No more front plates required in Texas!

[TX Harley Guy]

It was approved in Austin today. After 6/1/05 the state, as a cost cutting measure, will issue only 1 plate per vehicle so a front plate will no longer be required after 6/1.
I think mines coming off this weekend!

[texasvic]

YES!!!!!! :banana2::banana2::banana2:

[txkent]

It was approved in Austin today. After 6/1/05 the state, as a cost cutting measure, will issue only 1 plate per vehicle so a front plate will no longer be required after 6/1.
I think mines coming off this weekend!Where'd you find this info? I have looked at a number of places - and I want to take mine off also...

[Shaft333]

Congrats. And yet, albeit kind'a small, one more reason for me to find work in Texas.

[cyclone03]

Too bad I already have holes in the front bumper. :(

[Petrograde]

Too bad I already have holes in the front bumper. :(

yup! I moved here from TN and had the holes drilled,... oh well,.. I'm still happy about that!

[TX Harley Guy]

Where'd you find this info? I have looked at a number of places - and I want to take mine off also...
A guy from one of the Mustang boards posted the amendment on the Harley truck board and I got an email from a bud whos into Corvettes saying the same thing.

[mrjones]

Cool! I'll be legal again. Only 1 of my 4 registered vehicles even has a front bracket on it now.

[Vortex]

Hope thats all true, front plates are useless except for parking ticket writers and automatic red light camera's anyway. Also, they look like crap on a car. I just wish I didnt already have those damn holes drilled up front.

[Vortex]

I just did a search of the legislature online and I couldnt find it. Can somebody post a link?

[rumble]

Congrats. And yet, albeit kind'a small, one more reason for me to find work in Texas.

Plus no State Income tax.

[TX Harley Guy]

I just did a search of the legislature online and I couldnt find it. Can somebody post a link?
http://www.nhtoc.com/forum/showthread.php?=&threadid=18877
hope the link woiks!

[Rollin'Thunder]

It was approved in Austin today. After 6/1/05 the state, as a cost cutting measure, will issue only 1 plate per vehicle so a front plate will no longer be required after 6/1.
I think mines coming off this weekend!
Thanks for the "Heads Up" and link! It is appreciated! :D :bows:

[rocknrod]

Plus no State Income tax.Plus the right to carry :banana:

[LordVader]

:banana2: :banana: Ain't life grand. I knew there was a reason why I never bought that front plate holder and never drilled those holes. Thanks for the good news!

[TX Harley Guy]

I got the date wrong guys, its 9/1, sorry.

[LordVader]

No harm...no foul. Still good news, especially for those of us with clean front bumpers!

[Vortex]

I wonder if a good bodyshop can plug the holes with some sort of plastic filler and then match the paint? Looks like Ill be finding out this year.

[wchain]

Apparently the way the law reads, the one plate law goes into effect after Sept 1, 2005, and does not grandfather cars issued with two plates. i.e. I was issued two plates on the MM, and 'required' to display both the plates issued.

:rolleyes:

Me thinks that the plates on the MM will dissapear after Sep 1, and I'll end up having to report them stolen.....

[rocknrod]

Stolen.

Great idea!:D

[MENINBLK]

Apparently the way the law reads, the one plate law goes into effect after Sept 1, 2005, and does not grandfather cars issued with two plates. i.e. I was issued two plates on the MM, and 'required' to display both the plates issued.

:rolleyes:

Me thinks that the plates on the MM will dissapear after Sep 1, and I'll end up having to report them stolen.....

Since you will have to pay for REPLACEMENT PLATES anyway,
why not just get a PERSONALIZED Vanity plate instead???

Less hassle and no police report required...

[Petrograde]

Since you will have to pay for REPLACEMENT PLATES anyway,
why not just get a PERSONALIZED Vanity plate instead???

Less hassle and no police report required...

That's what I'm going to do.

'Which Marauder is yours?'

'It's the with the plates that say: Bad Motherf****r!'

:P :rofl:

[texascorvette]

Too bad I already have holes in the front bumper. :(
you an Iowa State grad?

[cyclone03]

you an Iowa State grad?


No.
Just just have a front plate.

[TX Harley Guy]

If you dont want to fill in the holes, it can be done, you could buy the hole covers that come on (deep breath here, a ricer part on an MM, sorry) 96-2000 Honda Civics and 2000-06 S 2000s. You can get them black and silver, Hondas silver is the same as Fords, they just push in the plate holes. Hondas do have multi nation bumper so there are 2 prongs on each of the plugs, just cut one off. They should run you under $10.

[cyclone03]

Those little plugs are great!
I just hope the plate mount didn't rub the paint off the bumper cover.

[Vortex]

If you dont want to fill in the holes, it can be done, you could buy the hole covers that come on (deep breath here, a ricer part on an MM, sorry) 96-2000 Honda Civics and 2000-06 S 2000s. You can get them black and silver, Hondas silver is the same as Fords, they just push in the plate holes. Hondas do have multi nation bumper so there are 2 prongs on each of the plugs, just cut one off. They should run you under $10.
Great info! Ill be stopping by the Honda dealer this week sometime and get that ugly plate off my car!

[Vortex]

They are asking 5.99 at Rusty Wallis and 8.00 at David McDavid. I ordered mine today and will install when they come in.

[texascorvette]

No.
Just just have a front plate.
thought maybe the "cyclone" referred to where you went to school.

[cyclone03]

thought maybe the "cyclone" referred to where you went to school.


Oh I thought it was a slam.

I picked cyclone because I had a 1964 Comet Cyclone,so thats my History.

[texascorvette]

Oh I thought it was a slam.

I picked cyclone because I had a 1964 Comet Cyclone,so thats my History.
I was a drop-out, but I went to Iowa State. It's still known as "Moo U" or "Cow College", but at least they had the presence of mind to drop the A&M part of the name about 60 years ago.

My Granny had a '64 Comet, but it was a 2-door sedan, 6-cyl, with a 3-on-the-tree.....and pneumonia hole A/C. Vinyl seats, roll your own windows down, etc. It was homely, but she drove that car for 15 or 20 years.

[Vortex]

I was reading on some corvette site the no front plate provision was dropped. Can anybody confirm this? If so, Ill bet it had to do with lobbyists who sell those damn red light cameras because they work off front plates. Anyway, I took my plate off and used those little plugs. Man, there were four lag bolt holes and be advised those plugs are not round but oblong, about an inch long each. They also have a non-glossy finish but they are the right color of silver. They look better than the front plate too IMHO.

[rumble]

I was reading on some corvette site the no front plate provision was dropped. Can anybody confirm this?

So? What's the story? Plates or no plates? Anybody heard anything?

[Logan]

If a cop stops you, just point to your mm.net sticker and just say, "Logan said it was okay."

He'll immediately apologize and escort you to your destination code 3.

[jgc61sr2002]

If a cop stops you, just point to your mm.net sticker and just say, "Logan said it was okay."

He'll immediately apologize and escort you to your destination code 3.


:rofl: :laugh: :laugh:

[cyclone03]

If a cop stops you, just point to your mm.net sticker and just say, "Logan said it was okay."

He'll immediately apologize and escort you to your destination code 3.


Ya Right!
If my destination is the county lock up.

[rumble]

If a cop stops you, just point to your mm.net sticker and just say, "Logan said it was okay."

He'll immediately apologize and escort you to your destination code 3.

Hey, you guys are laughing. I've actually done that. It really works.
They don't even ask "Logan who?"

[texascorvette]

I was reading on some corvette site the no front plate provision was dropped. Can anybody confirm this? If so, Ill bet it had to do with lobbyists who sell those damn red light cameras because they work off front plates. Anyway, I took my plate off and used those little plugs. Man, there were four lag bolt holes and be advised those plugs are not round but oblong, about an inch long each. They also have a non-glossy finish but they are the right color of silver. They look better than the front plate too IMHO.
The red light cameras in Garland take a picture of the ass end of your car. I've been behind cars that ran the red light, and that camera setup they have uses one heck of a bright flash.

[TX Harley Guy]

Sorry guys, I thought this was a done deal ....%&*@&#^% traffic cams! Mines off ..... for a while anyway.

[rumble]

Sorry guys, I thought this was a done deal ....%&*@&#^% traffic cams! Mines off ..... for a while anyway.

So, we the public, lost again? The bill was never signed into law?

[engine23ccvfd]

From what I can tell it didnt make it to the floor...lots of bills make it out of commitee (sp) but never go to the floor.....

[Petrograde]

...man,... what a bunch of crap... :mad:

I wonder if we push the issue?

[texascorvette]

If those retards can't figure out a way to finance public education, how do you expect them to address an important and time-consuming issue like front plates.