight up and down in the middle of nowhere. Also, I can't even center it cause then it would cover the hole for the crank starter...

EL_ULY > Saracen 10/01/2014 at 12:50

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oh noooo. That is the WORST one so far!

EL_ULY > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/01/2014 at 12:52

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does it really have a crank starter? And yes the plate looks like nametag

Trevor Mohr > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 14:21

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All of them. Each and every automobile.

EL_ULY > Trevor Mohr 10/01/2014 at 14:23

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YEAH!!!!!!!

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 14:38

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Sonata Hybrid. Its like it just sucked up a license plate! Looks really bad when the plate is colored (like the bright yellow NJ)

Good thing that its an unattractive car to begin with

EL_ULY > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 10/01/2014 at 14:41

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there is no real place to put the plate the more I look at it. I think the car looks nice compared to Sonatas of the past lol. I rented a 2.0T not too long ago and it had some good pick up.

wkiernan > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 15:51

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I used to have a white NA Miata with a front license plate, and if you stood far enough back and squinted it looked like a little Hitler Charlie Chaplin mustache.

sefeing, actually bought an E46 > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 15:56

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A hundred times, Focus ST.

EL_ULY > wkiernan 10/01/2014 at 15:58

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LOL !!!!

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 18:05

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clearly the answer is...GT-R:

EL_ULY > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 10/01/2014 at 18:08

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there really is no good place on there to put it on

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 18:11

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nope, my former neighbor had the dealership some kind of temporary setup on his GT-R where he could put it on or take it off as needed and when it was off, you couldn't see what they did or where. stupid illinois. actually, all cars are ruined by front plates!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 19:15

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Sadly one of the previous owners misplaced the crank handle, but yes, it does have one, either as backup or else because it was cheaper to keep making the old ones. It also has an electric starter. Not having the handle burns a little cause the original starter let out about a month ago, and I've had to park it on hills and be very careful not to stall it. Hills aren't always easy to find in Saskatchewan... Fortunately just got the new starter into it today. Had to wait for it to ship across the Atlantic, and it was definitely on the slow boat.

McMike > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 21:09

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Taking a trip back to the late 80s here..

The higher trims of the Vanagon. They gave us all a cutout, but it was the wrong shape.

Axial > Corz 10/01/2014 at 22:26

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Yeah, that's pretty awful.

Fortunately for me, the C4 was build with front license plates in mind so it doesn't look so bad:

(Pictured: my car)

Axial > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 10/01/2014 at 22:27

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US plates are too tall for that to work without looking ridiculous. EU plates are nice and skinny.

Axial > Saracen 10/01/2014 at 22:29

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Utter failure...

Trevor Mohr > EL_ULY 10/01/2014 at 23:23

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I HATE FRONT PLATES. SCREW EVERY STATE THAT HAS THEM. HOW DARE THEY DRILL HOLES IN MY BUMPER. URGH MAKES ME SICK.

EL_ULY > McMike 10/01/2014 at 23:57

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that's so dang odd. Is it just drilled in?

McMike > EL_ULY 10/02/2014 at 05:25

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I'm guessing they just only made one fiberglass bumper and put it on all the vans - no matter where they were headed.

Yes, you just drilled a few holes and mounted a bracket (much like everything else these days) Some dealers just thew some sheet metal screws in it and called it a day.

This is what I did.

I bought a novelty german plate that matched my VA registration. However, I eventually got tired of getting pulled over for no front plate, so I had to attach my front plate to the grill.

My bumper has several holes in it from previous plates.

EL_ULY > McMike 10/02/2014 at 11:31

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wow, I don't think anybody mentioned actually getting pulled over. Awesome plate! Here at my dealer, the brackets are somewhere in the car during delivery. We are told to put it on every time but I personally asked the salesman to call the customer and ask before I start drilling