I'm going to make an attempt to get some by potentially using something to my advantage, but I can't make any guarantees or promises that it will pan out.

I'm am going to try though. More on this later.

 

clandestine operations.........

 

Lol pretty much.

 

All of this secret talk is making me curious! Are you selling organs for tickets?

 

Complete with the organ grinding monkey!

 

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the front license plate enforcement up here in Cleveland. I got pulled over and ticketed this morning for not having a front plate mounted (no other violations like speeding, etc.). The fine, for those of you in the Cleveland area, is $175.00.

sigh.

I know a lot of people run without front plates (which was my intention, too--just got the car registered LAST WEEK), but I'm mounting my front plate tonight. Stupid Ohio law.

 

julan888- I think you are the 2nd RX8 owner (from this forum) that got pulled over for that in the Akron/Cleveland area.
Guess the rest of us are lucky for making it these many years (I'm going on 5yrs).

 

BTW... I made it to Binghamton, NY OK.
I rented an AWD SUV thinking it might snow while I was here.
The damn sun is out and its in the middle to low 30s all week.
Now if I never got an AWD... it would have been a blizzard outside.

 

That's crazy! I just had this conversation with my friend last night because he had to do a breathalizer and got a $150 ticket in Lakewood for not having his plate on the front of his car. He had it in the front windshield like mine, therefore I think i will be making a custom mounting bracket cause I don't like the stock location. Not worth the money and a DUI!

 

You know, even my dealer (Montrose) was like "oh, don't worry too much about it," and I hate the way it looks with the plate on it, but I can't pay $175 every time I turn around for something so stupid.

I hope your luck holds.

 

What really sucks is that for those of us who have the Racing Beat intake duct, the plate covers more than half of the inlet.

 

Yeah just gotta steer clear of those really picky cities that pull people over for every little thing...what city got you? The bad ones around me are North Ridgeville, Rocky River, Lakewood, and Bay Village

 

You would think Boston Heights, Hudson, Stow, or Streetsboro would have pulled me over by now.
Maybe the gas vapors from my midpipe made the cop's eyes water and he couldn't see I was running without front plates.

 

check this out...I think this is the route I'll take considering I still have a stock exhaust

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=front+plate

 

That might look OK.... I may consider this method for myself.

 

I've also seen some friends get away with bending the blue and red stripe back so that only the letters are visible...that could fit just about your intake I believe

 

Scary stuff I don't have a front plate on I have mine stuck in my window because I figured it would make it hard to ticket when it technically is in the front. I actually have a legitimate excuse too where my front bracket got broken when i was rear ended and pushed into the car in front of me. (I just never bother to have it fixed.)

 

Yeah my excuse is that I just bought the car and haven't purchased a bracket yet...that can obviously only work for so long

 

I know where you can purchase said bracket. . .

Actually, I have 2. . . josh, can I put you down for the other one?

 

Well the truth is I have a perfectly good bracket...I just don't like the placement...normal is boring!

 

Haha ohhhh Steve sorry you can't make money off me on this one. Because i technically have a replacement bracket already just haven't bothered to put it on. Partially because the grill is cracked, also i'm lazy, and more importantly it looks better without.

 

The font plate law in Ohio is retarded. We are one of only a few states left enforcing it. I had originally taken mine off but once I went with the illegal tint I put it back on because I didn't want to push it. I really hate the evo relocation. I have seen it on a couple 8's in person and it really looks like ****. On top of looking off centered and wonky...it also blocks part of the oil cooler and that just ain't cool on an 8.

The one front plate relocation that I saw, at the VW meet at the headlands that we crashed, I really liked though. They put the plate behind the front grill. It would mean that you would have to punch out a bunch of squares on our front grill but it may be damn worth it.

I also did see someone put a folded plate in the front lower duct centered...but I think it would take too much air away from the radiator.

 

My friend that runs his plate folded is only attached at the top which at speed keeps it out of the air flow of the radiator yet is there when the cop asks about it then he feels dumb but it was on a 2nd gen eclipse...not sure how this is possible on an 8 yet without too much work

 

yea...that won't fly either under Ohio law. I am surprised that the behind the grill flies.

 

It works for him...but he doesn't have a grille