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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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double sided tape would be your best bet, but dont you have to have a front plate or you get a ticket? or is that just NYC?
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ghostteck' post='731517' date='Nov 25 2008, 11:40 PM
double sided tape would be your best bet, but dont you have to have a front plate or you get a ticket? or is that just NYC?
By law here in California you need license plates on both the front and the back... i really hate this law but I can see why it's needed.
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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You can call me whatever, FYI I had my E66 for 3yrs with front Euro plate. never get pulled over unless you drive like an idiot at outrageous speeds in the street causing attention then you will be asking for a ticket. IMHO
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed_Force_E60' post='731506
By law here in California you need license plates on both the front and the back... i really hate this law but I can see why it's needed.

IMO, Still looks better without a plate. I'll pay the $10 or $20 fix-it ticket if needed...
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Big_Moe' post='731513' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:35 PM
Ever heard of being UNIQUE
i don't think having a front euro plate will make ur car "unique" imho.
then again it's ur ride, u can do as u please w/it.
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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LOL, i got mine coming, soon hahaha, welcome to the euro plate fanatics, LOL
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bimmerspeed' post='731586' date='Nov 25 2008, 08:52 PM
LOL, i got mine coming, soon hahaha, welcome to the euro plate fanatics, LOL
Tell them man.
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Cars (and motorcycles) are one of the last, truly unlimited expressions of uniqueness remaining, IMHO. I'm originally from England, so each time I go back to visit my big brother outside of London I try to visit a junkyard or swap meet and buy an old English registration plate (i.e. license plate) to bring back to America with me. I now have a few of them.

I don't have a Brit plate on my current E60 (would just look wrong), but for some reason, before I bought my latest Bimmer a year and a half ago, I put one of them on my '96 Miata. (See below.) Seemed to work on that street-legal go-kart...

Just drill holes in the plate to match the spacing of your US-spec plate. (Consider applying plate-colored paint to the screws to make the application seamless.)

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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='731533' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:55 PM
Right, because every other mod we've seen here isn't just for decor and/or usefulness

Some even get a Vanity euro plate, again...it's more of an aesthetic mod...like an M-tech kit, HID fogs, or AE's, etc.....point being, personal preference as usual should take precedence...
retarded.

We're not in Europe...
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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IMO, Still looks better without a plate. I'll pay the $10 or $20 fix-it ticket if needed...
Not where I come from...100 dollar fine no excuses or reductions. I still want one. I was thinkin maybe put the euro plate on first and then drill holes in the bottom of that for the state plate. Probably have 2 use some type of braces to keep it from flapin At 145!
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