Bottom line @Chen if a thief really wants something, no matter how many precautions you take, they will find a way to take it. Unfortunately...:mad0260:

You all need to understand that it's the small infractions that catch the criminals at large therefore keeping the public safe.

Got the Perrin. Local, and good quality. I'm sure you can pick one up during one of their meets/sales.

I've never had a front plate on mine. Maybe if you had grey hair like I do they wouldn't bother you about it. I got pulled over by the Washington Patrol shortly after I got my car. The officer wrote me for the speeding, which I was, and never said a word about the lack of a front plate.

Just go pick up a perrin had no problems with mine aside from the lean it had after I failed to tighten it all the way. Better to just avoid the headache than to give the cop a reason to question other things on the car imo.

I'll be picking one up here in a little bit. Just wanted to see what people's experiences were of people tried to steal them. Would hate to spend the money and it get stolen like a week later.

Screw the plate bracket onto the grill like mine

I've had the toe hook license plate mount on my last 4 cars (Lotus, VW, BMW, Subaru) and no one has stolen one yet.

Be careful with the license plate bracket length and placement. It scratched up my mustache since I was re-adjusting the grimspeed one too much. Or taking it on/off for carshows etc.

I got a ticket for it, no fix it. By a meter maid, it was a triple play ticket: Over time parking/Tint/License Plate. I know who it is too, its this short ugly dark stalky woman with a bicycle helmet, even when she is not on a bicycle. I never condone violence against women, but in this case I will drop kick her right in her ovaries.

Zipties.

Cheap, effective, and JDM... yo

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Finally got a fix it ticket.
 

I ran the car without license plate front and back in SF for 4 months. For the "free bridge tolls" Then the police was like where are you plates? I was like I'm gonna get them install at the dealership when I take it in for service. The officer was like alright but get it done asap you can get a ticket for it. I'm not gonna give you a ticket though.

Wow, I thought it was BS that a meter maid can get you for no front plate (I mean, the car is parked - it's not like they had any problem walking around to the back of the car to get all of the information they needed), but they can nail you for tint too?

I swear I used to love Portland, but ever since I got my car, I seem to dislike living here more often than not :(

Just a word on this - when I got my citation for no front plate, I put mine on with zip ties (I called it my first "mod" :)), but when I went to court to get the citation reduced, and I showed the judge the pictures, he said that I needed to get it affixed, and that "zipties don't hold up in this weather" (which I found laughable, as those little pieces of plastic will be around long after he isn't.)

So if @Chen plans on trying to get it reduced at all, he might get the same treatment. Although it could have just been the judge I got, and maybe another one will let you get away with it (the guy I met with was particularly callous and impatient).

Also - as with all other cheap aspects of our car, the zipties ended up cutting into the plastic on my grill and leaving noticeable, small gashes in it when I did remove the plate - although I probably did tighten them a bit too much as I didn't bend the bottom of my plate, and was worried about it cutting my bumper when I went over a bump, or rough road as it was only about 1mm above the lip of the bumper.

jow the hell did a meter maid give a ticket for tint? are they even allowed to do that?

Did she measure it with a meter or just used her super vision?