Front Plate W/O drilling holes?
 

I recently got pulled over because a cop in Irvine decided that I, and I quote, "was trying to get his attention with the sound of my exhaust"....
I turned past him while shifting at no more than 3000rpm and my exhaust is stock and he ended up giving me a ticket for not having front plates on -_-
Regardless, the two cops I've gone to ask to get my ticket signed off have told me I need to drill holes into my bumper and mount it and I'm definitely not about to do that. Are there any front plate mounts that I can get that wont need any drilling and can be removed at any time?
Before I get any heat for this, I really did try using the search option and couldn't find anything and I even tried google with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Ah perfect thank you! :tup:

Stillen has a kit the sells for about $80.00 and mounts on the front bumper tow hook attachment point. I've got it. It's an acceptable compromise to the problem-and No Holes. The Idea that you have to put holes in the body work is just complete BS, have them show you the part of the motor vehicle code that requires direct attachment to the body work, what it probably requires it a solid attachment to the vehicle (the Stillen provides this) but I cant Imagine that it requires that you attach it to the painted plastic bumper cover. Get the Stillen and find a different cop or sheriff or CHP officer to sign it off.

The dealerships are using that same style bracket now as well

Try Carrera,Cayman,BMW,Tow Hook License Plate,John Deere,Kubota I got my bracket there and really happy with it. Excellent customer service!!

Anybody got a picture of the stillen bracket on their car?

Bit off topic but, does the stillen plate block airflow?

I searched but never really found a definitive answer.

:tup: nice... i will have to get this, thank you supermoderator.

That is after so many complaints, including mine.

They drilled two 1" holes on the bumper, not the tiny holes on the black part.

Nissan replaced my bumper after about 4 months of fighting with them.

Go with the Tow Hook! Works great and no drilling.

http://www.the370z.com/nismo-370z/35...e-bracket.html

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This pretty much is similar to the Stillen kit. At least the stillen kit has wedges so you could just grab a monkey wrench to remove it easily.

I have the Stillen kit and it's worth the piece of mind not get pulled over and not to drill holes on my car.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...0z/370z-13.jpg

Yes. Not a ton though

I tried driving around Fontana at 100 degree weather with and without. Not a single "tick" was increased on temperature. Oil temp....I can't tell.

Really? When I did the same kind of test I was about 5-10 degrees higher with the plate on and it seemed to take longer for the temperature to drop. But nothing to worry about for normal street driving.

haha, probably because I did this 2 weeks ago when there was NO WIND in that heat wave. haha.

fk a front plate. I haven't put one on my car since I've gotten it.

you're lucky cause ive been pulled over so many times (never cited, just verbal warning after showing the cop i had the plate in my trunk) and it just became a pita.

each time i drive past a cop i was thinking is he going to pull me over or wat?.. :eekdance: it got old quick. and im not exactly that young any more so it started to feel stupid. i just slapped the plates on all my cars ever since.

Go with the Stillen bracket. I have it on my car. It's does the trick fine.

Here in L.A. you are just giving the cops a reason to pull you over without the front plate on.

The Stillen bracket twists right off and on if you want to remove it.

Still haven't mounted mine, gonna knock on some wood now.

Thank God Arkansas does not have a front plate, ruins look of the car. I had a MR2 Turbo I did not want to mount plate on while living in another state. I put my plate on a new bracket and put it behind seat with all the hardware to mount it. I figured if I got pulled over, I would reach behind the seat place it on the passenger seat and tell cop I just got a new bracket and have not put it on yet, see there it is on the seat. Good for at least one get out of ticket maybe. Never had to use it however in three years.

I'll never put a front plate on my car. It's not 'required' in some states yet in others it is?


This begs the question... why?

Sounds like the cop used the excuse of loud exhaust to pull you over for the missing front plate.

That makes no sense. If he sees an obvious violation (no plate) then he doesn't need an excuse. What it actually sounds like is that he made up the exhaust excuse to pull him over only to then discover the front plate missing and ensure that revenue collection commenced at that point. He was simply being profiled because of the type of car and got lucky with the lack of plate on his walk around of the car.

I'm picking up the Stillen license mount in a few days when I'm done with school work.
What really bothers me is the treatment I got from the cop that pulled me over and the two cops that I went to for a signature.
I understand they see a young person with this car and probably think that I'm some spoiled brat that can have mommy and daddy pay off everything -_-
The first cop I went to looked me up and down, said no and walked away and when I said I can't drill a hole into my car just shrugged and said oh well whatever. The other lady told me to get over it and do it so I dont get in trouble. Then proceeded to tell me that maybe next time I shouldn't get a car like this so I wouldn't get myself in trouble. Wth does that have to do with anything haha.
I have no problem with the police but I've yet to meet more than 2 cops in irvine that were actually decent in the slightest.

Just a note..

I recently bought the Stillen bracket, put it on and was immediately dissatisfied. The bracket makes the License plate stick out a good 2 inches from the bumper and from a side angle just looks plan stupid.

Maybe if arm holding the bracket was shorter and more flush with the bumper I would like it but other then that.. I don't recommend it.

I got pulled over this morning too for not having the front license plate!

I have had the car for almost two years now and one time I was pulled over for no front plate.. It was when I was omw to get my front bumper wet sanded and polished after it was just repainted... i swear i was literally pulling in the body shop when the MTA (railroad cop) policeman decided to pull me over for no front plate.. He than bitched about my tint, my exhaust which i said was stock and he believed me, and the main reason was my plate.. I explained that I was on my way to the shop that is right there and pointed at it, to get my bumper wet sanded/polished so I have not had the chance to install it yet.... He than says that is " A lame excuse at best" ... I swear... A few minutes later he comes back and hands me a ticket for front plate .... I had several other encounters with cops and none complained of my plate nor did I ever get any other tickets..

The worst part about this all was I had no idea he was an MTA cop, my girlfriend of a LONG time has a cousin I routinely see at holidays, family gatherings, who is also a MTA cop and a long time co-worker of the cop who wrote me. I Realized afterwords and told him Sean got a good laugh out of you writing me a ticket, and said he "wasn't surprised' Her cousin literally told me to tell him this b/c he is known as the #1 writer.. He than goes you are supposed to tell me you know him before hand, bla bla... W/E though, Its one ticket, I will pay it and hopefully it doesn't happen again.

I'm gonna wait until I get two strikes before I bite the bullet, But IMO the tow hook bracket doesn't look right to me.. I will be going with the motorized one, and dremel out a section of the sports lip to make it fit...

i feel EXACTLY the same way as you do. I'm still debating on whether I should keep it on or not. Realistically it's probably best to keep it on especially where I live and our cops being notorious for their love of writing tickets and pulling over every young person with a sports car as often as they can (it's not unusual to see three cops pulling over one car in Irvine just because they feel the need to have their entire squad with them when they pull you over). But I really don't like how it looks and how it awkwardly sticks out SO much. It might not sound like a lot but when you see it it's totally different. And $75 dollars?! REALLY!? maybe I haven't been looking in the right areas but I never imagined it would be more than $30 for this kind of bracket if even that. I think if you REALLY REALLY REALLY have to then you should get this but I've counted at least 20 cars without front plates on my drive from school to home today which is a good 10 minute drive and I've never gotten any kind of trouble for it before this and even this time I didn't get pulled over for not having front plates on. I might just say eff it and take it off in a week :shakes head:

I think it's kind of known that Stillen is a little pricey... but that's the way it is.

Nissan / Ferrari License Plate Kits

These are better than Stillen's and they fit the NISMO and the regular 370's as well.

You know, that statement does make you sound like a spoiled brat. I use to think that way when I was younger with my 240sx, but the law is the law. Same goes for speeding and reckless driving. It's not like it's a new law that recently came out and this is a very well known issue.

I don't like that law, but I do understand why. In the Law Enforcement's point of view, a front license place makes a lot more sense in order to identify the vehicle instantly. The only we to get around it is if we have some form of GPS/BLUETOOTH so that the police could identify "this Z belongs to Johnny." I mean, what happens if someone stole your car and you have Lo-Jack, how could they identify this gunmetal Z is yours and not the wrong persons'? Otherwise, this is what we have to work with for now.

As to why $75, there's always room for competition. You have a right to either buy their product or buy someone else's or create your very own bracket. I'm pretty sure raw materials costs no more than $15, but making exact thread to create the thread on a bar/pipe of metal takes a lot of work and time. Lastly, I don't like how it looks as a daily, but if you need to take photo-shoots, I love how all I need is a monkey wrench and spend only 10 seconds removing the thing w/ license plate in tacked without scratching the bumper.

Also, you live in Orange County. You, of all people, should know how stupidly expensive a fix it ticket costs now.

I think of it like this. The ticket will be upwards of $100. The bracket is upwards of $100. The bracket would be a good buy, especially if you have a cool specialty plate like me :)

Completely agree. I'm going to return mine this week. Just bought it. Put it on for 30 seconds and off it went lol.

My cars will never have front plates. Ticket -- zip tie -- sign off -- remove.

I thought there was a Nissan front license plate bracket designed for the 370Z with a notch in it to fit around the hood and that attaches to the plastic fascia at the top of of the grill. The fascia has two small indentations where the bracket screws can be attached. This set up is also centered as opposed to the off center Stillen tow hook mount.

RCK- there is. im using one. it looks fine for me but since it looks like an ordinary plate on ordinary cars, i might get that mower guy's one to shift it out of place to make it look more aftermarket.

and physically remove the plate when taking picts. :p

I'll take pics in a bit. It's pretty ballin with my vanity plate.

either this mower guy's kit is hard to install or synack is :yum: at his car and forgot to take snaps... :ugh2:

I was at work LOL. Now I'm home. Pic inc....

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Its 6 ways adjustable. So you can have it more towards the center of the bumper if you wanted, and you can have it higher up if you want. I like mine JDM'd so I put it all the way to the left and all the way down.