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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Whitehorse YK Canada
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
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Where can you get repop plates made?
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: USA
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
i'm running a euro front plate on my passat. i had the company that made it use the same numbers as my official oklahoma rear plate. of course we dont have to have a front plate in oklahoma, so its not illegal, but i have had some people/officers drive by and stare at it. (pic in sig)
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
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http://www.licenseplates.tv/replicate_a_plate.php
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bentonville AR
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
It is not unlawful to modify a license plate in any state.
Just like it is not unlawful to do your own plumbing. It is however not lawful to use that modified plate on your vehicle. Just as is would be unlawful to run a plumbni9g business without the proper licensing...not that ensure quality mind you. It is just a continuing and reaching cashectomy from our government...get ready for the revolution... You can hang the modified plate it in your garage if you like.
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
In Oklahoma you can register old plates too. So far I have found a set of year specific plates for each of my trucks, but haven't registered them yet.
I bought my 70 flatbed in California and it still had the black and yellow plate on the front, so I have kept it there. In Oklahoma we just have back plates. Thought it would look cool. No problems so far.
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
On the subject of license plates, have any of you ever checked out this guy:
http://www.licenseplates.tv/index.php/cPath/22 He makes some very good replicas. Of course, he won't ship California replica plates to California, ect..
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
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I'll try and give this a shot. The DMV clearly says on their website that it won't fly though. I'll find some old plates first. They're always on ebay.
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sacramento
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
[QUOTE=CentralCoaster;2144972]I thought of that, but in CA you can't get vanity plates that match a sequential plate. I'm not actually sure about the older sequences though. I could get away with it by registering a non-sequential 6-digit vanity plate and then getting some repop plates made to match it. That gets pricey just to accomplish the same damn thing as I'm trying now. Plus paying vanity plate fees every year, which adds up.
Good news in CA. Starting in July, 2009 we can use the origina black plates if you can find a set of 2 in good condition, that are off the books. My 67 GMC still has its originals, but my 68 chevelle has a pair of NOS ones waiting for JULY!!!! Also these black plates need to have a year sticker matching the year of the truck/car. Lastly the trucks used the black plates til 72 and cars til 69. You bet your a$$ i'm stashing as many pairs as I can find in any condition.
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
I am running an Arizona front tag on the front of my '69, in Arkansas. It's been there for 6 years without any issues. It was my tag when I was in AZ, but not on this truck. Honestly, I don't know if AZ had separate tags for cars versus 1/2-ton trucks. The '38 GMC I had back then had a '62 tag on it, but I don't recall any of the specifics on the tag. I have an Arkansas tag with a '69 sticker on it that was my dads tag, that I may use on the front of my truck. But I figure it'll get more negative attention than the AZ plate.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: San Rafael, CA, USA
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
I'm lucky, I have the original plates on my truck... the front plate thing, tho, I heard in CA you must have a front plate only if the vehicle was equipped that way originally. I have a friend whose dad didn't have a plate on the front of his car (something from the 80's) and had gotten several tickets for it, all of which were dismissed because when he bought the car it didn't have a front plate.
Now for the REAL challenge: I have the original plate HOLDERS for my truck from the dealer where the truck was bought originally!
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#63 |
Broke and still trying
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Alameda, CA
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
A friend changed the color of his plates and his ticket was around $150, a long discussion with a traffic judge and pleaded for them not to impound. It also opens the door for a looooong search. ( I live in Oakland) Then it would have been storage for a few days. The front plate is for identification. PD is not always behind suspicious vehicles.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: (Cloverdale) Surrey BC Canada
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
dont risk it, i know a guy who brushed his front plate so it looked like stainless and he got a hefty ticket and had to buy color matching paint and repaint it and go show it to the cops
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