Thoughts on the Front Tow Hook License Plate?

[Flowbucket]

I asked the dealership to not drill the license plate in because I saw a tow hook license plate holder for ~$20 on Amazon and thought it looked super clean. Thoughts?

 

[Manaz]

If it meets the requirements in your state for showing a plate, and you like the result, go for It! Just be aware of course that if you actually need to use that front tow hook, you'll have to remove the plate.

 

[Flowbucket]

If it meets the requirements in your state for showing a plate, and you like the result, go for It! Just be aware of course that if you actually need to use that front tow hook, you'll have to remove the plate.

Yeah Texas requires it unfortunately :/ I just thought the off centered look was a little more exotic than standard. And fingers crossed it never needs to be towed but removing it isn't too much of a hassle

 

[Manaz]

Front plates are mandatory across Australia, I know your pain!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Utah also has a statute requiring front and rear plates. But in Utah lack of a front plate is not a "first offense", i.e. cops cannot cite you merely for lacking a front plate, but they can tack that infraction to a "first offense" citation. So far, so good!

I think that if I ever get cited for lack of a front plate (and after that happens you HAVE to put one on, or get extra fines for non compliance), it will be a tow hook arrangement, simply because I refuse to drill into my front bumper cover. I don't think that a front plate looks good on this car no matter where you put it.

 

[westcoastGT]

This was a hot topic last year and several members were concerned that the side placement reduced............................ air intake

 

[cncBilly]

Personally thing they look a little goofy. Buy hey to each his/her own. Loss of air flow/direction probably not a good thing.

 

[Flowbucket]

This was a hot topic last year and several members were concerned that the side placement reduced............................ air intake

Yeah I saw that, there were like 12 different placements of the actual plate and I think I picked the one where I am not blocking any airflow (it's hard to tell from the angle of the pic I took but the bottom grill is not obstructed at all) by placing it as far to the left as I could.

 

[Flowbucket]

Personally thing they look a little goofy. Buy hey to each his/her own. Loss of air flow/direction probably not a good thing.

Fair enough, and I'm not necessarily taking this to the strip and would consider myself more of a casual owner than anything so this was more of just a personal aesthetic decision

 

[MerlintheMad]

There isn't any real loss of airflow with a plate off to one side. It's not big enough and it isn't clamped to the front of the grill. Plenty of air gets around it.

 

[westcoastGT]

Fair enough, and I'm not necessarily taking this to the strip and would consider myself more of a casual owner than anything so this was more of just a personal aesthetic decision

If I didnt have holes drilled I would have done it too , best of all worlds would be no plate imho

 

[eflyguy]

Front plate not required here so my opinion may not be of much use, but...

If I had to run one, I'd put it in the middle, as painful as that is. Set off to the side does not look good.

Consider a plate mount/backing that uses VHB, so you don't have to drill the holes?

 

[Manaz]

I've seen plenty of Mitsubishi Evos run an offset plate mount to prevent reduced airflow through their intercooler.

 

[ShannonC]

I asked the dealership to not drill the license plate in because I saw a tow hook license plate holder for ~$20 on Amazon and thought it looked super clean. Thoughts?


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Looks too unbalanced.