Should I go with no plate on the front bumper?
06-07-2006, 07:17 PM
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Now that my car is going in to get a new front cap:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=27134&st=15
Should I take this opportunity to leave the front license plate bracket off and go with a clean look? As an alternative I can zip tie it on the lower air intake to make it legal.
The dealer never gave me such choice when I ordered the car!
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=27134&st=15
Should I take this opportunity to leave the front license plate bracket off and go with a clean look? As an alternative I can zip tie it on the lower air intake to make it legal.
The dealer never gave me such choice when I ordered the car!
06-07-2006, 07:22 PM
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Leave the front naked. If you ever need to put the front plates on check this thread out: http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...79&#entry230779.
06-07-2006, 08:27 PM
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Leave the front bumper without license plate. It's SO UGLY with it.
06-07-2006, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' post='294254' date='Jun 8 2006, 07:27 AM
Leave the front bumper without license plate. It's SO UGLY with it.
Skaffa
PS it's beautifull anyway!
06-07-2006, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' post='294254' date='Jun 8 2006, 12:27 PM
Leave the front bumper without license plate. It's SO UGLY with it.
06-08-2006, 01:06 AM
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No front plate plz 
I would love to leave it off also but here cannot :'(
I would love to leave it off also but here cannot :'(
06-08-2006, 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' post='294254' date='Jun 7 2006, 10:27 PM
Leave the front bumper without license plate. It's SO UGLY with it.
Maybe you meant, it will look nicier without.
I dont find it ugly with it, just nicier without it.
06-08-2006, 05:12 AM
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Figure out what it's worth to you and do the math.
It's illegal here to run w/o a front plate but the ticket is only ~$35. So I figured the look of no front plate was worth at least $350 to me. Therefore I'm good for ten tickets before I might succumb. The car looks so much better without it.
It's illegal here to run w/o a front plate but the ticket is only ~$35. So I figured the look of no front plate was worth at least $350 to me. Therefore I'm good for ten tickets before I might succumb. The car looks so much better without it.
06-08-2006, 05:58 AM
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As Skaffa said, overhere we do not have the option.
Driving in the city one would get tickets all the time.
But luckily the licence plates in Europe are not the square
ones as in the US so it don't look that bad.
The US plate fits really nicely rear but not in the front.
Driving in the city one would get tickets all the time.
But luckily the licence plates in Europe are not the square
ones as in the US so it don't look that bad.
The US plate fits really nicely rear but not in the front.
06-08-2006, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Blah' post='294224' date='Jun 7 2006, 08:17 PM
Now that my car is going in to get a new front cap:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=27134&st=15
Should I take this opportunity to leave the front license plate bracket off and go with a clean look? As an alternative I can zip tie it on the lower air intake to make it legal.
The dealer never gave me such choice when I ordered the car!
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=27134&st=15
Should I take this opportunity to leave the front license plate bracket off and go with a clean look? As an alternative I can zip tie it on the lower air intake to make it legal.
The dealer never gave me such choice when I ordered the car!
Unfortunately, I live in California and my '05 530i was delivered with the front bracket. I removed it and used the two bracket screws to fill the holes. Gave brief consideration to Bumper Plugs, but they require enlarging the existing holes which might pose problems if I got ticketed and had to put the bracket back on.