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Anyone in Washington able to request exemption from a front plate? How easy was it, and what approach did you use?

Probably not a streamlined procedure.
It's more likely to lead to socks rolling up and down with all the Sheriffs, town cops, patrol officers and people with authori-tay afflictions.

I don't recommend it if you spend much time across the river. I've heard from coworkers that ran without front plates that Oregon cops will pull you over for it since they require them.

Just something to think about.

Yea I was just curious what others have done. I’m going to do the tow package plate. Don’t need anymore reasons than I already have to be pulled over

Haven't run a plate since I got mine 4 years ago. Never gotten a ticket or pulled over and this is with a full fatback and UEL header too. Just don't drive like you want them to pull you over and you'll be fine, but not all cops are the same.

Also ran my tC for 7 years without a plate and only got 1 fix it ticket the entire time.

Ran for 4 years without front plate all over the Hillsboro and Portland areas, and the most trouble I had was consistently getting street parking tickets downtown Portland due to no front plate. Then I got the plate mounted before finding out just going into car parks would keep me safe.

Those are good things to hear. I’m still going to buy the tow hook plate setup, that way I can add and remove it at my leisure. Not hard to unscrew and pop the cap back in place. But it’s good to hear that it is a possibility for some. And definitely a good thing to hear that someone else has UEL headers and a loud exhaust like myself where in they havnt had issues.

I’m just running through my head of all the possibilities, UEL, loud exhaust, catless, super low, tint, then add on having no plate in front, I feel I’d be asking for it. So for piece of mind, I’ll get the tow kit and pop it in when I’m just cruising with no purpose and obviously if I’m parking it where parking enforcement is prowling. On my way to work, no issue, it’s 6 minutes from my house.

I do see a lot of people without plates in the front, but that doesn’t mean they havnt been harassed.

Any of you guys ever get together and cruise or meet up here in Portland/Vancouver? I’d be interested in a meet/cruise

i'm in indiana now, but i have a front towhook plate from when i lived in Il. it can be yours for the price of shipping if you want.

front plates are a hassle, but any day that i don't need to deal with a cop is a better day than it could be.

That’s something to think about. I’ll look at the shipping from Indiana to Washington and get back to you.

All 5 cars I've owned haven't had front plates. I think it really is not asthetically pleasing, and the ONLY reason that OR requires them is because of their photo radar bs. Only car that ever got pulled over for it was the MR2. And that was during the time when the first Fast and Furious came out and my car was profiled for just existing. Put the plate on, take a picture, go to court, got it thrown out. Annoying, yeah, but that was the only time, in 25 years.

Like 'AnotherDude' stated.. don't drive like you want a ticket and you won't get one. Mine also has full exhusat, and headers. So she certainly isn't 'stealthy' by any means. Haha

Good to hear, yea that sucks to get pulled into court for some dumb stuff like that but already you can get it thrown out. Like I said before I’m gonna buy it and I’ll keep it in my car and put it on when I feel I need to and take it off when I feel like it as well. Already I don’t have to drill. Just pop the tab and screw it in and vice versa.

Haha I remember those days, I had a 94 civic coupe, and when me and my friends went to see the he first movie, the beginning with the civics and the semi truck, my friends all looked my me and were like dude that’s you car, like exactly. Black in black tint, lowered to the max, and all the bells and whistles. Was a fun little car. Beat a lot of cars it shouldn’t have. And every cop pulled me over . Ahh the good ol days

Nowadays I do exactly what was said, don’t drive like you want a ticket. For sure. Of course I punch the gas and push the redline at times but once I hit the speed limit I stay at it. It’s real easy to do that in the frs. It feels as fast as it needs to feel because it’s fun to drive. And that’s all that matters. Until your brother wants to race you in his ecoboost mustang. I think it’s about the driver, not just the car. So one day, my MT will take his AT ecoboost. But we aren’t doing a straight haha

Exactly! Our cars were never built to be fast in a straight line. But with good tires she can take a LOT of those cars in the corners. ;) And since it's a Mustang, even a big 4, we all know 'mustangs do what mustangs gonna do. And cornering isn't it. haha

I still get on it and enjoy the hell out of it on those on ramps.. I mean you ARE supposed to get up to freeway speed before merging right? ;)

Or when I pull out and the tC that sped up doesn’t let me in while merging and I crush gears and blow past em. But still stay within the speed limited most fun car I’ve ever had really. I’ll take an frs over a mustang any day: I already told him, you wanna do something, we do a road with a few turns and then we will see who can drive haha.

I refused to drill holes in my front clip and went with a Perrin plate holder that goes in the front right under that little button cover. Later models don't have that, your 13 should though.

I got one, but havnt installed yet. If I get pulled over, it’s in the trunk. But I doubt I’ll be pulled for it. I have no cat, pretty loud remark exhaust. Tomei headers. And I’m about an inch and a half off the ground and tinted. Cops here don’t even look at me. Actually I work across from the police station. I see them daily when going to and from work. Never had an issue. I even drive to Portland (clackamas county!) and never have issues. I think they have more problems than a front license plate to deal with these days.

If you park on the streets of Portland, during parking patrol hours and they see your car, they will issue you a ticket. I think the fine is around $160, but it’s been a few years since I’ve gotten a no front plate ticket. All my cars have front plates now.

The Portland parking patrol is predatory; the city is bleeding money with all the riots, homelessness, vandalism, etc. No front plate is an easy source of income for them.

I got stopped for no front plate years ago in Eastern Oregon solely because the officer used the plate to bounce the radar off of. He said it’s an easy button for him. “I either get them for speed or get them for the plate, so the next time you drive through here, put the plate on.”

I was out of state so he gave me a pass.