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Old 12-23-2010, 11:08 PM
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In Illinois would it be legal to put my liscense plate behind my billet grille. I know it wouldnt be very visible but im just trying to avoid future tickets.
Old 12-23-2010, 11:34 PM
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I'm certain that would look terrible, in addition to the fact that most laws are written in strict form - i.e. "the plate must be 90% visible and the lettering visible from a reasonable purview.." So the answer is no, most likely that would not conform to the legalities of a front plate law.

I would either use the SLP plate mounting piece, which mounts on the bottom, under the car, and prevents the drilling of holes in the fascia, or I would go all out with a billet grille and make it look as though "the car just wouldn't look right WITH a front plate" - although you're always risking a ticket with the latter.
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I own 2 Camaros, my first in which I bought when I was 17, and i've never had a front plate. On my LT1, I bolted one to the air dam just to make myself less likely to get pulled over. Any time I have got pulled over for various reasons (speeding, etc), cops have let me off and only given me a front plate ticket. It's only ~$38 here so I dont mind paying that (on average) once a year to keep my front plate off.
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my brother-in law is a cop in IL and he told me that he personally could care less as long as you can see there's a plate
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There's a couple people on here with it done like that, then there's some that, like said before, put it in the air damn under the car.
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yeah im prolly going to leave it off it would look like hell
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give it a shot , if not then you have your answer.



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