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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 11:19 AM
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So i live in Los Angeles and everybody knows cops out here are douchebags.. I dont want to drill holes into my bumper.. or use some flimsy double sided tape to hold it up. I was wondering does anybody have something they fabbed together or some cool idea?! i have a 97 so i have the LT1 front end. I gotta do something soon somebody help !
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 11:23 AM
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Google Altec retractable license plate.There is also a bunch of people myself included with it on this site

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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 11:41 AM
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have you already received a ticket? if not, i say take your chances...
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by crimson_bird
have you already received a ticket? if not, i say take your chances...
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The good thing about living in a hell hole of a city like that is the cops are usually too busy going after drug dealers or home invasions or whatever to care about that. However, I have noticed they seem to care about window tints...
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 01:19 PM
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The Altec show n go is great. I have one on my Grand Prix and love it.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Fourth-Gen Man
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The good thing about living in a hell hole of a city like that is the cops are usually too busy going after drug dealers or home invasions or whatever to care about that. However, I have noticed they seem to care about window tints...
Dude lapd just wants a reason to go through ur **** they'll use anything as probable cause LOL. I just dont want to give them a reason to harass me and stop me for no reason.
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Aside from being pulled over if you need to park on the street in any major city traffic enforcement will give you a ticket.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Carguy8888
Aside from being pulled over if you need to park on the street in any major city traffic enforcement will give you a ticket.
exactly. i was informed of this the other day..
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Missouri is a state hat requires a front plate. My car is far from a daily driver, so I have decided to ignore this law. I have been pulled over, but have yrt to get a ticket. I keep the front plate on the front dash, that wag I can at least say I have it. I see these diesel trucks with rear plates for John Deere and Harvaster, so I figure why not.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Rise of the Phoenix
Missouri is a state hat requires a front plate. My car is far from a daily driver, so I have decided to ignore this law. I have been pulled over, but have yrt to get a ticket. I keep the front plate on the front dash, that wag I can at least say I have it. I see these diesel trucks with rear plates for John Deere and Harvaster, so I figure why not.
Been 10 years and never had a front plate on any of my cars in missouri. They haven't said a word to me unless I was being pulled over for something else. But MO has a lot of meth to worry about, don't think CA does
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Pretty sure the cops around Jefferson City are total dicks. They care more about pulling people over for stuff like this than worying about the heroin epedimic that is going on here.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 09:49 PM
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Pretty sure the cops around Jefferson City are total dicks. They care more about pulling people over for stuff like this than worying about the heroin epedimic that is going on here.
St.Louis cops always had more to worry about I suppose.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 10:17 PM
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Just get a nice front license plate bracket and put it on. Who cares if there is holes drilled on the front bumper? It will be behind the bracket, not like you will see it. Its not like it will rust out. It's not like you'd ever need to take it off as long as you owned it.

I've always thought license plates that are zip-tied on, in front windshields, put on airdams, ect look incredibly tacky. It's kind of like, "hey, I didn't want to drill holes you'd never see so I chose to make my car look like ****, but it's hypothetically temporary-but I'm going to leave it this way forever"

My take: give the cops one less reason to waste your time by harassing you.

Also, most of those electronic "hideaway" plates look worse on the front of the car than an actual regular front license plate.
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