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More on the California plate.

As the originator of the "California front plate blues" thread, I appreciate all the discussion and also offer an option.

I drilled a couple of 1/4" holes in the plate and the "lower lip" of my '97. I folded back about 1" of the bottom of the plate and mounted it to the lip with a couple of 1/4" X 3/4" round head machine screws. I've been running with this setup for a couple weeks, including two trips to the desert in 95F+ weather and have had no overheating. You can see the car at:

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It's not a perfect solution. It doesn't look as nice as no plate, it's vulnerable to damage from bumping a curb when parking, and it's technically still illegal as the plate has been modified. Still, I think it looks better than the stock setup.

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Dave Smith
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Dana

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Dana Myers

It seems to me that I have heard/seen info regarding mounting the front plate on a spring loaded hinge so that it is vertical at rest, but hinges back as speed increases. They used a light spring so that it didn't take a lot of speed for it to lay flat and allow full air flow. Or you could move to AZ where we save money be only issuing one plate!!

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glenf

My solution when I lived in California was to leave the front plate off but in the trunk with the mounting bracket and tools. I was never stopped but figured that, if I were, I could attach it on the side of the road and maybe not get a ticket. Might not have worked but I hate the way the car looks with that stock bracket. Your adaptation is a big improvement, though.

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Lawrence

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But I have read somewhere that this is also not allowed in CA...

-Joe

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Joachim Feise

West Virginia and Pennsylvania are two more "one-plate" states, with PA having the distinction of just having repealed their helmet laws.

D>It seems to me that I have heard/seen info regarding mounting the front

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DonB

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