Front License Plate
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It is also NOT RECCOMENDED to eat the styrofoam, or any other part of the mazda3, as most of us are not used to the germs that may have came from japan. I am old(24)my M3 will stay like it is until I get her paid off, but I do dream of an extra 100 HP.
$125 to fill the holes, thast not as bad as i thought it was, and to be honest i dont drive the car much so hopefully it will take a while for the rock chips to appear. i'm going to miss my pontiac dealer, we talked him into repainting our hood 3 times do to rock chips.
for the guys in states that require front plates, just keep the plate and bracked in the trunk, if a cop pulls you over and asks about it, tell him the plate is in the trunk and your waiting on a bolt kit from the dealership to put it back on. i leave one bolt on, and say that u lost a bolt and it was hanging down. ive been pulled over 3 times. 2 times the cops never said anything about the front plate, the 3rd time he just said okay, get it on when u get the parts...
for the guys in states that require front plates, just keep the plate and bracked in the trunk, if a cop pulls you over and asks about it, tell him the plate is in the trunk and your waiting on a bolt kit from the dealership to put it back on. i leave one bolt on, and say that u lost a bolt and it was hanging down. ive been pulled over 3 times. 2 times the cops never said anything about the front plate, the 3rd time he just said okay, get it on when u get the parts...
FrankyRizzo
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I got mine straight off the truck. I don't think they had time to put it on to begin with. I don't even have holes in the rear bumper yet. It looks soo nice with a "virgin" bumper.
goldwing2000
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Has to be self-tapping bolts. I don't think there is any way to get a nut to the back of that location.
yep they drill a hole with the 2 almost wood looking screws and then 2 bolts to holt the plate to bracket. I curently have the mazdaspeed holes for now...I need that plate when I go back home orelse I would have filled them in. some took pop rivets and touch up paint and that looked ok for those who don't wanna spend mone that could have went twards "worth wild" mods.
Pitlab77 said:
I took mine off and I am in Texas. Had it that way for almost a year now and never had any problems.
Most cops won't pull you over just for not having a front plate, but if they pull you over for something else they might mention it and give you a fix it ticket. When I had my Camaro, someone hit my front bumper in a parking lot while I was inside and I had it fixed and had them not put the plate back on. I got pulled over for speeding once and they mentioned no front plate and I told them that it was like that when I bought it new and the dealer never put one on. He let me go with a warning for speeding and nothing for no front plate.
GA is a no front plate state. Unfortunately, we moved from VA which is a front plate state, so both of our cars have the brackets on 'em. Worse still is that the self-tapping screws they used created a huge "volcano" around each hole, so we can't even pull them and hope the holes just blend into the black bumper. My wife got a UGA plate for hers, I have the "no cones" plate on mine.
What drives me crazy is that the Mazda dealership here in Athens (GA) puts front plate brackets on ALL of thier new cars so they can put cheesy, cheap-looking dealer plates on the front. If I were to buy a new car from them, I'd make them order me one with the understanding that they would not drill the bumper, or I would not buy the car.
What drives me crazy is that the Mazda dealership here in Athens (GA) puts front plate brackets on ALL of thier new cars so they can put cheesy, cheap-looking dealer plates on the front. If I were to buy a new car from them, I'd make them order me one with the understanding that they would not drill the bumper, or I would not buy the car.
goldwing2000
OG Mazda Mafia
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- 2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 346,000 mi (sold)
2024 CX-5 CE; 7,500 mi (so far)
Foolish said:
Better yet, make them either replace the front bumper or give you $50 per month advertising fee. (thumb)
Finally took mine off after two years and mounted it w/suction cups on the windshield.
All I did was push the distorted plastic left by the screw holes back in to the cover and using the free bottle of touch-up paint painted over them using several coats. Up close, yeah, you can tell, but it doesn't look bad. Best of all, it only cost me a little bit of time!!
All I did was push the distorted plastic left by the screw holes back in to the cover and using the free bottle of touch-up paint painted over them using several coats. Up close, yeah, you can tell, but it doesn't look bad. Best of all, it only cost me a little bit of time!!
