Front License Holder
- Thread starter andreikoc
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Hi Kendall
Let me be the first to express interest on this. If you make it, I'll for sure buy it.
thx
Ed
Let me be the first to express interest on this. If you make it, I'll for sure buy it.
thx
Ed
Vince H
GT Owner
How do you keep it level? Washers? Tightened up, my tow hook is at about a 45° angle.
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KMCBOSS
RED GT owner
I bought one of their tow hole attachment plate holders also. Got a ticket a couple of years ago, whats called a fix it ticket here in Washington. I screwed in the mower axle bracket and drove to a local police detachment office, had the car inspected and they voided the ticket. I drove the GT home, removed the front plate - ready for the next exercise.
Xcentric
GT Owner
Wherever your tow hook bottoms out, just swivel the plate level and snug the nut on a lock washer. A wing nut would eliminate the need for a wrench, but I didn't leave enough room for the wings when I drilled the hole.
Howard
GT Owner
I used the same concept as Xcentric, but I used an undersized threaded rod that slips into (rather than threads into) the tow hook receiver, thus eliminating the need for using the actual tow hook. I have two nuts locked to one another to form a stop, so the rod enters the receiver at just the right length. A wing nut and washer behind the receiver completes the one minute installation. Using the threads at the front of the rod I attached a universal plate holder. I have only used this assembly for getting through inspection. I've never been stopped on the road (New Jersey) for no front plate; but of course I carry the plate with me.
Howard
Howard
BlackICE
GT Owner
Here's a curve ball question: can a California cop issue a citation for no front plate to a visiting out of state registered and licensed car that is supposed to have a front plate but doesn't?
BlackICE
GT Owner
I don't believe so, as the car complies with the state regulations where it was registered; and the states have reciprocal agreements. Similarly, an out-of-state car does not have to comply with CARB specifications. If the car is being constinuously used in California, they may investigate and require the car to be registered in California, as there is a grace period to have a car registered to a permanent or transferring resident.
From the California DMV:
When fees are due
Fees must be paid within 20 days of entry or residency to avoid penalties. Any vehicle owned by a California resident must be registered within 20 days of entry into California unless a special permit was obtained. Nonresidents whose vehicles are properly registered to them in their home state or jurisdiction may operate their vehicles in California until they:
• Accept gainful employment in California.
• Claim a homeowner's exemption in California.
• Rent or lease a residence in California.
• Intend to live or be located here on a permanent basis (for example, acquire a California driver license, acquire other licenses not ordinarily extended to a nonresident, registered to vote).
• Enroll in an institution of higher learning as a California resident or enroll their dependents in school (K-12).
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/howto/htvr9.htm
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BlackICE
GT Owner
Ralphie he is asking if he is out of state and his home state also requires front plates, could he get a ticket.
One would have to assume so. If both states involved require said plate, what legal 'legal leg' would the 'offender' have to stand on???
BTW, don't get me started on front plates.............:mad
I doubt very much if the officers in California know the particular laws of other states - hell, it's hard enough for them to know a percentage of the California laws (which change frequently). And, in the state of the finances of California, they are typically looking for revenue sources, not problems. Just MHO.
fjpikul
GT Owner