Front license plate pics (U.S.)

[twizter]

So I did order the sto and show , not their fault but I hate the look, I'm just going to pay the beauty tax if I get ticketed

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[skshimer]

Alternatively you just go without the plate in the front - many cars don’t have plates in the front when they’re supposed to.

I did that for many years on my 911S in MA and then you couldn’t pass inspection without the front license plate. I hated the look. Moved to NC two years and had the holes in my from bumper repaired. I am much happier now.

 

[FutureMacanOwner]

So I did order the sto and show , not their fault but I hate the look, I'm just going to pay the beauty tax if I get ticketed

We live in the age of digital technology. How can we not have a better way to identify cars than license plates?

Like a chip that sends a signal to a reader? An infrared barcode or QR code on the roof of your car that's invisible to us but readable to a special scanner?

There's gotta be a better solution than ugly license plates by now.

 

[SandyHaus]

I bought the Sto-N-Sho mount for my Macan 4 while awaiting the arrival of my license plates in Colorado. Mounting the base plate was a breeze and I thought the plate holder looked great when inserted into the plate mounted below the front diffuser by removing a couple of screws and using those holes to mount the base plate.

But wait, there's more. . . As many have pointed out this does decrease the clearance -- but no problem I can raise the suspension on this wonderful machine. Except when the suspension fails, as it did in my car. I lost suspension control from the CAR menu and this also erased the automatic raising of the car when going over my neighborhood's exceptionally high speed bumps. The negative result: a speed bump crushed the mounting tubes for the license plate holder. The positive result: it protected the bottom of the front diffuser from getting scratched!

Result: took to car to my Porsche dealer. They installed the standard front license plate holder and they fixed the software glitch that lost me my lift control.

See picture of destroyed mounting bracket (if I can figure out to post it).

Sandy

 

[CandianPorsche83]

I bought the Sto-N-Sho mount for my Macan 4 while awaiting the arrival of my license plates in Colorado. Mounting the base plate was a breeze and I thought the plate holder looked great when inserted into the plate mounted below the front diffuser by removing a couple of screws and using those holes to mount the base plate.

But wait, there's more. . . As many have pointed out this does decrease the clearance -- but no problem I can raise the suspension on this wonderful machine. Except when the suspension fails, as it did in my car. I lost suspension control from the CAR menu and this also erased the automatic raising of the car when going over my neighborhood's exceptionally high speed bumps. The negative result: a speed bump crushed the mounting tubes for the license plate holder. The positive result: it protected the bottom of the front diffuser from getting scratched!

Result: took to car to my Porsche dealer. They installed the standard front license plate holder and they fixed the software glitch that lost me my lift control.

See picture of destroyed mounting bracket (if I can figure out to post it).

Sandy

Yikes I was just about to potentially install this. How high are your speed bumps and how low is your car normally set at? lol

 

[jwatte]

Calif. law requires a front license plate.

While this is true, it's a "fix-it" ticket. Mount the plate, get someone at the courthouse or police station to sign off that it's done, ticket is dismissed.

I'm a little surprised there isn't a standard holder for the front, though. As-is, I'd have to drill through the panel (plastic?) on the nose, and the shape is not very amenable to good mounts...

There's also https://licenseplatewrap.com/
(Although 5 weeks for delivery is longer than the time you have to fix-it for the ticket ...)

 

[Dragon Tourniquet]

While this is true, it's a "fix-it" ticket. Mount the plate, get someone at the courthouse or police station to sign off that it's done, ticket is dismissed.

I'm a little surprised there isn't a standard holder for the front, though. As-is, I'd have to drill through the panel (plastic?) on the nose, and the shape is not very amenable to good mounts...

There's also https://licenseplatewrap.com/
(Although 5 weeks for delivery is longer than the time you have to fix-it for the ticket ...)

if the only goal is to get the fix it ticket closed, you just need to use some 3m Command tape to hold the license plate holder onto the car long enough for them to see it and sign off, then drive away and remove it.

 

[SandyHaus]

Yikes I was just about to potentially install this. How high are your speed bumps and how low is your car normally set at? lol

How low was my car? No way to know because all the level displays had disappeared from the displays several days before this event and no adjustment of height was possible.

How high were the speed bumps? Haven't measured but it is a combination both height and how steep they are. In my (long) experience, I've not seen any higher or steeper, but the height doesn't scrape the bottom of most normal cars as they straddle the bump. On the other hand, there are lots of gouges in the asphalt on both sides of the bumps where multiple other cars have scraped on the way up or the way down.

Why such out-of-spec bumps? The neighborhood I live in was plagued by rush-hour cars racing through our quiet little village and thus these dramatic speed-bumps were placed (usually two to a block). It worked only somewhat, which led the neighborhood to install electronic gates across most of the through streets that close automatically during morning and evening rush hours.

So much more info than you actually wanted. Perhaps of interest to some.

Sandy

 

[Fun TC Driving]

As always, depends on your road elevations. I drive in “lowered” mode all the time, have a steep street-to curb ramp, cross speed bumps and enter dips, and have yet to scrape my Sto-n-show in over 3,000 miles. YMMV

 

[jwatte]

I don't see how this stock mount can work with the camera that's mounted right there.
Does the bottom of the frame just clear the optics?

 

[verdee]

I used this https://adhesivereplica.com/You would really have to get close to realize it’s a sticker

 

[dbsb3233]

They're required here in CO, and we've always put them on in the past. But we can't bring ourselves to do it on our new Macan. We'll roll the dice and see if we get a ticket. Half our miles are out-of-state road trips anyway.

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